Got My Gote!!!!

I just got a Tote Gote. It appears to be a 1960 model. I got it from this nice old guy out in Corbet Oregon. His dad was the original owner and it has been in the family every since. It's in a few pieces. But it looks to be mostly all there. I hope to have it up and running real soon, so I can hit the trails.

Sarah and I had quite the adventure trying to get it home in her little Chevy Cavalier. The Gote was stuffed in the trunk and poking through into the back seat and we had one engine in the trunk and another engine the guy threw in on the deal in the back seat. It smelled like gasoline all the way home.

S(lame)layer

OK I get my new guitar magazine and it's pretty cool because it has a really good article on Jimi Hendrix but! it goes down hill with the sycophant nut swinger ass kissing about Kerry King's new amp. I'm so sick of Slayer they are totally over hyped. They were never that good compared to Metallica (Cliff Burton ERA) They sound like Metallica but with out the cool Riffs and listenable guitar Solos!!! LOL.

They have just over done it with the Satanic Imagery and hype, shit Kerry are you a Satan worshiper or just pretending to be one to sell your music? If you are gong to talk the talk you better walk the walk. I suspect the later. Slayer Knows damn well with out the Dark Side appeal to them that their music would great on peoples nerves really fast and they would call them what they really are: Boring Unlistenable Crap all of their songs sound the same. If you are a good musician you don't need to act like a Tuff guy or a Satan worshiper to make people like you, you just need to write and play great music. Speaking of Tuff guy poser what the heck is with those dumb ass chains that Kerry has hanging off his belt? at least with Zakk Wyled it's actually his wallet chain. And the Spiked arm band? man that's just so Black Metal gone wrong it's not even funny.

People seem to think that by saying that they listen to Slayer that it's intimidating or something. I just feel sorry for you, when I hear that some one listens to Slayer I think they must have had A) a bad child hood B) a punctured eardrum or C) have never owned a record collection with any decent bands in it.

Here is something that a Slayer fan once said on a chat board. The thread was about some sort of family oriented pirate convention. The Slayer fan posts: I ought to go down there and hand out hand bills wearing my slayer t-shirt. Do you really think that is going to mean shit? It's not like some dude in a cheesy t-shirt is going to scare anyone unless he has a gun let alone convince them to come to your showand. He should be wearing his own bands t-shirt while handing out fliers not hiding behind Slayers.

I think Slayer for some kids is like the dark cloths and makeup for the Goth crowd, it's something to hide behind. I don't mean hide behind because they are physically weak but because they want to hide their emotions and feelings.

Slayer fans will say: Well Slayer puts on a super bad ass heavy show. Well so did the Who and they also made great albums and did not have to hide behind a Tuff guy image and Satanism. Hell Pete Townsend just wore work cloths on stage and they were still a hit because the music cut through based on it's own merits.

I'm Still Alive

"I'm Still Alive" so said Eddy Vedder in the Classic Grunge anthem of the same name. So am I, that was the first Grunge song I had ever heard. I was instantly hooked and from that moment forth I had to listen to every Grunge band and song I could. Over the years that song has given me great pleasure and different meaning. I can remember playing shows at the Arnada Cafe with my old band and we would all play pool in the back room and load up the Juke Box, When "Alive" came on we would all start singing some time 2 or three other bands would sing along with us as we played pool. It was one giant Rock N Roll chorus, I wish I could have gotten a tape of that, it makes any Rock Opera I have ever heard sound weak by comparison.

I still get inspiration from that song. I was listening to it today and thinking how awesome that phase 90 sounds on the solo, so I thought what they heck lets try that on my bass and man what a sound, I think it sounds better on my Bass than on my guitar.

Tote Gotes

Tote Gotes, yep that's how it's spelled. They are like those old time minibikes that kids used to build but they are bigger and for hunting. My Dad and Grandpa used to build them back in the 60's and sell them to the local hunter dudes. Every since seeing the pics of the ones they built I have always wanted one. Sarah thinks I'm nuts, she can't understand why I would want some old tote gote instead of a more modern motorcycle. I don't know, I just know I like them and want to get one and take it up to the mountains and see just how far I can get into the wilderness.

check them out at http://www.totegote.org