We got a pan. We got a plan!

Think it's time for an update! It's not Friday, and I'm not hungover, but I think I can make this work anyway.

For starters, the word "I" shouldn't always be used to mean David on this blog. If you know an Ooze member, give them shit for not writing on here cause everyone in the band (except maybe Ian) has the access info. Where my crew at?

OK, so now you might reasonably ask, "Who the fuck is Ian?". Well Gavin, fresh off the glory of being featured as last blog entry's centerpiece, decided he had to move on. I know! How could anyone walk away from a group of people as talented, interesting and sexy as you guys, especially while getting written about on a site with such an incredible amount of Internet traffic?! Well, Gavin was in like 2 million other bands, and he made the pretty reasonable determination that he didn't have time for all of us. It was a totally respectable departure, and we wish him well. With that said, following our last few months of rebuilding, I just need to get it out, just once: FUCKING DRUMMERS! There, I said it. We still love all y'all.

Fast forward to Andy recruiting our fantastic NEW drum/percussionist Ian Meyer. We've had 3 (or maybe more like 2-1/2) practices with him, and I'm happy to be writing him up on here now. [If he ditches us next week, I'm treating it as a curse and never writing about any new members on this blog ever again. Fuck it, you'll know who's in the band when they're listed on the next record or when you're filing your next restraining order, whichever comes first.] Ian is already taking our sound (or is that just the practice volume?) to stratospheric new heights. He seems so far to be more meticulous than any of the rest of us, which is probably good news, and he has brought this band a much needed assortment of visible tattoos. And legend has it, he used to be in a hardcore band in Philly.

So welcome Ian! If all stays on track, you'll feel his presence soon when your eardrums explode at a venue near you in the coming months.

As for our progress....We are actually, really working and it is actually, really sounding actually, really fucking good. "Seamonkeys," "Razzle Dazzle" and "Bang Crash Pow" are all sounding glorious. The mythical "Make It Happen" is coming along quite well after what felt like 30 years worth of confusion. Also working on a dramatically reshaped "Jungle Foot" as well as a reworking of a song we've since decided to call "Mermaid Kickers." If you're old school, it's the song that caused everyone we knew in NOLA to say, "That song with that really repetitious keyboard part is really good...except for the really repetitious keyboard part." Well the keyboard part's gone, and it sounds far better now, you were all right on that one. Many, many new songs being worked on too, and you'll start hearing demo versions of them very soon. Yeah, they're awesome.

MORE IRRELEVANT SHIT

My Hornets whupped up on Mario's Rockets last weekend! OK, so "whupped up" might be a little strong, but they won in a close division matchup. Tyson Chandler stripped Yao twice at the end of the game, and what do you know, they won by two possessions! Read Tyson Chandler's latest blog entry where he talks about it. "Yao is so damn big," pretty much sums it up for the Rockets I'd say.

Spurs/Rockets Saturday night! Mario and I will be out watching this at some bar with NBA TV (anyone know a place?).

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