Eh… what? Oh, I say. I must have dozed off.

Sweet & Sour

Monday July 10, 2006

Videos! Theft!

The other day the rest of the crew and I had a great opportunity to shoot a music video with a local film production company. There was a director, there was a huge crew, there was catering. There were interns! Everyone was very professional and laid back at the same time, which was jolly well top-notch. We had a veritable gaggle of kids show up to be our audience, and to be in little gags during the video. Its off for processing and editing, and hopefully will be in our grubby little hands in about three weeks.

On the way home however, while we were stopped for a celebratory libation, some devious miscreant broke my rear window of my car and stole my bass amplifier, the same one I’ve been using for every single pirate show. There were people around who saw it “go down”, and were a great help with the report to the police. I’m skeptical I’ll ever get it back. It was a great amp, and its going to be missed. Some may say “but Mr. Filibuster, surely, as a pirate, you must expect the same behaviour back at you!” To which I answer: true pirates may plunder, but not without a jolly decent tussle first. This smash-and-grab behaviour is just not cricket.

Things could have been worse. The bass I made myself was in the trunk, along with more equipment. The rest of the band’s gear was in a van right in front of my car, and if it were dark or more secluded, they could have easily broken into that as well.

And hell, we’ll have a fantastic-looking music video soon.

Ol’ Bass Ampie, I hardly knew ye.

July 2008: 29: Oak Island
May 2008: 06: Mr. Compton
April 2008: 23: The view from down here
January 2007: 02: Happy New Year!
October 2006: 12: Forgeddaboutit!
September 2006: 25: Filly At the Festival
August 2006: 29: More Advances in Modern Technology
July 2006: 28: Off We Go!; 10: Sweet & Sour
March 2006: 03: MySpace?!
December 2005: 20: Wrapping up the Website; 09: In Development
November 2005: 28: The Aladdin Holiday Show
September 2005: 15: Technologicalitism