We have a new President, new gigs and it's a new year. So here's what's up with DeVille!
We have a band house now, similar to the Real World: Brooklyn except we're not a bunch of fame-hungry a-holes with little/no talent or redeeming value as humans. Hot damn, that was harsh. Good way to start a Wednesday!
We all attended Inauguration yesterday, which was amazing. Check out
Ian and
Eleena's personal blogs for first-person accounts.
Ms. Gordon started a new job, which makes life MUCH easier on us. Rent money is bueno. She seems to really like her job, and she's a recruiter, so maybe she can get Ian and Eleena out of their crappy jobs now that Inauguration 2009 is over. She's writing songs like crazy, so much that Ian's struggling to keep up with all of her new lyrics. Apparently on the National Mall, a People magazine photographer had an impromptu photo shoot with her. If we get to name-drop ourselves in People...holy shit that'd be wicked tight.
Trevor is recovering from eye surgery. Last I heard, his bubble was down to the size of a pea. As of today he's back to work, which is great -- like I said before, rent money is BUENO.
Patches was sick for a bit, but now he's recovering, and won't miss practice. Hooray! Patches has made amazing headway into our set, learning/developing/writing his own parts through the full set in only a few weeks. And now we're making him learn new songs. What dicks we are. We're really looking forward to having Patches at shows, so we can fully flex our rock'n'roll muscle.
Ian spent yesterday on the Inaugural parade route, trying to squeeze a story from arguably one of the least interesting areas to be in during the ceremony. But some bangin' photos came out of it, so, whatever. Ian will be taking part in the Future of Music Coalition's DC Policy Day, a forum where the music industry's "middle class" (those of us that are trying to make music a career but aren't rich and famous) can discuss emerging technologies, the state of the music industry and the future of music in terms of government policy, artists' rights, etc. with industry and government leaders.
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