You'd think that
with the way my mind works and schemes that we
wouldn't be looking at three 5's in a row (entry
number) trying to figure out how we're gonna make this
work. But this is Adam we're talking about. Determined
not to do it like anyone else ever has...therefore
flirting with lifelong anonymity. ;-)
So it wasn't long
after the loss to Ditchwater that my good pal Dewey
just went off on me. Like I'm not already bummed out
with all the shit going on in my life he his stoned
ass has to lay into me about everything I did
wrong? Blah blah blah we shouldn't have used that bit,
we should have sung more instead of fighting, we
could've used heavy metal guitars too, we could've
lipsynced and sounded better - whatever. So behind my
back he decides to submit his own entry to
prove me wrong. So his hippy ass sent in "Saying
When". Yet another girly ballad like "Sleep, Baby
Sleep" from the real effeminate one: Dewey.
(sigh)
The rest of the
band was pretty pissed too. G's threatening to submit
his own rap entry, cameron wants to make another
cartoon a la "Lock the Taskbar" and I won't even
repeat what Spencer just told me. (sigh) It's
not that I don't want them to succeed but none of
us have a record contract or 20,000 supporters so it's
gonna come down to Ditchwater again
eventually...ugh.
I do have to admit
though, I'm proud of my band. How many bands could
submit one video as a band - and then several more
videos individually showing a completely different
talents? Yes, The Trinitrons (or the Egos as they made
us call ourselves) certainly are a talented bunch. One
of us will break through.
:-)
Can you imagine
how confused newcomers are to all this shit?
LOL
Well, the producer
got the submission and loved it. They want to give it
a little time to make sure and give everyone else a
chance, but there haven't been many submissions like
"Saying When" and she thinks Dewey has a place in
this thing. I made G, Cameron (and most certainly
Spencer) hold off for a bit until we see what happens
with Dewey. Hey, if he gets in and does well -
hopefully he'll be cool enough to let us perform with
him on CBS.
What this does
however (and boy doesn't this seem eerily familiar) is
make the inevitable bad news... take a month. Just
like with AGT - it was GOOD, GOOD, GREAT - BAD....
lingering bad... lingering... over. Same here. What
would've been over last week is now gonna just kinda
tread along, dangling hope in front of our faces
alllllllllllll summer long and most likely will end
the same way as no one is beating a band like
Ditchwater with that kind of voter reach. The Journey
this year... are you kidding? Could it be more crazy?
Can it be more addicting??!!?
Let me also say
again, that no matter what - this producer at CBS has
been incredible. Always returning calls, very down to
earth and funny - and genuinely supportive of my act.
They want to be as fair as possible, but you can tell
they really liked the act and were hoping it would
win. I believe that no matter what, when this all
blows over - there's a way to get CBS to cover
4tvs and the act. As a human interest story alone it's
good TV. Anything that makes someone stop FLIPPING the
channels - is worth a few minutes on your program and
especially when you delve into the story? And this
site? Wow. It's got human interest written all over
it.
So for what may be
the last Living Room Live entry - I feel pretty good.
We all did everything we could and the contact here at
CBS and the contact at MSNBC... I'm pretty happy about
things. The next cartoon will get coverage and who
knows what will happen with Dewey's submission. And as
I always say, if you keep waking up each morning
wondering "Man! What's gonna happen next!?!?", The
Journey will live another day...
What a
year.
Adam
PS -
everyone asked where those eggs landed.
Truth be told they landed in the garden
behind me and the driveway - but I did
make one take where I had my brother
Kenny throw them on my face.
He
enjoyed that.
