neeed....moar....customers.....

funny pic

I'm really not sure if this store thing is going to work, and it's pretty scary. the biggest hurdle that I can Imagine is being able to obtain enough merch to make a living off of. most items I purchase go for anywhere from 2x to 4x of what I paid for it, but some items I'm able to sell for ten-fold.

I spent about 100 today on merch (excluding the microwave) which means roughly 300$ profit.

Because we'll need to do about 75$ avg net profit daily in order to pay all our bills, that makes me worried.

but then again, consignment pieces will help alot as well as the multitude of records. I know we're getting good exposure through word of mouth (verify'd through multiple sources) and the flyers are...well, flying out of the places I've left them.

I just don't know...I'm just so tired of doing set-up stuff... I feel burned out... I'm pretty sure I'm gonna just hand the reins to Janette for this week. She's just so much better with subtle/asthetic stuff.

also, something that will help me alot is people coming to my store to sell stuff to me....that would be awesome.


I think it's very possible for this to be me and my family's "meal ticket"... It's just that certain puzzle pieces are ALMOST missing....or perhaps ever so slightly out of reach.


I'm pretty sure I'm just burned out right now.

THE BLACK DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS JEFFERSON: THE AWAKENING from John Verchot on Vimeo.

THIS AMAZES ME... yet I distictly remember this as being far, far from our best rehersal.
at this time, I am amazed that I was this proficient at the bass and I wrote songs that were that good.
I am so fucking pissed off at other people for not letting me play live but more-so myself for cutting my finger up so carelessly.
matt loer I still love you, and we will resume at a later date. THAT IS A THREAT AND A PROMISE AND A FACT.

Great name for a swing band: Enron Don and the Questionable Business Practices.

CHILLAXEN LIKE BILL PAXTON

I mean obviously...

I'm good, the band is coming along well. I think I've about got all the equipment I need, though I really would like a loop pedal. I could definitely use that.
Here's the songs we've got so far:

-Killer Unicorn
-Fire and bees
-If the meek shall inherit the earth (then we'll take to the sky)
-Flight of the Timberwolf
-Wooden room.

Our songs are pretty weird. fire and bees and Wooden Room are the closest things to a traditional song... I think that our band is mainly going to be "Instru-metal", with minimal lyrics...I really don't like bands without ANY lyrics....all the songs tend to bleed together. There are several songs I'd like to cover, but our setup is so weird that most songs really don't translate well at all. one of them that I haven't tried yet is "pumpin 4 the man" by ween....maybe. OOH! I just had a great idea! we should try "enjoy the silence" by depeche mode! I'll give it a shot. Hey you never know...

I forgot about an song I wrote on a casio keyboard some 3-5 years ago called "Monster Truck Driver" I think it will translate very well for The Black Descendants of Thomas Jefferson.

I wanna be a monster truck driver
I wanna go to all the county fairs
I wanna wear leather pants and a strong mustache

I wanna be a monster truck driver
I wanna be a monster truck driver
I wanna be a monster truck driver
I wanna be a monster truck driver

I wanna live off chicken-on-a-stick.
I want carnies to be my best friends
I wanna smell like diesel fuel, and stale cigarettes.

I wanna be a monster truck driver
I wanna be a monster truck driver
I wanna be a monster truck driver
I wanna be a monster truck driver

Pulitzer shit, I know.

if I'm not mistaken, you can click on here, then look under songs on my stickam player and listen to it.