Jump to content
Jambands.ca

Dennis

Members
  • Posts

    96
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Posts posted by Dennis

  1. Well, I have my BA, MA in English Lit. Yup, a real moneymaker! Cuurently writing technical guides for a software company, and hating it.

    Have you looked into government positions? There are always new opportunities as policy analysts/advisors. Good pay, good benefits, and one of the few remaining places to get a decent pension. The work can indeed be interesting, but the politiking can be a pain. But, once your in, you can move around form dept to dept until you find something that really inspires you.

    Best of luck!

    Dennis

  2. Well, even though the winner has been announced, I'll share my hard luck story. Phish summer tour 98, I was doing Walnut Creek through to the Lemonwheel. All was well until the journey from Pittsburg to Vernon Downs. About an hour west of Syracuse the timing belts on my Subaru went.

    I ended up being towed to the nearest town (weedsport-the name is more interesting than the town). Now, I understand that Subaru is an import, but isn't Syracuse a city? It took 3 days to get my timing belts replaced. The Hotel in weedsport charged the equivelent of $100 CDN per night. I spent one night sleeping in the dugout of a local baseball field. The local cop cornered me, asking me why I have been walking around his town for the last couple of days.

    Needless to say, I missed the Vernon Downs show (but some guy got an unexpected miracle when I handed him my Vernon ticket at the weedsport service station). In fact, I spent the next 24 hours driving back to Ottawa, picking up my friends, and then heading straight to the LemonWheel. After not having received any rest for the last 4 days (sleeping in my car, in a dugout, or not sleeping at all).

    I get to Lemonwheel around 8 am Sat morning. We set up camp, walk about, waiting for the afternoon set. After the first set, I head back to camp to take a nap, which turned into a good night's sleep. Missed the 2nd and 3rd set of the first day.

    So, the way I figure it, the lack of Subaru timing belts in Syracuse caused me to miss 4 sets of Phish :^)

  3. I was working at the Book Mark (Laurier next to the Oak). After finishing my shift, I went next door to the Oak for a pint and some eats. The waitress sees my Steal Your Face tshirt and says "You must be very sad." "About what?" I ask. I then find out about Jerry's passing. My pint and eats turned into a 3 day drink/smoke fest.

    RIP Jerry!

  4. What about the correction Dave made after the first commercial. During the opening he said trey was formerly of Phish, then corrected himself saying that Trey was still in Phish.

    They are really playing up this "we haven't broken up" thing.

    Unfortunately, I fell asleep before Trey played.

  5. Yeah, HWOSG is a great book. If you haven't read them, check these out:

    1. Foucault's Pendulum (Umberto Eco)

    2. The Magus (John Fowles)

    3. Mr. Nice (Howard Marks, a great auto-bio of a drug smuggler)

    4. Pecked to Death by Ducks (Tim Cahill)

    5. New Confessions (William Boyd)

    Currently reading This Side of Paradise, 1917 Revolution, Riding the Iron Rooster, and re-reading the Magus.

  6. I'm not sure of the correct protocol for slapping a bull...but a motorcycle accident that forced him to cancel a tour a few years ago (maybe 6 or 7 years ago), marriage to Julia, and now this! Been a tough life for that cowboy.

    If you do get a chance, do go see Lyle. The man is a class act!

×
×
  • Create New...