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Saturday morning was spent in the continual struggle of man and Matthew. Don’t get me wrong he is a fantastic kid, funny, gorgeous, cheeky but MY GOD he has a rebellious streak … no idea where he got that from!

After returning him to his mother I drove to Frankston to use some of Chris and Mel’s storage space freeing my car from some of its load. Whilst I was there I took and uploaded the self portrait for the day and we watched some TV to pass the time.

The first item on the agenda was the South Park episode I had heard so much about from friends. It’s the episode where Cartman forms a Christian rock band to try and make a platinum record before Kyle can. The funny/disturbing bits are Cartman’s black friend “Token” who is repeatedly told that because he is black he can not only play bass, but he will already have one in his basement. Very wrong but very funny.

Cartman’s key to success is changing lyrics to songs already written from love, babe and darling to Jesus. And once again, very funny but oh so wrong at times.

The next item was the second episode of House (fourth season). Still love this show and I can’t wait to see where it goes from here.

The last show was my introduction to “The Unit”. This was a fantastic show and I have got the entire first season to watch now. It deals with the parallels of soldiers in a “unknown” special forces unit dealing with terrorists and and their wives at home dealing with living in “the army system”.

I had a gig with the Cucumbers that night so it was off to get ready for that. A rather long night but as usual hilarity was bought to the fore during the evening and I once again demonstrated that there is no better teacher than experience as I continued to play although crying (yes I do mean tears were streaming down my face) with laughter at one point. Closest I have ever come to stopping during a song.

Got home about 1.30 and crashed.

47/365 – Live in concert

Originally uploaded by RXAphotos

Friday after returning Matthew to the care of his mother I ventured down to Yarra Junction to the Brit Park Campsite, a facility owned and operated by the Guides of Victoria.

The Cucumbers (the covers band I play with) were the featured item at the close of camp party. Although we hadn’t played since June we still bought the house down and the girls all had a great night.

I found out during have gigs coming up in Lillydale, Wonthaggi and the MCG MCC members long room.

Join the Cucumbers and see the world!

This photo is one of my self portrait series (47 days straight now) and was taken by placing the camera under the drum looking up and triggering the self timer with a remote.

Last night’s army rehearsal was a challenging one as I conducted for most of the evening. The bosses were off doing boss type things so I offered to warm up the band which lead to me taking the band through about five or six items.

I’m much more comfortable behind the drums but this was a good experience as well. There were some good noises coming out of the band so I couldn’t have done too badly.

When I got to the Shrine on Sunday for the army gig I had I realised with a calm horror that I had left my drum sling behind. This is a very unusual thing for me as I am normally very organised when it comes to my gear.

Ben and I quickly whipped up an alternative rig that would work with only minimal chaffing. As I was getting ready to walk to the rendezvous point Ben cracked up laughing and produced my sling from the back of his ute.

The lesson is … don’t doubt yourself and do a proper look before invoking Plan B.

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How do I know? Well …

1. Chris is my little brother.
2. Chris is an amazing songwriter (bastard)
3. I play guitar in Chris’s band and have heard and played these songs more times then I care to mention … and yet I still think they are great.

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