Ahhh - I can't tell you how great it feels to just go out with friends, and shoot the shit over a few pints while chowin' down a heaping plate of 50 crab legs on .99c crab leg night at the Two Parrots Pub. We breezed though the crab, some calimari, zuchini sticks, and our beer while the Marlins were snatching the world series from the Yankees on the big screen TVs.
Afterwards, we all made our way to the rehearsal space, where we jammed and drank while the girls danced and laughed - a good time was had by all.
Ron pulled out all his nifty gizmos - disco ball, multi-coloured music-triggered rotating light array, and fog machine - it was like the best party ever - loud live music, the company of friends and not a care in the world.
We pulled off some songs that none of us had ever played before, and some of us didn't even know we knew - but everything sounded like we had been doing these songs our whole lives. I played AC/DC's Sin City on guitar, and I've never played a note of the song in my life, but it came out awesome. Wayne pulled a few really old Metallica songs out that came out just amazing, with Colin from Strange Days on drums. Colin grabbed the bass for Sweet Child O' Mine with me back on guitar, and we actually got about 3/4 of the way through it... pretty kewl! Some old Black Sabbath, KISS, Judas Priest, Alice Cooper, man it was fun.
I don't know exactly what time we left, but it couldn't have been much past midnight - but it didn't matter - the night ended on a high note, and it was awesome.
Now that's what a Friday night is supposed to be like!