well then, 'bout damn time for a new entry. the MRF show was great, joey is a very welcome addtion to the lineup. i saw that with the pretense of a fan. i would have joey play me music anytime, as i would play any kind of music with joey. it's always alot of fun creating with someone who's as insightful and self indulgent as he is. bret's self indulgent, but he generally follows very predictable paths, and joey has really brought his visions out of him. they work very well together. kelvin is on the decline it seems as far as friendship is concerned. his attitude is not very productive, and i dare say he is no longer "friends" with anyone in the band, but merely a business partner. i bear no ill will against the guy, but he elbowed me out of that band under the pretense of a unanimous descision. and the fact that bret doesn't have the balls to tell kelvin to shut up hurt me then and it hurts me now. he's always said that if i could get a band together he'd play bass, then when danny asked him he said no. it's just one thing after another and i find that sometimes i can't even talk to him any more cuz all i get is excuses about it being a band descision. which is bullshit, because it's just bret thinking he needs kelvin and trying to keep kelvin happy. bret doesn't need kelvin, guitar players like kelvin are everywhere, but bassists like bret are not. and bret needs to realize himself as the leader of the band, not just the workhorse, whish is what it looks like. it's his vision and his songs and his writing, but kelvin acts like he runs the show. it's really pointless to lament it anymore, but this is what a diary is for, so there we have it. i am dying to be in a band. and my bands keep being taken away from me either by other guys job circumstances, my baseball, or a manipulative, self-centered little prick... and i do mean little. peace love and no offense...