"the fireflies"

POSTED BY: cageybee
UPDATED: Monday, February 28, 2005 03:16
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CAGEYBEE

Tuesday, May 25, 2004 5:20 AM (P)

officially announcing the newly-formed independent rock band, The Fireflies (notice the capitalization? it means this is important people! put down that twinkie and get out those instruments!)

i got the drums covered and in times of dire need, vocals. ebonezer has been offered the job of lead guitarist, due to her awesome homage to deep purple. jayne gets to guest with his rain stick anytime he wants.

other takers? vocalists? bassists? tamborines? backup dancers to shimmy around in sparkly outfits?

i'm trying to get us a spot on the "gunhand box tour 2004" though with gunhand MIA lately, the negotiations have been less than stellar. in lieu of that venue, i was thinking something along the lines of the BDM premiere....gives us lots of time to practice.

Band part thingers:

KGB - Dictator for life, Drums
Ebo - Lead Guitar
Howdy - Lead Vocals
Cybersnark - Keyboards
Soulofserenity - Rhytham guitar and backup vocals
Gunhand - Bass
Thatwierdgirl - piano and/or any of those other things she plays
Static - Sax & backup vocals
Maugwai - Flute
Annik - finger symblos, spoons, and offical band tai chi leader
Wren - triangle
Noocyte - Penny-whistle
Astiana - shimmying and backup vocals
Insight Spinner - belly dancer/ shimmier
Fireflew - banjo
Flametree - piano accordion
Alien Zookeeper - washboard
Malicious - Dumb ass stick that sounds like its raining (understudy)
Delia - Official first fan
Bernadette - First fanatic fan
Nur - First official groupie and groupie recruiter
Monkeytail - groupie numero dos
and of course Whedonesque doing our amazing costumes!
(everybody thank ebo for the list. thaaaanks, ebo.)

me

~Mal- "how drunk was i last night?"
~Jayne- "i don't know. i passed out."

EBONEZER

Tuesday, May 25, 2004 5:26 AM (P)

ok, lets all say it together people, because my buddy kgb here seems to have missed the memo. Ready?

Ebo is is a girl.

Thank you.

Also, i think I'd like to take rytham guitar and lead vocals if thats ok. My guitar playing skills are on the brink of half-good. Although my soloing is getting better.

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Four out of five dentists reccomend calling Ebo a girl.

HOWDYROCKERBABY1

Tuesday, May 25, 2004 5:28 AM (P)

I can do the vocals. and if need be i can play the flute.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
MAL: This is my scrap of nowhere. You go on and find your own.
SAFFRON: You can't just leave me here, on this
lifeless piece of crap moon...
MAL: Sure I can.
SAFFRON: I'll die.
MAL: Well, as a courtesy, you might start
getting busy on that, cause all this chatter ain't doin' me any kindness.

STATIC

Tuesday, May 25, 2004 5:30 AM (P)

I can do vocals. . .either backup or lead. . .and play the sax.

And oh yeah. . .

I know that Ebo is a girl.
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"Wash. . .we got some local color happening. A grand entrance would not go amiss."

EBONEZER

Tuesday, May 25, 2004 5:31 AM (P)

We are going to have one interesting band. What kind of music are we playing?

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Four out of five dentists reccomend calling Ebo a girl.

NOOCYTE

Tuesday, May 25, 2004 5:33 AM (P)

Got any room in there for a penny-whistle?

Department of Redundancy Department

CAGEYBEE

Tuesday, May 25, 2004 5:36 AM (P)

what kind of music should we play, band? i'm partial to rock, but i like pretty much anything except country. of course, all final decisions lay with me, the all-important band leader (i better not hear about any mutiny!), but i like to think myself a kindly ruler. but don't make me go jack black on you.

ebo, sorry, you are definitely a girl. i can learn, see? and look at the amendment to the original post? nice, huh? appeased?

oh yeah, i can play the clarinet too....so, we've either got ourselves a wood ensemble or a rock band.

me

~Mal- "how drunk was i last night?"
~Jayne- "i don't know. i passed out."

EBONEZER

Tuesday, May 25, 2004 5:39 AM (P)

I vote rock!

muchas thank yous kgb!

We could have rock with all this other stuff to though yes? think yellowcard, they've got a violin.

Do i even want to start the argument about what kind of rock were going to play?

Probably not.

I withdraw the question.

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Four out of five dentists reccomend calling Ebo a girl.

EBONEZER

Tuesday, May 25, 2004 5:44 AM (P)

and i changed my mind again, i want to be lead guitar.

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Four out of five dentists reccomend calling Ebo a girl.

CAGEYBEE

Tuesday, May 25, 2004 5:44 AM (P)

nice yellowcard reference. anyway, here's what we've got so far:

lead vocals- ebo and howdy (think the blink-182 song, "i miss you"...both tom and mark sing and it kicks.)
flute- howdy
lead guitar- ebo
sax and backup vocals- static
drums- kgb
pennywhistle- noocyte

edit- understand, we may not always have an "instumental" place for everyone. if you aren't playing, you will be dancing in a cage in as little clothing as possible.

me

~Mal- "how drunk was i last night?"
~Jayne- "i don't know. i passed out."

PURPLEBELLY

Tuesday, May 25, 2004 5:46 AM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by ebonezer:
We are going to have one interesting band. What kind of music are we playing?

I think Greg Edmonson would say that Firefly allows you to play any fusion you like, probably simultaneously.

Just be grateful I'm in Europe

Good luck, and make the bottles bounce on the tables!

EBONEZER

Tuesday, May 25, 2004 5:46 AM (P)

oh oh! we could all switch off instuments!

just kidding.. I'll be lead guitar, howdy can be lead vocals yes?

perfecto.

Is "i miss you" off their new album? There are 2 good songs on that. I'm so disapointed.

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Four out of five dentists reccomend calling Ebo a girl.

CAGEYBEE

Tuesday, May 25, 2004 5:52 AM (P)

ok, howdy is takin over the lead vocals reigns.

and "i miss you" i on the new cd, song 3 or 4, i believe. its a different sound from blink, but i wouldn't say i'm disappointed.

perhaps, for some songs, we'll go classical and then, as purplebelly says, we'll bounce the bottles on the tables.

me

~Mal- "how drunk was i last night?"
~Jayne- "i don't know. i passed out."

HOWDYROCKERBABY1

Tuesday, May 25, 2004 5:57 AM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by cageybee:
what kind of music should we play, band? i'm partial to rock, but i like pretty much anything except country. of course, all final decisions lay with me, the all-important band leader (i better not hear about any mutiny!), but i'm like to think myself a kindly ruler. but don't make me go jack black on you.
B]

*walks up to KGB, hands over a small piece of paper with a large black dot on it, turns tail and runs and jumps into Gunhand's old bunker...*

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
MAL: This is my scrap of nowhere. You go on and find your own.
SAFFRON: You can't just leave me here, on this
lifeless piece of crap moon...
MAL: Sure I can.
SAFFRON: I'll die.
MAL: Well, as a courtesy, you might start
getting busy on that, cause all this chatter ain't doin' me any kindness.

HOWDYROCKERBABY1

Tuesday, May 25, 2004 6:00 AM (P)

upon hearing that i have been nominated for the lead singer, i will revoke the above given Black Spot to KGB...i promise...it'll never happen again.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
MAL: This is my scrap of nowhere. You go on and find your own.
SAFFRON: You can't just leave me here, on this
lifeless piece of crap moon...
MAL: Sure I can.
SAFFRON: I'll die.
MAL: Well, as a courtesy, you might start
getting busy on that, cause all this chatter ain't doin' me any kindness.

CAGEYBEE

Tuesday, May 25, 2004 6:04 AM (P)

howdy, curse your suddent but inevitable betrayal!

hehe, got it on that one.

and, as you have revoked that black spot that would have caused an inter-band riot, lead singer you shall be.

me

~Mal- "how drunk was i last night?"
~Jayne- "i don't know. i passed out."

EBONEZER

Tuesday, May 25, 2004 6:07 AM (P)

Alright! Do we get groupies now or what?

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Four out of five dentists reccomend calling Ebo a girl.

CAGEYBEE

Tuesday, May 25, 2004 6:12 AM (P)

ok, everyone heard ebo, the call for groupies has been sounded....

all jaynes and hamiltons, report to the drummer's dressing room.

me

~Mal- "how drunk was i last night?"
~Jayne- "i don't know. i passed out."

WREN

Tuesday, May 25, 2004 8:42 AM (P)

You are missing an extremely important musical instrument in your band and lucky for you I can play it - the triangle!

I can also manage some tuneful armpit noises.

DELIA

Tuesday, May 25, 2004 2:30 PM (P)

Can't play an instrument, don't sing in public, but . . .

*Delia scrounges around the bottom of her purse and comes up with a handful of change*

. . . I will start saving up for the CD.

I trust your first single will be a classical-rock-pop-techno-funk fusion cover of "The Hero of Canton," yes?

___________________________________________
ANYA: Don't be ridiculous. Martha Stewart isn't a demon. She's a witch.
XANDER: Please, she-- Really?
ANYA: Of course. Nobody could do that much decoupage without calling on the powers of darkness.

SOULOFSERENITY

Tuesday, May 25, 2004 3:52 PM (P)

Alright, I will bring in my amazing talent:

Rhythm Guitar and backup vocals.

Bass guitar, too.

One guitar in each hand, pick with my teeth while I sing backup...

...Interesting...

So am I hired?

______________________

But if your hand touches metal, I swear by my pretty floral bonnet, I will end you.

CYBERSNARK

Tuesday, May 25, 2004 4:05 PM (P)

I don't entirely suck on keyboard.

took a class in high school; these days I can usually find Middle-C, and play a few chords.

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We applied the cortical electrodes but were unable to get a neural reaction from either patient.

HOWDYROCKERBABY1

Tuesday, May 25, 2004 5:16 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by cageybee:
howdy, curse your suddent but inevitable betrayal!

hehe, got it on that on.

and, as you have revoked that black spot that would have caused an inter-band riot, lead singer you shall be.

me

~Mal- "how drunk was i last night?"
~Jayne- "i don't know. i passed out."

YAY!!!

I'm sorry i tried to over throw you.... i thought i was going to have to take over the band to be the lead singer...

it'll never happen again...

....

I can't gaurentee i won't try and poke out an eyeball on a whim

...but i'll try to keep that at bay too....

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
MAL: This is my scrap of nowhere. You go on and find your own.
SAFFRON: You can't just leave me here, on this
lifeless piece of crap moon...
MAL: Sure I can.
SAFFRON: I'll die.
MAL: Well, as a courtesy, you might start
getting busy on that, cause all this chatter ain't doin' me any kindness.

ANNIK

Tuesday, May 25, 2004 6:59 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by cageybee:
officially announcing the newly-formed independent rock band, The Fireflies (snip)
other takers? vocalists? bassists? tamborines? backup dancers to shimmy around in sparkly outfits?

i'm trying to get us a spot on the "gunhand box tour 2004" though with gunhand MIA lately, the negotiations have been less than stellar. in lieu of that venue, i was thinking something along the lines of the BDM premiere....gives us lots of time to practice.

me

Hmmm ... I can play either tambourine or zills (finger cymbals) whilst shimmying in my sparkly bellydance outfits ... I can also do the correct hand-positioning for the Lotus if we want the dancers to do a nice homage to the Chinese stuff in Firefly.

Or we could just do some tai chi in the background.

Cheers,
Annik
... my sister's a ship. We had a complicated childhood.

MAUGWAI

Tuesday, May 25, 2004 7:09 PM (P)

If Howdy's on vocals now, I'll take over the flute part. Used to ad-lib pretty well in a rock band many years ago. I can also play the fife, the recorder and this funky Panamanian thing that sounds like a tarzan yell. I'm working on the pan flute, but that sucker is hard. So name the key and I got you covered. Just don't ask me to sight-read, because I'm atrocious.

"Dear diary, today I was pompous and my sister was crazy."

THATWEIRDGIRL

Tuesday, May 25, 2004 8:42 PM (P)

I can play lots of instruments! They aren't really rock though, so you may have to put me in one of the cages---I don't mind. My primary is French Horn. I can also do cornet, piano, melodica, ukulele, and autoharp. I know, kinda a goofy, but hey I am weird.

www.thatweirdgirl.com

MALICIOUS

Wednesday, May 26, 2004 12:19 AM (P)

KGB!!

Can I play the stick that sounds like rain???

Mal-licious

MALICIOUS

Wednesday, May 26, 2004 12:21 AM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by cageybee:

...though with gunhand MIA lately...

I think fame went to his head and he's in re-hab with Kelly Osbourne.

Mal-licious

EBONEZER

Wednesday, May 26, 2004 12:56 AM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by SoulOfSerenity:
Alright, I will bring in my amazing talent:

Rhythm Guitar and backup vocals.

Bass guitar, too.

One guitar in each hand, pick with my teeth while I sing backup...

...Interesting...

So am I hired?

______________________

Totaly hired, but only if you can do that while taming lions and hopping on one foot!

Although we can only pay you in airplane penuts and sexual favors...

(do i get hiring rights? I think i do.)

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Four out of five dentists reccomend calling Ebo a girl.

EBONEZER

Wednesday, May 26, 2004 1:45 AM (P)

Can i make a motion that we change the band name to, um, something else?

Something that says Firefly, without coming right out and saying, "Firefly"...

Or is this one of those Exectutive Band Menber KGB things that i should just leave alone... Probably is huh...

Oh well, i'm bored, might as well post this anyway.

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Four out of five dentists reccomend calling Ebo a girl.

HOWDYROCKERBABY1

Wednesday, May 26, 2004 2:38 AM (P)

WAIT A MINUTE!!! STOP EVERYTHING!!!

How can we be so stupid?

We can't start the band until we have...

...

that all important instrument...

...

that every band needs to get any R.E.S.P.E.C.T.

...

THE SPOONS!

who volunteers?

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
MAL: This is my scrap of nowhere. You go on and find your own.
SAFFRON: You can't just leave me here, on this
lifeless piece of crap moon...
MAL: Sure I can.
SAFFRON: I'll die.
MAL: Well, as a courtesy, you might start
getting busy on that, cause all this chatter ain't doin' me any kindness.

GUNHAND

Wednesday, May 26, 2004 2:40 AM (P)

Well among my other various and sundry talents I've been a bass player and singer so...I can play bass.

As far as a name goes,"Bi-Zhai" or however you spell Bee-Zhway. Because that's what people would probably be screaming at us.

~-~-~-~-~-~-~-
"Oh hey, I got an idea. Instead of us hanging
around playing art critic till I get pinched by
the Man, how's about we move away from this
eerie-ass piece of work and get on with our
increasingly eerie-ass day, how's that?"

My eerie-ass website:
http://gunhandsfirefly.homestead.com/Index.html

ANNIK

Wednesday, May 26, 2004 3:24 AM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by thatweirdgirl:
I can play lots of instruments! They aren't really rock though, so you may have to put me in one of the cages---I don't mind. My primary is French Horn. I can also do cornet, piano, melodica, ukulele, and autoharp. I know, kinda a goofy, but hey I am weird.

www.thatweirdgirl.com

So how's your ombrature (sp?)?.

Cheers,
Annik
... my sister's a ship. We had a complicated childhood.

ANNIK

Wednesday, May 26, 2004 3:26 AM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by howdyrockerbaby1:
WAIT A MINUTE!!! STOP EVERYTHING!!!

How can we be so stupid?

We can't start the band until we have...
that all important instrument...
that every band needs to get any R.E.S.P.E.C.T.

THE SPOONS!

who volunteers?

Sure ... no worries. I don't even need those lazy-assed conjoined wooden spoons the fancies use ... I can manage with a pair straight out of the kitchen drawer!

Cheers,
Annik
... my sister's a ship. We had a complicated childhood.

HOWDYROCKERBABY1

Wednesday, May 26, 2004 4:00 AM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by annik:
Quote:
Originally posted by howdyrockerbaby1:
WAIT A MINUTE!!! STOP EVERYTHING!!!

How can we be so stupid?

We can't start the band until we have...
that all important instrument...
that every band needs to get any R.E.S.P.E.C.T.

THE SPOONS!

who volunteers?

Sure ... no worries. I don't even need those lazy-assed conjoined wooden spoons the fancies use ... I can manage with a pair straight out of the kitchen drawer!

Cheers,
Annik
... my sister's a ship. We had a complicated childhood.

Okay then! Let's get to work!

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
MAL: This is my scrap of nowhere. You go on and find your own.
SAFFRON: You can't just leave me here, on this
lifeless piece of crap moon...
MAL: Sure I can.
SAFFRON: I'll die.
MAL: Well, as a courtesy, you might start
getting busy on that, cause all this chatter ain't doin' me any kindness.

CAGEYBEE

Wednesday, May 26, 2004 4:23 AM (P)

hey bandmates and/or groupies, we seem to have a bit of a competition for bass guitar...gunhand vs. soulofserenity. i'm apt to give gunhand the job, as soul appears to be our rhythm guitarist. other band additions include wren on triangle, cybersnark on keyboards, annik on finger cymbals and spoons (and teaching the whole band tai chi so we are the most kick ass band in more ways than one), maugwai on flute, thatweirdgirl on piano (have you heard something corporate?), and malicious as jayne's replacement on the rainstick when he's off filming.

ebo, i declare you vice-band leader....its your job to help me with executive/creative decisions and trying to keep howdy from usurping me. we are to be respected...after all, we are the ones with mystique, right?

as for the name, i kinda like it. its not just "firefly" inspired, i'd consider calling my band that even if i wasn't a fan (right, like that could happen...ew, bad mcdonald's flashback). however, benevolent leader that i am, i'm considering any forthcoming suggestions that aren't idiotic.....ok, i'm considering all suggestions.

edit- the name would also attract those who never saw firefly to inquire about our name, therefore spreading the firefly love.

edit #2- anyone want me to post a list of all bandmembers and their instruments at the top of the thread?

me

~Mal- "how drunk was i last night?"
~Jayne- "i don't know. i passed out."

CAGEYBEE

Wednesday, May 26, 2004 5:23 AM (P)

maugwai, let me know when you get that pan flute thing nailed, cause i think that's just what this band needs to make it big!

me

~Mal- "how drunk was i last night?"
~Jayne- "i don't know. i passed out."

NEROLI

Wednesday, May 26, 2004 7:12 AM (P)

I vote for posting band members and instaments at the top of the thread because...well, I'm lost!!!

The Old Broad Monkey

http://p221.ezboard.com/bfireflyfanficawards

FLAMETREE

Wednesday, May 26, 2004 7:13 AM (P)

What are you thinking? How can you have a band without the piano accordian! Luckily for you all I have that covered :)

WHEDONESQUE

Wednesday, May 26, 2004 9:45 AM (P)

I really like the tai chi-inspired stage show and I've always wanted to study it. Can I do that? I can also carry a decent tune, so I could help out with background vocals, if you so desire.

Oh, ya know, if those positions are filled, I could work on costumes. Don't make faces. I am envisioning cool, dark (figuratively), asian-inspired outfits for the bandmembers. I live in Manhattan, so I could just shoot on down to Chinatown and pick up some shiny stuff to wear. BTW, I bought a really beautiful traditional chinese silk jacket last week (think Kaylee's green jacket in Serentiy but mine is silver and purple and more fitted). How sad is it that I am already planning my outfit for the BD premier?

Just a thought, but shouldn't we (okay, I've already made the leap to assuming I'm in the band) have some people doing a joyous jig (a la River in Safe) sometime during the performance? I am NOT volunteering, mind you. This good little irish girl never learned to jig, much to the dismay of my grandmother. So, KGB, is my vision way off?

SOULOFSERENITY

Wednesday, May 26, 2004 1:30 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by ebonezer:
Quote:
Originally posted by SoulOfSerenity:
Alright, I will bring in my amazing talent:

Rhythm Guitar and backup vocals.

Bass guitar, too.

One guitar in each hand, pick with my teeth while I sing backup...

...Interesting...

So am I hired?

______________________

Totaly hired, but only if you can do that while taming lions and hopping on one foot!

Although we can only pay you in airplane penuts and sexual favors...

(do i get hiring rights? I think i do.)

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Four out of five dentists reccomend calling Ebo a girl.

Ebo...if that's my pay, then I'm signing on for life!!!

______________________

But if your hand touches metal, I swear by my pretty floral bonnet, I will end you.

ANNIK

Wednesday, May 26, 2004 5:33 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by whedonesque:
I really like the tai chi-inspired stage show and I've always wanted to study it. Can I do that? I can also carry a decent tune, so I could help out with background vocals, if you so desire.

Oh, ya know, if those positions are filled, I could work on costumes. Don't make faces. I am envisioning cool, dark (figuratively), asian-inspired outfits for the bandmembers. I live in Manhattan, so I could just shoot on down to Chinatown and pick up some shiny stuff to wear. BTW, I bought a really beautiful traditional chinese silk jacket last week (think Kaylee's green jacket in Serentiy but mine is silver and purple and more fitted). How sad is it that I am already planning my outfit for the BD premier?

Just a thought, but shouldn't we (okay, I've already made the leap to assuming I'm in the band) have some people doing a joyous jig (a la River in Safe) sometime during the performance? I am NOT volunteering, mind you. This good little irish girl never learned to jig, much to the dismay of my grandmother. So, KGB, is my vision way off?

Call the number here and see where tai chi classes in Manhattan are held. There are lots of different schools/styles out there; this is the one I do:
http://www.taoist.org/branches/usa/newyork/nyc/

With the fab array of instruments in the band, though, I'm thinking the bellydance stuff might be more in line with the happy dancing suggestion. Happy to teach y'all the basics of that, too, if you like.

Cheers,
Annik
... my sister's a ship. We had a complicated childhood.

EBONEZER

Wednesday, May 26, 2004 11:42 PM (P)

Gee, i hope not everyone lives in Manhattan... I'm in LA...I'm not against commuting though..

Yay! Co-band leader! Yay!

Hmm, what else.

Oh yeah, band names, The Fireflys is the best name every though, although i was thinking that if i hever happen to make another band, I'm going to name it Static (If the REAL Static doesn't mind me stealing his name that is...) that would be a fun name.

Whatelse...I think thats it, and yeah, a nice list of the bandmembers would be helpful.

On a totaly unrelated note, did anyone w/ Verizon DSL (MSN) get online yesterday evning? I was trying and trying and it let me on a little bit, but it was going really slow. Seems to be fixed now though...just wondering if it was a problem on my end or not.

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Four out of five dentists reccomend calling Ebo a girl.

EBONEZER

Thursday, May 27, 2004 2:47 AM (P)

Look at me helping!

Band part thingers:

KGB - Dictator for life, Drums
Ebo - Lead Guitar
Howdy - Lead Vocals
Cybersnark - Keyboards
Soulofserenity - Rytham guitar (Right?)
Gunhand - Bass (right?)
Thatwierdgirl - piano and/or any of those other things she plays
Static - Sax & backup vocals
Maugwai - Flute
Annik - finger symblos, spoons, and offical band tai chi leader
Wren - triangle
Noocyte - Penny-whistle
Malicious - Dumb ass stick that sounds like its raining (understudy)
Delia - Official first fan

and of course Whedonesque doing our amazing costumes!

Wow, we have a nice big band.

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Four out of five dentists reccomend calling Ebo a girl.

GUNHAND

Thursday, May 27, 2004 3:04 AM (P)

Yep Ebo, bass right.

Sheesh I sounded like Encino Man there...

~-~-~-~-~-~-~-
"Oh hey, I got an idea. Instead of us hanging
around playing art critic till I get pinched by
the Man, how's about we move away from this
eerie-ass piece of work and get on with our
increasingly eerie-ass day, how's that?"

My eerie-ass website:
http://gunhandsfirefly.homestead.com/Index.html

HOWDYROCKERBABY1

Thursday, May 27, 2004 4:34 AM (P)

anybody here particularly good at music writin'?

or are we just going to be a 'cover band'?

either/or

i have no problem with either.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
MAL: This is my scrap of nowhere. You go on and find your own.
SAFFRON: You can't just leave me here, on this
lifeless piece of crap moon...
MAL: Sure I can.
SAFFRON: I'll die.
MAL: Well, as a courtesy, you might start
getting busy on that, cause all this chatter ain't doin' me any kindness.

GUNHAND

Thursday, May 27, 2004 4:39 AM (P)

The band I was in in college was 80% original songs and 20% covers. In fact we never really wanted to play covers (just did them for practice) but we'd do sound checks with Enter Sandman or Raining Blood and people wanted us to play the whole song so...we threw in some covers.

I've done violin and cello arrangements before too but I can't actually read or write music.

Creepifying huh?

~-~-~-~-~-~-~-
"Oh hey, I got an idea. Instead of us hanging
around playing art critic till I get pinched by
the Man, how's about we move away from this
eerie-ass piece of work and get on with our
increasingly eerie-ass day, how's that?"

My eerie-ass website:
http://gunhandsfirefly.homestead.com/Index.html

EBONEZER

Thursday, May 27, 2004 4:46 AM (P)

I think we should write a song about "The Adventures of Jeremy." (the origonal take turns writing tread) that would make a fun and totaly weird song. Or ballad. Or something.

And yeah, covers are good. Do we play covers the 'right' way (they way they were origonal recoreded) or do we change them somehow?

So many questions, so little booze.

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Four out of five dentists reccomend calling Ebo a girl.

GUNHAND

Thursday, May 27, 2004 4:52 AM (P)

The right way is...wrong!

In many instances a well done cover that "tweaks" the song is better than the original version.

I'll maintain to the day I die that Glenn Tipton's cover of "Paint it Black" kicks the snot out of the Stones' original, or Slayer's "Innagaddadavida" or Iced Earth's "The Trooper" or the Sex Pistols' "Roadrunner" or Tom Jones' (yes I said Tom Jones he's cool dammit!) "Are You Gonna Go My Way"...hey what can I say I collect "weird" covers and usually like them better than the originals. Hell if I got to pick my own funeral musack it'd be "Ring of Fire" but the Social Distortion version.

Up with the "wrong" covers!

~-~-~-~-~-~-~-
"Oh hey, I got an idea. Instead of us hanging
around playing art critic till I get pinched by
the Man, how's about we move away from this
eerie-ass piece of work and get on with our
increasingly eerie-ass day, how's that?"

My eerie-ass website:
http://gunhandsfirefly.homestead.com/Index.html

EBONEZER

Thursday, May 27, 2004 5:23 AM (P)

Totaly, I know some old country songs that i listened to with my grandparents when i was really little that i would love to cover and "rock-ify."

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Four out of five dentists reccomend calling Ebo a girl.

GUNHAND

Thursday, May 27, 2004 5:25 AM (P)

I always wanted to cover Devil Went Down to Georgia...metalstyle.

We did cover Ring of Fire too, but I'm not sure if we did it before or after Social Distortion did, I'm sorta thinking before. When we did do covers we did some weird ones, Mozart's 25th Symphony in G Minor sorta shocked people at first. Hehehe.

~-~-~-~-~-~-~-
"Oh hey, I got an idea. Instead of us hanging
around playing art critic till I get pinched by
the Man, how's about we move away from this
eerie-ass piece of work and get on with our
increasingly eerie-ass day, how's that?"

My eerie-ass website:
http://gunhandsfirefly.homestead.com/Index.html

EBONEZER

Friday, May 28, 2004 3:23 AM (P)

Mozart? Now theres a new one...

The Mechanicas ("The greatest fake band sence spinal tap") a band that was thrown together for a school play, plans to cover "Don't cry for me Argentina," (from Evita) later this year. That should be interesting.

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Four out of five dentists reccomend calling Ebo a girl.

CAGEYBEE

Friday, May 28, 2004 4:01 AM (P)

ebo, lovely job with the band rundown...and keeping howdy at bay. as for music, admittedly, i'm not the best there, but metal covers of country songs...hell yeah!

edit- how about a cover of johnny cash's cover of nine inch nail's "hurt"? that's right, a cover of a cover. man, i am bringing this band places!

me

~Mal- "how drunk was i last night?"
~Jayne- "i don't know. i passed out."

GUNHAND

Friday, May 28, 2004 4:03 AM (P)

Hey KGB, Happy Birthday!

(speaking of which, go check your Birthday thread)

~-~-~-~-~-~-~-
"Oh hey, I got an idea. Instead of us hanging
around playing art critic till I get pinched by
the Man, how's about we move away from this
eerie-ass piece of work and get on with our
increasingly eerie-ass day, how's that?"

My eerie-ass website:
http://gunhandsfirefly.homestead.com/Index.html

CAGEYBEE

Friday, May 28, 2004 4:08 AM (P)

i have a birthday thread? awww, i love you guys!

edit- uhhhh, where is it?

me

~Mal- "how drunk was i last night?"
~Jayne- "i don't know. i passed out."

CAGEYBEE

Friday, May 28, 2004 5:08 AM (P)

*clears throat*
uhhh, since no one heard me the first time, what is this?

Quote:
(speaking of which, go check your Birthday thread)

me

~Mal- "how drunk was i last night?"
~Jayne- "i don't know. i passed out."

EBONEZER

Friday, May 28, 2004 5:12 AM (P)

Theres this nice happy birthday KGB tread, i think in the general, scoll up, look at the side bar and hit see other threads or something.

I think its aptly named the "Happy Birthday KGB thread."

I bought you a new harrem outfit to celibrate!

Edit: I just checked, that might not be where it is. I'm sure someone smarter then me will tell you eventually...

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Four out of five dentists reccomend calling Ebo a girl.

CAGEYBEE

Friday, May 28, 2004 5:19 AM (P)

thanks for the try, ebo...unless this is a heartless attempt to lead me into thinking i have acceptance here. then you are hereby stripped of all your firefly titles.

of course, i really believe everyone here loves me, so i've decided to give you a five minute solo at the virtual shidig gig.

me

~Mal- "how drunk was i last night?"
~Jayne- "i don't know. i passed out."

GUNHAND

Friday, May 28, 2004 5:22 AM (P)

It's moved to...somewhere, lemme find it and bump it for ya.

~-~-~-~-~-~-~-
"Oh hey, I got an idea. Instead of us hanging
around playing art critic till I get pinched by
the Man, how's about we move away from this
eerie-ass piece of work and get on with our
increasingly eerie-ass day, how's that?"

My eerie-ass website:
http://gunhandsfirefly.homestead.com/Index.html

EBONEZER

Friday, May 28, 2004 5:24 AM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by cageybee:

of course, i really believe everyone here loves me, so i've decided to give you a five minute solo at the virtual shidig gig.

Whoo hoo!

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Four out of five dentists reccomend calling Ebo a girl.

CAGEYBEE

Friday, May 28, 2004 5:27 AM (P)

oh sure, our "we miss gunhand" and "riot riot riot" thread continue to dominate the boards (let's dismiss my posts there for sake of argument), but one about your dear old kgb, and it gets shuffled into oblivion. i'm gone one day and you already forget me...*sniffle* can't a girl have family problems? i mean, its my birthday and i didn't even get a riot. i'll be wallowing in my pity if anyone needs me.

me

~Mal- "how drunk was i last night?"
~Jayne- "i don't know. i passed out."

GUNHAND

Friday, May 28, 2004 5:30 AM (P)

*pokes KGB with a stick*

I bumped your Birthday Thread, it's in the Talk Story Forum.

See we been going on for over a day now, ya just didn't see it I don't think.

So go look.

~-~-~-~-~-~-~-
"Oh hey, I got an idea. Instead of us hanging
around playing art critic till I get pinched by
the Man, how's about we move away from this
eerie-ass piece of work and get on with our
increasingly eerie-ass day, how's that?"

My eerie-ass website:
http://gunhandsfirefly.homestead.com/Index.html

EBONEZER

Friday, May 28, 2004 5:35 AM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by cageybee:
oh sure, our "we miss gunhand" and "riot riot riot" thread continue to dominate the boards (let's dismiss my posts there for sake of argument), but one about your dear old kgb, and it gets shuffled into oblivion. i'm gone one day and you already forget me...*sniffle* can't a girl have family problems? i mean, its my birthday and i didn't even get a riot. i'll be wallowing in my pity if anyone needs me.

me

~Mal- "how drunk was i last night?"
~Jayne- "i don't know. i passed out."

At least you have a thread. All i have is a blog.

Ah, we'll fit right in with the needy attention wating rock stars, won't we...

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Four out of five dentists reccomend calling Ebo a girl.

CAGEYBEE

Friday, May 28, 2004 5:37 AM (P)

*ashamed for wallowing* thanks gunhand.....i was dealing with some things here in real world land.....thank god i'm back here where things make sense.

and thanks

me

~Mal- "how drunk was i last night?"
~Jayne- "i don't know. i passed out."

CAGEYBEE

Friday, May 28, 2004 5:38 AM (P)

ebo, i think we'll fit in quite nicely...speaking of which, are you working on your strut?

me

~Mal- "how drunk was i last night?"
~Jayne- "i don't know. i passed out."

EBONEZER

Friday, May 28, 2004 5:41 AM (P)

Oh yeah, and my signature.

Actually, i've decided to hire a freind of mine to sighn things for me.

My handwriting doesn't look even vaugly cool.

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Four out of five dentists reccomend calling Ebo a girl.

GUNHAND

Friday, May 28, 2004 5:41 AM (P)

Things here make sense? Well that's completely counter to my plan!

~-~-~-~-~-~-~-
"Oh hey, I got an idea. Instead of us hanging
around playing art critic till I get pinched by
the Man, how's about we move away from this
eerie-ass piece of work and get on with our
increasingly eerie-ass day, how's that?"

My eerie-ass website:
http://gunhandsfirefly.homestead.com/Index.html

CAGEYBEE

Friday, May 28, 2004 5:49 AM (P)

yeah, things make sense here to me. scary, huh?

ebo, i'm working on this cool drumstick flip thing (i saw prince's drummer do it in concert)...ideas on how to incorporate it into the show? traditionally, drummer's tend to the back....i am the leader though...and a glory hog.....

me

~Mal- "how drunk was i last night?"
~Jayne- "i don't know. i passed out."

EBONEZER

Friday, May 28, 2004 5:52 AM (P)

I'm willing to go along with the things making sense as long as theres food involved...

Hey, i wanna toast...

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Four out of five dentists reccomend calling Ebo a girl.

CAGEYBEE

Friday, May 28, 2004 5:55 AM (P)

ebo, you should always have your flask on you, as a rock star!

now...

me

~Mal- "how drunk was i last night?"
~Jayne- "i don't know. i passed out."

EBONEZER

Friday, May 28, 2004 5:58 AM (P)

well dur, but how do i make a clanky mug toast?

:clankymugtoast: ?

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Four out of five dentists reccomend calling Ebo a girl.

GUNHAND

Friday, May 28, 2004 6:04 AM (P)

Like : cheers: but without the space so it becomes

Took me a while to figure it out too.

~-~-~-~-~-~-~-
"Oh hey, I got an idea. Instead of us hanging
around playing art critic till I get pinched by
the Man, how's about we move away from this
eerie-ass piece of work and get on with our
increasingly eerie-ass day, how's that?"

My eerie-ass website:
http://gunhandsfirefly.homestead.com/Index.html

EBONEZER

Friday, May 28, 2004 6:08 AM (P)

HA HA! Thanks Gunhand!

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Four out of five dentists reccomend calling Ebo a girl.

CAGEYBEE

Friday, May 28, 2004 6:13 AM (P)

damnit, ebo, i think i'm constantly getting left behind here. guess you get another five minute solo...how long is this song?

me

~Mal- "how drunk was i last night?"
~Jayne- "i don't know. i passed out."

EBONEZER

Friday, May 28, 2004 6:17 AM (P)

Wow, this is a fun song. Im not sure i can come solo that long without my fingers turning into bloody stumps. But ok! sounds like fun.

Wow, all those clanky mugs look like an optical ilusian. You can look at it, but you can't look right at it, and if you let your eyes go out of focus it gets even more like "ahh! Too many clanky mugs!"

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Four out of five dentists reccomend calling Ebo a girl.

CAGEYBEE

Friday, May 28, 2004 6:38 AM (P)

no bloody stumps!

and isn't it funny that the number of clanky mugs up there has exactly the same affect that that number of real clanky mugs would have?

me

~Mal- "how drunk was i last night?"
~Jayne- "i don't know. i passed out."

ASTRIANA

Friday, May 28, 2004 5:13 PM (P)

Okay, looks to me like we don't have nearly enough backup vocals - and that's something I do well, so here I am! I can swap into lead vocals (if Howdy needs a break), and otherwise stand near that hottie Static singing backs and shaking my tambourine.

Can I be in the band? Can I, huh? Can I?

~A~
El Jefe Magnifico's Mistress... of Communications and Harems...

...I'm still free,
You can't take the sky from me.

FIREFLEW

Friday, May 28, 2004 9:30 PM (P)

I can play:

Acoustic guitar
Electric guitar
Banjo
Mandolin

- I don't own the last two instruments though....There was an incident.

Anyway, anyone interested? I can send audio files and the like. I did a Jazz Waltz instrumental if anyone's interested .

Jayne: "Know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I beat you with till you understand who's in command."

NUR

Friday, May 28, 2004 11:45 PM (P)

Since Delia is the Official First Fan, can I be the Official First Groupie? Due to religious constraints I can't strip down at your shows and throw my underwear at you but I promise to kidnap Fox executives and force them to spend all their money on expensive Victoria's Secret lingere which I will then proceed to chuck at you all with glee

http://www.thecherryorchard.net

Those who restrain desire, do so because thiers is weak enough to be restrained.
-William Blake

O my Lord! bestow wisdom on me, and join me with the righteous.
-Qur'an 26:83

CAGEYBEE

Saturday, May 29, 2004 5:02 AM (P)

astriana and fireflew, pick up a tamborine and start shaking your thang.

nur, you are allowed to be the first official groupie if you recruit many, many other groupies to come along with.

me

~Mal- "how drunk was i last night?"
~Jayne- "i don't know. i passed out."

EBONEZER

Saturday, May 29, 2004 5:11 AM (P)

Yay! More groupies! We are totaly lacking in that department.

Oh yeah, should we be prepairing for our debut show at the shindig?

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Four out of five dentists reccomend calling Ebo a girl.

CAGEYBEE

Saturday, May 29, 2004 5:49 AM (P)

right you are, ebo. i knew i made you my right hand chica for a reason.

ATTENTION BAND MEMBERS: practice commences tomorrow at 5am and will continue until we have a signed record deal. bring all costume changes, political aspirations, shimmery lotions, tai chi handbooks, firefly memorabilia, seven home movies, and your rock star attitude (flask included). and, if you can manage, your instrument. if not, just fake it. you're going to be behind the drummer anyway.

me

~Mal- "how drunk was i last night?"
~Jayne- "i don't know. i passed out."

NUR

Saturday, May 29, 2004 4:48 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by cageybee:
astriana and fireflew, pick up a tamborine and start shaking your thang.

nur, you are allowed to be the first official groupie if you recruit many, many other groupies to come along with.

me

~Mal- "how drunk was i last night?"
~Jayne- "i don't know. i passed out."

Never fear, I have already acquired a whopping ONE other person...quite a sexy man actually so he'll throw his underwear at you for sure!

http://www.thecherryorchard.net

Those who restrain desire, do so because thiers is weak enough to be restrained.
-William Blake

O my Lord! bestow wisdom on me, and join me with the righteous.
-Qur'an 26:83

EBONEZER

Saturday, May 29, 2004 5:08 PM (P)

Hey! I have an idea! We play one song at the shindig, just a taste to keep them wating more. We need a gimmick too, so howabout the song is the shortest song in the world?

Everybody play an E note, Howdy sings out "Its the shortest song in thw world!"

Then wren comes in with the triangle.

The end. Hows that?

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Four out of five dentists reccomend calling Ebo a girl.

MALICIOUS

Sunday, May 30, 2004 3:09 AM (P)

Hey! What about the rainstick solo???

Mal-licious

CAGEYBEE

Sunday, May 30, 2004 3:44 AM (P)

nur, keep recruiting. you're doing a helluva job!

ebo, i like the idea....except drums don't exactly have E notes. so, revised, i suggest, i do this cool 3 stanza opening, then E, then singin, then triangle. what do you think?

edit- mal, i think a rainstick solo would be part of the encore. and lucky you, jayne is filming on tuesday.

me

~Mal- "how drunk was i last night?"
~Jayne- "i don't know. i passed out."

EBONEZER

Sunday, May 30, 2004 6:17 AM (P)

oh yeah, i knew there was something we were leaving out. So yeah. We have a song! and an encore (raincore?) no, definatly encore.

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Four out of five dentists reccomend calling Ebo a girl.

CAGEYBEE

Tuesday, June 1, 2004 4:55 AM (P)

ok, so the first gig is tomorrow...therefore, here it is, the official practice bump. everyone polish your instruments to a brassy shine and don't forget to wear your glittery tights.

edit- mal, i hear that jayne isn't filming until thursday now. but since i already got your hopes all up....i think i should sleep on it.

me

~Mal- "how drunk was i last night?"
~Jayne- "i don't know. i passed out."

MALICIOUS

Tuesday, June 1, 2004 7:57 PM (P)

*bump* for the shindig

and KGB? Bite me! I'm playin' my stick tonight!

Mal-licious

CAGEYBEE

Wednesday, June 2, 2004 4:11 AM (P)

oh, mal.....i've recruited my dog to bite you. she's a basset hound, so she's all low and slinky and you won't even know she's there until...CHOMP!

but, indeed, rainstick encore!

me

~Mal- "how drunk was i last night?"
~Jayne- "i don't know. i passed out."

NUR

Wednesday, June 2, 2004 4:26 AM (P)

As Official First Groupie and Groupie in charge of recruiting I would like to announce that we are now accepting applications for the positions of additional groupies for The Fireflies. Membership is open to anyone regardless of astrological sign, favourite mac'n'cheeze addition, plane of being currently inhabited, or membership in the human race. The Groupie Line forms to the left of myself, Official First Groupie (OFG), around the block and down the street. If you're at the back of the line, fear not as we shall rush the stage en masse as soon as the opening chords/rainstick noises/triangle dings begin, with our aforementioned Victoria Secret underwear preped for launch.

Those who restrain desire, do so because thiers is weak enough to be restrained.
-William Blake

O my Lord! bestow wisdom on me, and join me with the righteous.
-Qur'an 26:83

CAGEYBEE

Wednesday, June 2, 2004 4:32 AM (P)

nur, about the groupies from different planes of being....could we keep it under eight? anything that inhabits more than eight planes of being scares me.

me

~Mal- "how drunk was i last night?"
~Jayne- "i don't know. i passed out."

NUR

Wednesday, June 2, 2004 2:08 PM (P)

Oh, sorry, I thought that was understood. My bad Anything/one inhabiting over 7 planes can't interpret sound or light the way we do so having groupies from those sections is a moot point.

http://www.thecherryorchard.net

Those who restrain desire, do so because thiers is weak enough to be restrained.
-William Blake

O my Lord! bestow wisdom on me, and join me with the righteous.
-Qur'an 26:83

ASTRIANA

Wednesday, June 2, 2004 2:48 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by cageybee:
astriana and fireflew, pick up a tamborine and start shaking your thang.

Don't forget my stellar backup singing!

~A~
El Jefe Magnifico's Mistress... of Communications and Harems...

...I'm still free,
You can't take the sky from me.

BERNADETTE

Wednesday, June 2, 2004 5:57 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by whedonesque:
I really like the tai chi-inspired stage show and I've always wanted to study it. Can I do that? I can also carry a decent tune, so I could help out with background vocals, if you so desire.

Oh, ya know, if those positions are filled, I could work on costumes. Don't make faces. I am envisioning cool, dark (figuratively), asian-inspired outfits for the bandmembers. I live in Manhattan, so I could just shoot on down to Chinatown and pick up some shiny stuff to wear. BTW, I bought a really beautiful traditional chinese silk jacket last week (think Kaylee's green jacket in Serentiy but mine is silver and purple and more fitted). How sad is it that I am already planning my outfit for the BD premier?

Just a thought, but shouldn't we (okay, I've already made the leap to assuming I'm in the band) have some people doing a joyous jig (a la River in Safe) sometime during the performance? I am NOT volunteering, mind you. This good little irish girl never learned to jig, much to the dismay of my grandmother. So, KGB, is my vision way off?

NO it’s not, cause I’ve been thinking the same thing. I would love a kaylee-like dress and love the idea of a BD premier and vote Atlanta GA. Our Mistress of Communication-Harems ~A~ lives there. O.K so do I, but that's not the point. Astriana’s VERY influential

Now on the band issue, going for the fanatic fan.

Bernie

CAGEYBEE

Thursday, June 3, 2004 3:37 AM (P)

ok, as the prima donna rock star here, i've decided that its time for me to have a torrid and definitely ill-fated affair. i just need to decide with who. feel free to suggest, or volunteer, but keep in mind that this will probably end in a quickie-style marriage in vegas among lots of booze and reckless gambling and then an even more quickie-style divorce. maybe some other quickie stuff in between.

me

~Mal- "how drunk was i last night?"
~Jayne- "i don't know. i passed out."

CAGEYBEE

Friday, June 4, 2004 3:34 AM (P)

*cough*bump*coughcoughcough*

HOWDYROCKERBABY1

Wednesday, June 9, 2004 7:01 AM (P)

BUMP!

I will not let this band die before it has even started!

as to some comments WAY WAY WAY up there. Covers are great when they aren't exact copies as long as they don't take away from the integrity of the song.

example for a good cover:

Johnny Cash's cover for the Nine Inch Nails song Hurt

example for a bad cover:

Joss Stones cover for the White Stripes Fell in love with a ...boy...cough cough... excuse me GIRL.

If you have to change the gender of the person the song is about, as well as slow it down from like 160 time to 60...then just back away from the music stand and run away as fast as possible.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
MAL: This is my scrap of nowhere. You go on and find your own.
SAFFRON: You can't just leave me here, on this
lifeless piece of crap moon...
MAL: Sure I can.
SAFFRON: I'll die.
MAL: Well, as a courtesy, you might start
getting busy on that, cause all this chatter ain't doin' me any kindness.

HOWDYROCKERBABY1

Thursday, June 10, 2004 4:16 AM (P)

BUMP BUMP BUMP BUMP

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
MAL: This is my scrap of nowhere. You go on and find your own.
SAFFRON: You can't just leave me here, on this
lifeless piece of crap moon...
MAL: Sure I can.
SAFFRON: I'll die.
MAL: Well, as a courtesy, you might start
getting busy on that, cause all this chatter ain't doin' me any kindness.

CAGEYBEE

Thursday, June 10, 2004 4:30 AM (P)

i would just like to thank howdy for not letting the band die. so reviews weren't rave....we're planning a riot on critics to take a place at an undisclosed time and place. be there!

also, i feel its worth the note, ebo has left us for some sort of 'real world' for the summer. due to the situation, i ask howdy to become my right hand chica for the summer. all those in favor, aye; those opposed, nay.

me

~Mal- "how drunk was i last night?"
~Jayne- "i don't know. i passed out."

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