It's the "SUMMER OF SNOW!!!" ;) ...

(You know...like on SEINFELD, when George had: "The Summer of George!" ? )

Um, yeah...you see that dime lying down there on the ground by your feet?...

Well, my life just freaking turned on it! ;)

Woooo-FREAKING-Hoooo!!!

HOT DAMN, I am back-in-business!

I have just found the 'BEAT" to end all "BEATS"!

I have just nailed and landed the Goose that Laid the Golden Egg! ;)

Yup, that's me...watch me work it.:)

So, the largest and glitziest casino around here (and there are about 7 casinos around the St. Louis area)...is only a mile down the road from where I used to slave.

I have basically always thought it would be a stellar gig to land a bartending position at the concert club there. It is an amazing room, resplendent with crystal chandeliers suspended over head, an amazing stage, and a beautifully appointed room...just a 1st-class set-up all the way.

However, it is virtually impossible to get in the door there...someone basically has to keel over, before a position opens-up...and even then, they promote from within. NO ONE "rides for free"!

Well, say hello to the chick who cracked the system! (As a good friend of mine titled one of his songs, I : "SHOOK THE CAGE, AND RATTLED THE BONES!" ;)

I got it, baby! Bloody hell, I am SOOOO IN!!!!

Freaking monumental!

OMG...I get to work in a first-class establishment...one of the hoppin'-est clubs around...they are always packed! And, to me, the most important part is the fact that: **I GET TO WORK WITH BANDS AGAIN!!**

THAT was one of my prereq's for my job-search: GOTTA' have live bands...and GOOD bands, too...not these schmuck's who all play the same lame-ass song-lists...BADLY, might I add!... with "Mustang Sally" as their "piece de la resistance"! Uggghhhh!!!...How I DESPISE that song!

And, if I hear one more shitty-ass lead guitar player stroke himself on-stage with a 20 minute screeching, make-my-ears-bleed solo, as he gets his own rocks off during a Stevie Ray Vaughn song, I will seriously lose my mind!

And, don't even get me started on "Free Bird" or "Stairway to Heaven"! Ughhh...!!! Yes, all great songs...BACK IN THE DAY!

However, none of you have had to listen to various shitty-ass bands wail-away on the same crap every weekend...(because said shitty-ass bands have all pilfered their song lists from each other's websites, and are all too damn lazy to learn anything new, or even REMOTELY CURRENT!! )

~~Um...SIDE NOTE: Except for "METROPOLIS"...they totally blaze the new stuff...sometimes even better than the ACTUAL BAND does! No shit. Hey, *I* don't hang with schmucks, FYI !! ;) ~~

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Yeah...when I had started buying ear-plugs to wear at work for select bands, I knew there was a problem! I don't mind even the moldy, old crap when it is played WELL...and on decent equipment, with a competent Sound Guy.

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...However, none of those prerequisites were usually met. So, then it was time to either jam the ear-plugs in...or start pounding back a few shots. Oy-Vey! :O

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So, NOW...I get to work amongst the GOOD BANDS! During the week we have the hottest local acts on-stage...and they always pack the house. Then, on the weekends, the touring National acts come thru. (Example: that is where I saw Vince Neil perform with his killer new drummer a couple months ago.)

ANNNNNDDDDDDD...the "Golden Egg" part of this all is that IT IS FREAKING "CORPORATE"!!! ...Hence: JOB SECURITY! That damned casino is not going ANYWHERE!

Plus, no more paying for my own health insurance...Which was flippin' BURYING my ass! Ughhh...horrendously so.

Yeek...you know you are "growing up", when one of your main concerns is "paid benefits"! YIKES! *SIGH*...well, at least I am going to FINALLY be getting them.:)

PLUS! ... 401-K matching, tuition reimbursement, paid vacations, and an ACTUAL, rather DECENT hourly rate!...Plus the tips!

Um, yeah..."Goose"..."Golden Egg"...nice to meet'cha!

So, you all KNOW that I just gotta' change my song-of-the-day in honor of the occasion!

~~(Go check out SALIVA'S -"Click, Click...BOOM!" on MySpace music...KILLER STUFF!! ;) ~~

*I HAVE FINALLY FOUND MY "BEAT", PEOPLE!!!"

TIME TO DANCE IT-OUT!

~~~Welcome to: **THE SUMMER OF SNOW!!!** ~~~

ROCK WITH ME!!! ;)

XOXO!