It's was like, this is what we're doing and it's happening. It didn't even seem like a decision had to be made. "We wanted to do what seemed like the coolest thing we could possibly do and not have to work a regular job. "We liked music, we liked to party, and we wanted to put those two things together," says Derhak. The band followed a handful of cassette-only releases with 1992's FATBOY, recorded in an apartment studio above Buffalo's Top Shelf Guitars with a bird's eye view of Mighty Taco. "The career just very subtly unfolded," says co-founding bassist-singer-songwriter Rob Derhak, "without any of us noticing it actually happened."Īl Schnier (guitars, vocals), Chuck Garvey (guitars, vocals), and Derhak first came together at the University of Buffalo in 1990, musician-friends uniting to play for the sheer fun of it. seem as surprised as anyone to find themselves at such a significant landmark. Having built an enduring legacy with hard work and a confirmed commitment to creativity and community, moe. has spent much of those thirty years on the road, encompassing countless live performances marked by eclectic wit, deep friendship, and exploratory invention. For three decades, the band has corralled myriad musical forms on a truly original journey rich with crafty, clever songwriting and astonishing resourcefulness. is treasured for their mesmerizing musical synergy, unfettered showmanship, and smart, resonant songcraft. Hailed by American Songwriter for their "mind-bending musicality," moe. This has got to stop.Al Schnier (guitars, vocals) * Chuck Garvey (guitars, vocals) * Rob Derhak (bass, vocals) * Jim Loughlin (percussion, vibes) * Vinnie Amico (drums) It's going to ruin our right to free speech and a free press. Those six books are disappearing from Amazon, and Ebay is no longer allowing the books to be bought or sold, while they continue to allow other books, including Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" to be bought and sold.Īs one of the people who wrote and corrected me said "Cancel Culture Sucks" and it needs to be stopped before it goes too far. They've been around for 90 years but now, all of a sudden, these books, these children's books, are racist. The books were pulled because someone out there screamed that the books were racist. Seuss, were pulled from publishing by the people who own the rights and publish the books. The offending blog entry has been removed.ĭr. I went too far and ended up screwing it up. It was pointed out to me, correctly, that I was spreading misinformation in the blog entry I wrote yesterday. If no one is interested in an improved version, I won't waste my time and will just go on my merry way. I'm talking changing the names of some characters, fixing ages, adding some, or changing, some important parts of the story, maybe even taking out some parts of the story.įor those who actually enjoyed this story, would you be interested in reading, or re-reading, a new and improved version of the story? Do you think this is a good idea or would I just be wasting my time? If I do it, should I post the new and improved version over the original or should I post it as a new version of the story, "Summer Road Trip 2.0"? This will mean some real changes to the story. So, since I haven't posted anything else in a while, I was thinking about going through and trying to fix the story. (Another embarrassment, "Roadtrip" should be two words.) I've always felt bad about how bad "Summer Roadtrip" really is. I have learned a lot and have become a much better writer since then. Characters switched ages, names, a section of the story is missing. Back then, I often switched back and forth between past and present tense, confused their, there and they're as well as to and too. Trust me, it reads 2000% better now than it did when I first published it. It has been twenty plus years since I wrote and first published "Roadtrip." Between then and now, the story has been edited, by me and others, a number of times. I have a question for anyone who reads this post and has actually taken the time and trouble to read my first ever posted novel, "Summer Roadtrip."
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