JJB’s Ramblings

I believe that I have already made it clear that in general, eRock and I really rock .  The problem is that I am not sure that I have really stressed the magnitude with which we rock.  

I plan to do that now.   

For my birthday, my brother stepped up and shelled out for the dough for the hottest thing since Guitar Hero, RockBand.  You may have heard of it, but second hand accounts rarely do it justice and you must experience it.  It takes the guitar hero concept and mashes it together with all the other elements of a band: vocals, bass and drums, hence the name rockBAND.  Anyway, what it really is is just an excuse to get together with 1-3 of your friends and look like total morons.  The benefit being that normal morons NEVER have this much fun.  You may suck at vocals (like yours truly) or have absolutly no rhythm (think Steve Martin in the Jerk) but no longer does that mean you can’t be in a band.  eRock and I entertained two friends the other night and we gave RockBand the full workover.  It was great, we were all grinnin’ like dope fiends, enjoying our total groovyness.  I was rockin the microphone, doing my best Mick impression on the Stone’s “Gimme Shelter” when disaster struck.  85% of the way through the song, rockin out fast and furious, we blew out the receiver and it started flashing “Protect” on the LCD display screen.  Done. Clearly the stereo couldn’t handle our awesome rockin’-ness and it became concerned with it’s own well-being.  Thankfully the TV audio, though not nearly as robust as the stereo receiver, functioned properly and we went along rockin’ into the night, much like .38 special.  If you haven’t tried RockBand, get out and do so.  We may be having open auditions soon.

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