And don't bother mentioning that the AM/PM indicator is wrong, I (Tim) am too lazy to fix it. I'm also aware that a blog update is supposed to be an update of important and significant events. I must preface the rest of this blog entry by saying that there is almost nothing new. We have practiced. We have continued writing songs. We have drank. We have been hung over. We have been hung over at work. We have cried. We have laughed. But not one of us have taken ourselves seriously. That is a fact. It is also a fact that Han Solo's middle should have been "guitar".
Anyway, 75% of A Brilliant lie crept over to New Smyrna Beach last weekend to escape from the clutches of our rock star lives.* It was pretty amazing. We were unaware of how many bars are virtually stacked on top of each other in downtown New Smyrna. This weekend we will all be here in Orlando and we will be kicking it off at The Social to see "NuERA", "Anyone's Guess", "Autmn Empire", and "Takeout". We are excited and confident that we will all leave looking like this guy...
To the bands that will be performing tonight: Rest assured this is a good thing, not a bad one. There is one final shenanigan I wish to share with you in this post: I have devised a little word game related to our upcoming show at the House of Blues (Yes, another plug. DEAL WITH IT). The game is simple: Compose a sentence using the names of all of the bands that will be playing at the House of Blues and post it on the Facebook event page HERE.
Example: ANDY MATCHETT drives a car while he tells A BRILLIANT LIE to THE PASSENGER, JUDY TRIBUNE.
If you must be lazy like myself you can substitute "Andy Matchett" for "Andy Matchett and the Minks". He or she who composes the most interesting/hilarious/ridiculous sentence can get a free ABL shirt or EP. If you already own these must-have items I will buy you a drink or perform a magic trick for you (hopefully one of the former will suffice as I know only a few very lame magic tricks). You can almost certainly come up with a sentence better than mine which already puts you in the lead. Good luck, and we hope you all have a great weekend! Until the next prodigious and monumental blog absurdity...
Thanks for Reading,
Tim Cook-Berry
A Brilliant Lie's lead guitarist / Elvis impersonation instructor.
*Even I laughed at that sentence.
Fact of the week: This one comes at the request of our lovely singer miss Tara Lightfoot. I would never post this without such a request: My xbox live avatar bears an uncanny resemblance to me...
I never play anything on xbox anymore. But I keep the account so we can watch bad action/horror movies and old MST3K episodes on Netflix after practice.