The Disney World trip is over with, and what a trip it was.
During downtime, I had some time to think, and it finally hit me. French is really my calling, not all this computer crap. Why bother running jackmcd.com when so many other, more exciting opportunities await me? I'd get to travel to other parts of the world (not just France, mind you), meet new people, hook up with some sweet babe. You know, the usual.
I've made the executive decision to close down jackmcd.com for good. It's a huge time investment on my part--time I no longer have. Not to mention the exorbitant payments I make to my hosting company every month.
Sorry Fountainhead, but it looks like you're gonna have to get a Geocities account or something.
--Jack McDaniel, webmaster
April 1, 2005
uh oh
Posted by: Michael A Harms, Esq. at April 2, 2005 01:21 PMI'm guessing this isn't an april fools joke
Posted by: Michael A Harms, Esq. at April 2, 2005 01:22 PM: ( I certainly hope it is. It will be a sad day when Founainhead must move sites. This one is so awesome.
Posted by: Bottle at April 2, 2005 02:00 PMWell, we're still having practice tonight at 8:00.
I nominate buying a domain, something like www.fountainheadsucks.com.
Posted by: Nate at April 2, 2005 02:11 PMWait a minute, how would Jack know "what a trip it was"?
Posted by: Nate at April 2, 2005 02:13 PMIf you'd like a domain, you're welcome to buy it and I'll just transfer stuff.
Posted by: Andrew Richner at April 2, 2005 02:46 PMPractice tonight cancelled. We'll do it some other time.
Posted by: Nate at April 2, 2005 03:12 PMPlan on Monday and Tuesday for long, hard practices.
Lol ;)
I'd like to buy a domain.
Posted by: Michael A Harms, Esq. at April 2, 2005 06:09 PMI'm telling ya, www.fountainheadsucks.com is a great domain. If Primus' site can be www.primussucks.com, so can ours.
Posted by: Nate at April 2, 2005 08:45 PMHow did you guys get asked to play in rochesterfest?
Posted by: Luke Porter at April 2, 2005 09:02 PMIf you guys want a domain, you can have one. I just shut down a site I was running, so I can host another domain with this account.
Interested?
Posted by: Jack McD. at April 2, 2005 09:40 PMHey guys! Guess what! It really was an April Fool's joke. We can keep fountainhead.arbeyond.com
Posted by: lol at April 2, 2005 09:54 PMWell, we were in this chatroom, and this guy was like "Hey check out my website" and it led to streetlight manifesto's site and then I was like "HOLY SHIT SWEEET" and then mr. Baker heard that I talked to the head of streetlight manifesto in a chatroom and he did me and then let me play at the rochesterfest.
Actually Mr Baker just asked me.
Posted by: Michael A Harms, Esq. at April 3, 2005 03:16 PMPractice on Monday from 9:00 to 10:00.
Posted by: Nate at April 3, 2005 08:56 PMOk
Posted by: Justin Bunke at April 3, 2005 10:20 PMI'm game.
Posted by: Michael A Harms, Esq. at April 4, 2005 02:13 AMIt's 5:08 AM. You've got a tablefull of keyboard, a functional bathroom, a Taylor with a guitar, you've got so much diet coke, and the knowledge that you'll be wiped out of your wits due to sleep depravation tomorrow.
Let's roll.
Posted by: Michael A. Harms, Esq. at April 4, 2005 05:09 AMDoes Mark know about tonight's practice?
Okay folks, here's the song. Since we don't have much time to practice it, I figured I'd give you it's outline.
I really don't care about titles, so this one's called "Check's Yourself".
OPENING
4 beats given by hi-hat
1 slow chorus leads into:
2 fast choruses, which leads to:
¾ transition riff played four times, which leads to:
Drum fill into 4/4
VERSE 1 (Lyrics begin)
Verse riff played six times
Second transition riff played four times, leading to:
E flat major chord in a fermata
Drum fill into chorus.
CHORUS
Chorus riff played twice with lyrics
NO TRANSITIONS (Just go straight into the verse riff)
VERSE 2
Verse riff played four times
After fourth time, all cut out except vocals and drums
Continue until it’s been gone through twice more (Six times in total)
Second transition riff played four times, leading to:
E flat major chord in a fermata
Drum fill into chorus.
CHORUS
Chorus riff played twice
Second time play chords on downbeats (just like the ending of “Crazy Train”)
ENDING
¾ transition riff played four times
Play same rhythm except use nothing but A minor (This riff played four times)
After fourth time, drum fill which leads to an A minor chord played on beat two.
POSSIBLE LYRICS FOR CHORUS
Check yourself, you’ve got to
Check yourself, before you
Wreck yourself, or else I’ll
Deck yourself, you’ve got to
CHECK YOURSEEEEEEEEEELF!
CHECK YOURSEEEEEEEEEELF!
(Instead of “or else I’ll deck yourself”, it could be “it’s only common sense”)
Mike, I'm counting on you for lyrics, buddy.
Posted by: Nate at April 4, 2005 05:36 PMFountainhead = God
Fountainhead = Winner of Battle of the Bands
whew, you're misinformed... hopefully not about the latter part though. hey guys, let's be like roper and make a domain called fountainheadsucks.com, strongly reminiscent of reese roper's tendancy to dis himself and his band! w00t!
Posted by: not God at April 5, 2005 08:44 AMI think it was more of a primus reference.
Does anyone in Fountainhead even listen to Roper?
Posted by: Michael A. Harms, Esq. at April 5, 2005 09:23 AMI have their CD, being a FIF fan and all, and they're okay, I guess.
Posted by: Nate at April 5, 2005 03:52 PMThis guy driving in front of me today had a roper bumper sticker
Posted by: Michael A. Harms, Esq. at April 5, 2005 05:50 PMNate.. it's garnier fructis. That is the answer to your question.
Posted by: Bottle at April 5, 2005 08:47 PM"...its garnier fructis. that is the answer to your question."
Isn't this a metaphor for life?
(EQUAL TO DIE!!)
-In the Communist system, everyone is equal
-Equal to die
-Communism Failed
-Greetings from Conferencia (Home of the Planeteers)
Posted by: peter at April 6, 2005 05:02 PMOn a more serious note, i wish you guys the best of luck at teh Battle of the Bands.
Also, Nate's song is looking pretty good.
Posted by: Peter at April 6, 2005 05:04 PMIt's sounding great too, and it even has lyrics
Posted by: Michael A. Harms, Esq. at April 6, 2005 08:31 PMYea Nate's song is amazing
Posted by: Justin Bunke at April 7, 2005 07:13 AMyeah, i've only heard it two or three times and i couldn't stop laughing it was so awesome. in the immortal and incredibly cliche words of AC/DC, "we roll tonight, to the guitar bite. and for those about to rock, we salute you."
Posted by: David at April 8, 2005 08:26 AMNice job last night. I'm still kinda pissed about the results, though.
I didn't spend twelve years of my life learning and developing musicianship just to get beat by three pretty boys whose best quality was their ability to coordinate wardrobe.
Posted by: Nate at April 9, 2005 11:26 AMWell said Nate.
Posted by: Justin Bunke at April 9, 2005 11:32 AMYeah. Agreed. Don't worry. They will be crushed. Another interesting tidbit. Some of their fans were diserting them for fountainhead. They wanted to rock out with me of course... (actually they just realised you guys have more talent and much more ROCK than rockology.)
Posted by: Bottle at April 9, 2005 12:15 PMInteresting Factoid:
We won the popular vote. This means the judges fucked us up the ass. (Bauman)
But who can blame them? I mean, everyone loves hearing covers of classic rock songs that anyone can play. I didn't like Lahr before and I sure as fuck hate him now.
Aces.
I know it sounds selfish, because we did better than before, and we should be happy with what we get, but I'm pissed too.
On the plus side, I must have heard about 30 times "Oh man it should have been you guys." and even our arch-nemeses/buddies Plazmatic said we should have won, even though they put on a hell of a show, technical difficulties aside.
Oh well. I think we play alongside Rockology at Rochesterfest, maybe we can write a kick-ass song about this year's battle too.
(Note: Peter's Calves sounds cool on the recording.)
Great playing, everyone. Honestly, everyone did great. That was an excellent show, regardless of what a punk-ass weed smoking humanities teacher with bad teeth had to say about it.
Posted by: Michael A. Harms, Esq. at April 9, 2005 12:50 PMBy the way, not to sound like the man or anything, bad-mouthing Mr. Lahr is okay, I guess. I don't know him. But please, before it starts, I would appreciate nothing bad being said about Ms. Alme. She's my AP English teacher and she wrote me recommendation letters, so yeah. None of that.
Posted by: Andrew Richner at April 9, 2005 01:37 PMOk, but it wouldn't be bad mouthing to say that she has no sense of talent for music.
Posted by: Justin Bunke at April 9, 2005 01:40 PMI don't really know anything about her. It's easier to hate the guy who gave me a 55/100 on my final paper with no comments.
Posted by: Michael A. Harms, Esq. at April 9, 2005 02:30 PMYeah, the results were bull shit. You guys definately should have won.
Posted by: Luke Porter at April 9, 2005 03:40 PMWhat other band had an entire group of people skanking? C'mon!
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2005 12:37 PMAnd those were some sexy skankers too. Damn good crowd if I say so myself. Even Lucy joined, granted she didn't know how to skank at all and she kept getting elbowed in the face, ouch.
Posted by: Lisa at April 17, 2005 02:02 PM