So in today's edition of rants and raves from the Graves, I do in fact have some rants. But before I get to that I'll give a little update in WCG news. First off our Summer tour is pretty much booked in full outside of one date in Eugene. For the life of me I can't find a club that runs live bands on a Sunday. If anyone has any suggestions, please feel free to let me know. Also, we have some other shows coming up and in the works before the tour starts. June 10th we'll be at the J&M down in Pioneer Square with All Bets On Death and The Heroine out of Texas. That one should be a blast. We also have one down in Portland at the Red Room on July 8th with The Wayne Gacy Trio and Monster Sized Monsters. And I'll do my best to keep you posted on the other goings on in the WCG camp.
Now on to my bitch session. This is not pertinent to music in anyway shape or form, but I have keep it kind of nebulous, well, just because. Occasionally I run across people in life that for some, reason or another, are smarmy assholes. It seems they have reached this elitist level out of their own failed sense of life. This is baffling to me. You suck at life so you, in turn, develop an attitude that you are much more. Or is it because you suck at life that you over compensate? I'm truly at a loss. An over glorified sense of power that someone holds over you with little provocation or merit.
As an example, I'll equate it to a security guard. No offense to security guards out there. Many of which do their job well, but I know there are the few out there, because I've run into them. They have this overinflated sense of power. The fact of the matter is they, most likely, had aspirations of joining the police force, Army Rangers or something in that field. But being feeble of mind or body has prevented this in one way or another. So instead of taking it in stride and making the best of their situation, they instead invoke a false power unto others to fill the void of their own failures. It's one thing to take your job seriously. And in that field, I would imagine you would have to be alert and rather vigilant to what's happening around you. Then there are those guys... You know the ones. I'm sure even the folks that work as security guards know them and think they're assholes too. They think they're part of some elite paramilitary group that's sole purpose is to carry out their actions with extreme prejudice.
Now, I'm just using the security guard as an example, but people like this exist in all walks of life and professions. I'm sure you ALL know someone along these lines. You know the feeling you get when you find yourself in the company of one of these assclowns... The one of fantasizing of ripping their arms off and beating them about the head and neck with their own arms.
I do wonder however, do these folks realize they are this way? Probably not... So I guess to those folks I would put a twist on an old saying. Take a look around and if you don't see the dick in the room... It's probably you. And that's all I have to say about that...
Adam
WCG
