another bad publicity item

so i was trying google searches to find out what would make our website show up, and i got it to show up a few times. hooray. success. and wonderfully, we're the first page to show up if you do a search for "note to self band". couldn't be more ideal.

of course, there's always another side to the coin. i did a search for "note to self ben erickson" and our contact page did show up in the first ten, along with some other pages. okay. alright. fine so far. some of the other sites were goofy, like the one titled "Unicyclist Community - Gallery". i mean, come on, that's pretty funny. and that's fine. i enjoy some good, healthy goofiness from time to time. that's great. however, here's another site that showed up: "A Brief History of Transsexuality" ...yeah. i don't even know what to say. i'm pretty sure this can't be a good sign. i think that's the first time i've ever experienced my high point and my low point of the week within like 30 seconds of each other.

i'm sure even Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch had shows like this

sometimes michigan weather is just unbelievable. here's what weather.com said for yesterday: "Snow accumulating 1 to 3 inches. Total storm accumulations 5-8 inches. " this isn't exactly a catalyst for show attendance. i was trusting that people who were planning on coming would act like true michigan residents and brave the cold and snow and drive either way too fast or way too slow on the way there. alas. it wasn't to be. let's just say that the show at Club Above was... ahem... modestly attended. thanks to deborah solo, for playing and bringing the bulk of the attendees. i think we sounded pretty good, and we're getting the hang of setting up our sound system, but it would be nice to have people hear it. suffice to say that we're not going to headline any non-coffee-shop shows again any time soon. but, you know, reality checks are good, i guess. kind of like the time i thought i could play basketball at lifetime, and i dislocated my shoulder. or the time i thought i could play netminder for indoor soccer, and i dislocated my shoulder. at least i didn't dislocate anything last night. except for my pride. seriously though, on the bright side, it was a great learning experience. and that is the only way we're going to get better. it's just not as fun of a learning experience as going to hollywood and hanging out with musicians.