Wisdom From An Old Man

May 9th, 2003

With Chris' birthday coming up (on the same day as our show at Babylon!!!) I feel a changing of the guard within the band. In today's society, elder's are often given the most respect. That is why age is such an important thing not only in society, but within the band.

I'm going to give you a little insight into the workings of a rock and roll machine, namely the Setbacks.

Being the oldest, I am the boss. But now Chris will be the same age as me, and we will need to make decisions together. Only upon reaching consensus will we be able to boss around Steve and Paul. That'll be sweet - it's tough work bossing around 3 dudes by yourself!

The problem with this is that Chris is the drummer, and as a result will have little or no leadership ability. As anyone who has played in a band will know, drummers are often dim witted, unable to catch jokes, or play an instrument. That is why they are given the most primitive of instruments: sticks and something to hit.

Whatever happens, I think you will find the sound of the band turning towards world beats, and djembe driven drum circle freak outs. Since I do also have a say in it, I will claim the cowbell and the thing that makes that weird sound like in the start of Crazy Train for myself to play. These percussive instruments are way better than bongos and djembes.

Hopefully one of the other guys will turn our age before we begin recording, so we can go back to being a rock band because then the vote will be 2-1 against a percussion orchestra.

-trevor