Hi, I’m nate

I finished my first blogging for gold post! Yeehaw… I’d rather be playing music but this wasn’t so bad at all.
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Well see how long my add runs in this direction.

Wow, is weebly cool or what? It might be too cool for it’s own good (though they do pitch the upgrade well).

Anyway, I was fooling around over there and what started as an experiment just may become the new *official* page for my latest music jaunt. http://smallestgiant.weebly.com

I know I mentioned a set list here but I’ve already done it there so… And it’s just covers anyway!

We’ve got 4 shows under our belts (5th one is tomorrow night) so we’re still pretty young. Actually though, in “band years”, we’re probably 9 or 10. LOTS of bands NEVER see 5 paying gigs! I guess I can feel good about that… & keep on truckin.

Well here’s a weird thing… every year it seems my taxes are more difficult to prepare. And it’s not like I’m making any more money! I’m just about ready to jump on the flat tax bandwagon… or maybe FairTax? I don’t know. I think we’re probably headed toward the MORE TAX plan either way.

Anyway, here’s an interesting page from the FairTax proposal:
http://www.fairtax.org/site/PageServer?pagename=calculator

But enough of that yucky yuck. The World’s Smallest Giant is getting ready for the world’s smallest gig and it just might change the world (in the smallest way of course). We will be sporting, you guessed it, the world’s smallest PA so… that has me concerned from time to time. Oh, while I’m at it- no party is too small for us to entertain so email me and we’ll get there. We’ll play for 1 person even (as long as we still get paid mind you). We also do arenas… I’m just sayin, you know.  Times are hard. Gotta scrape up that tax money! Once our first full set is in stone I plan on posting it here. Sometimes things don’t work out according to plan though so don’t hold me to it.

Well, the new acoustic musical endeavour is almost fully underway. I hooked back up with a guy I used to do music with waaay back when I was young- Rick Glaze. Turns out he can sing good too! So, we’ve learned about 4 hours worth of stuff and we have our first real booking (it’s about 4 weeks away). The weird thing about musical adventures to me is just doing it. There are a lot of people who could do it but just don’t because of the effort involved and the uncomfortable nature of the beast. I know because I was one of those people (sort of… I guess I’ve always been doing something or other).

Anyway, I like our duo/band/whatever name: The World’s Smallest Giant! Think of all the jokes you can squeeze out of that fancy moniker!

I haven’t posted in a while and a lot has happened since the last time… but nothing worth going on and on about. I guess I’m just starting to feel guilty here?

Anyway, the barefeet band thing is over (it was an interesting diversion while it lasted) and now I find myself learning 50 new songs on the acoustic for future gigs. I have the first one booked already for 12/11… before I have the songs down even! So that’s a good sign right? I hope they don’t mind me using a notebook for most of the set. Once things settle in I’ll probably post my new set list… It’s nothing special but it does look eclectic at this point. I need more funny songs!

the river looks so peaceful
from the muddy, mossy bank
like an illusion of motion
like nature’s flowing prank

it seems so sweet and soft
as it trickle, trickle hums
dappled, rippled, smooth and safe
never breathing while it runs

never breathing, never sleeping
ever moving, ever creeping
with the rains, ever leaping
with the drought, ever seeping

in the river life is maddening
under the surface nothing’s smooth
hustled, jostled, often saddening
no room to move for being moved

silt and trash and broken branches
rocks and dirt, snakes and fish
bang me violently forward
to what I dread and wish

and once we’re in the river
no escaping, no way out
no sympathetic whisper to
free us from belief and doubt

ever churning, ever yearning
cutting through the towns and fields
moving faster, even faster
than our frantic spinning wheels

always hungry, always hungry
starving glutton chewing air
at the feast with diarrhea
spewing, spitting in despair

and in the end there is an end
crashing hard against the rocks
remember when we dove right in
remember when we cursed the clocks

ah but the river looked so peaceful
from the boring river side
who knew it would run so wild and
take so much before we died

I thought I lost everything in this blog… then found my last backup (so I only lost a few months). Life goes on. I think the forum is probably toast though. I’m headed over there next.

Stream all the Moving Sky stuff with this link:
http://www.natesongs.com/movingskysongs.m3u

Everything’s just a rollin along… appliance parts sales seem to be holding steady despite the economy (you’d think they would pick up but we’re fine with steady). The Mud Cats have provided a healthy distraction so I’m not constantly freaking out about work. Weird how that can happen- getting more busy to feel less overwhelmed by busyness. Well, that’s how it’s working right now anyway.

Last week we added another new song to the lineup. I can definitely handle learning one a week- those 4 & 5 song weeks were HARD. New song: “In Da Club” and I’m getting sick of regurgitating offensive lyrics with a hick accent so I rewrote the entire thing. It’s definitely more funny now. I would post the new words but they’re also dumb. Well, here’s one of my favorite bits… it’s from a farmer’s pov. “I hate to put out that scarecrow / but I can’t have them birds you know / I wish I never saw that show / where the scarecrow came ALIVE!” For some reason the thought of a scaredycat, redneck farmer just tickles my funny bones.

Oh, I realized I never told where we were playing the first show so… May 2nd, 8PM, Bandito Burrito in Madison. It’s free and we’ll be in the 3rd section (2nd bar sort of). It’s fairly “kid friendly” so my whole family will get to represent. Hopefully my kids won’t be scarred for life!

My overalls are getting bleached even now. Next weekend will be mud & oil staining time. I really hope I can get some video to post here after our first outing.

And in other news- our church has had noon service & lunch everyday this week and I have yet to miss. It has made me skip gym time but this is a special week (and it’s free lunch for goodness sake!). I’ll just have to double up workouts next week. Seriously though, I have thoroughly enjoyed this calming, mid-day break. I wish we did it all year long. Maybe then I’d stop sinning so much?

nothing is as clear as you don’t want it to be
that’s what she told me over the phone
and I didn’t really want any more clarity
it’s no fun being alone when you’re alone

nothing is worth nothing when you’re talking to me
that’s what she told me over the phone
when we hung up I didn’t know nothing means
nothing at all is going to bring her back home

so when you ask what I’ve been doing these days
nothing much… nothing much
and if you want to know how I feel these days
nothing much… nothing much

much ado about nothing is still much ado
just another hole in the old vacuum
and when nothing’s all you’ve got, it’s quite a lot to you
it takes a whole lot of nothing to fill this empty room

she don’t know how much nothing she was worth to me
I miss her empty eyes and her hollow touch
and I can’t blame myself without her help sadly
but now she’s gone and I miss her nothing much

so when you ask what I’ve been doing these days
nothing much… nothing much
and if you want to know how I feel these days
nothing much… nothing much