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The story
Many people have asked me what the aich ee double hockey sticks is going on with me these days (that's "haich ee" if you're in Newfoundland. And half-an-hour ahead). Well, here's the story.

I've performed as a soloist since about 1994. I made various attempts at being in bands, all of which were bad or terribly short-lived. Or both. But I've only ever been a soloist because I don't have what it takes to be in band. For those wondering, here's what it takes (for me): a rehearsal space, a P.A. system, mic stands, an amp, and people who are good musicians, share or complement your creative energy, can get along with you, and have schedules that sync up with yours. At the same time, I don't listen to soloists, and I'm not inspired by soloists. I'm inspired mostly by heavy rock of the 1990s. Seattle grunge, Korn, and the like. (Yes, Korn. I love their stuff.) That style of music doesn't work so great performed by a soloist, which is why I was always relegated to playing novelty bits between actual acts at small festivals, non-paying activist gigs, and such.

In summer of 2005, all of those celestial bodies aligned for me, and I was in a totally awesome band. (You may have heard of us; we were called "Babe Lloyd & Wheel of Meat". No "the".) The drummer and bassist were friends of mine, they got along very well, we found time to rehearse (usually), and we had a rehearsal space, a P.A., and amps.

Then the bassist moved to Vancouver. Then the drummer went to Europe. And I just couldn't bear to go back to the novelty tweener soloist routine. So I stopped playing. I also haven't been inspired to write anything new since then. Yeah, inspiration perspiration. Fine. Whatever. There's no new stuff.

Will this sabbatical come to an end? It doesn't look like it will soon. But the drummer says she'll want to play with me again when she returns in autumn 2006. So we'll see. We'll have to find a talented bassist who's ninto playing weird stuff. But we do have a mic stand, mics, and one amp with two inputs.

So this is the official call for a new bassist. If you would like to play bass in Wheel of Meat, go to the "contact" page and write me!

Anyway, I thought that since it's been a year, I should update this site. But there really isn't much new, because I've been inactive. I added some mp3s to the audio page. And there's a new blog entry.