5/14/08

Little late on the update this month. Thankfully Jeff reminded me. Speaking of Jeff he's got a new site up and I must say it looks pretty damn sweet. Have a look and stop by the "songs" section to check out some old RoadHead/CoAx tunes. It was great listening to those again!

So a week ago I looked at the old odometer on my wheels and it said that it was time to get the oil changed. Not one of my favorite things to do due to the waiting 'n so forth. (moronalogue ensues). So I head on down to the local "quicky oil change" joint and get ready to plunk down a chunk 'o change to extend the life of my vehicle. So I park my wheels, leave the key in and check in with the hostess. Nice enough girl, says it should take about 20 minutes. Cool. I brought a book, 'cause I'm a nerd like that, and sat down to go through a chapter. Well needless to say after 20 minutes one of the techs walk in and wants to sit down to talk to me about my car. I look up and say "yeeees?".  Well this dude is all about sellin' me this and that and how I need this done and that done.  If I did everything that he wanted me to do I would have been out at least $300.00...for a fucking oil change? I politley declined his offer and just asked for new wiper blades and went back to reading. Well after about 20 more minutes and my wallet becoming $60.00 lighter my chariot was awaiting me out front. I get in and drive away thinking how happy I am that that was over. Well it wasn't quite over yet. Now I'm not a car mechanic nor do I pretend to be one but as a couple of days passed my nose started to notice something that wasn't quite right. Everytime I stopped there was this hideous odor emanating from my car. I had no idea what it was. Then I figured that the guys down at the "quicky oil change" joint must have accidentally spilled some oil in my engine or something. I figured it would burn off in a day or so, so I ignored it. Big mistake. Well at band practice bass player/automotive technician/guru Chris Saas said "hey dude, you got some oil on the front of your hood. You'd best open that thing and see what's what". Well lo and behold those extraordinarily bright fellows down at the "quicky oil change" place forgot to put my oil cap back on. Now thankfully I don't have to drive far to the studio, only like 10 minutes. But needless to say I was fairly fucking pissed off. So Chris and I took his van to pick up some oil to dump in my vehicle. Nick (drummer) was also kind enough to run to work and locate a rubber stopper (he works in a lab) to plug up the gaping hole in my engine block. My wife was also kind enough to run out and order a new oil cap from our local autoparts store as well.

The next morning I figured I should probably stop by the oil change place and have a chat with 'em. Now initially I was going to be somewhat of a dick but then a cooler head prevailed and I thought that I would have better results if I was calm and somewhat rational. So I walk in and one of the techs comes over and asks if he could help me. (silly question). I said yes and told him my tale of woe. I made it short. He then proceeded to get the manager. Nice guy. Now this is the funny part. I explained what happened to him and then he had my car brought in to be checked. Yep, oil all over the engine. He then tells me, that it was probably the vibration from the engine that unscrewed the cap..................what? He says it again. I looked at him and started to laugh. Then I told him that if the vibration from the engine unsrcrewed that oil cap that the roads would be littered with oil caps. He then quickly back pedaled and had my engine washed, my account credited and gave me a coupon for a free oil change. Decent enough compensation.

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Just a reminder that Allan Holdsworth and his band will be stopping by UMusic on 5/24/08 for a performance and clinic. Call us at (914)736-7777 and reserve your seat tickets because they will go fast.

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Led Boots is now done. It just has to be mixed and it will be ready to go on BHP's "El Becko" tribute to Jeff Beck. 

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II've been working pretty steadily (well as steady as I can) on my new studio build. It's goin pretty well. I have a the new wall containing the entryway framed, sheetrocked/taped and painted. I covered two of the walls in the room with 1x6 tongue and groove knotty pine. And I discovered a small room that was hidden behind a wall so I made a small hatch into it so I can use it for storage. I still have to put down a new floor and paint the ceiling and the two walls. So close yet so far...