Tale of 2 Cities

Haven't read any more of Scar Tissue since my last post, but I started A Tale of Two Cities for Mr Clough's class today. First of all I have no idea where we are in this book so thats bad right off the start. Secondly, because school is pretty close to being out I am in no way interested in reading a 400 page book about God knows what. You'd think he'd give us a break and give us an easy read, but no, here's another 400 page book for you to read and oh yeah, you should be at page 100 by now. And besides that, I just spent an hour on Jefferson stuck in traffic. I don't know who the idiot is that decided to do construction on Jefferson, Abiote Center, and Illinios all at the same time, but I want to punch him/her in the face. Hopefully this is a long enough post. I should probably read more.
Not my cat but I thought it was pretty cool of the owner to make him a helmet.

I'm now around page 300 in Scar Tissue. The book finally started talking about the band, the good stuff. I never realized how many different people it took to run a successful band. They went through ten or fifteen different guitar players and drummers before getting to where they are now. And it seems that the stars aligned to bring those guys together.
Cleveland Cavs won last night against the Bulls and now have to play the Celtics in the semis. Not sure when the first game is but I'm pretty excited about beating them, considering I hate all Boston sports. Patriots, hate them. Red Sox, hate them. Celtics, hate them. Hopefully LeBron's elbow is okay or whatever was wrong with him. He should suck it up anyways, it's the playoffs. Go Cavs.

The last hundred pages of Scar Tissue have been pretty much the same as the first hundred. Anthony is still battling his addiction to drugs and alcohol, and his band is doing very well in the industry. He's having sex with pretty much every girl he meets and somehow doesn't get any of them pregnant. Can't figure that one out. But overall not a bad book so far. Since I pretty much grew up on the Red Hot Chili Peppers, I don;t feel like I'm learning too much new stuff about them yet, hopefully the book gets into the actual band soon. Just like Pearl Jam, my brother introduced me to them at a very young age, and they grew on me. I don't know much of their old stuff with Hillel, but everything from Mother's Milk to Stadium Arcadium I'm pretty familiar with.
Is it just me or does the drummer look like Will Ferrell?

Scar Tissue 2

Scar Tissue keeps getting better and better. Not only is Keidis talking about his life growing up in Cali, but now he's finally getting into how the band formed and what their inspiration was. I guess alot of people have read and like this book so now I'm one of them. Nothing else has happened really besides that so far, I mean i haven't really read too much since my last post.
My brother introduced me to the Red Hot Chili Peppers when I was first getting into music around age 6 or so. He's been a huge influence in my life, so I wanted to like the kind of music he did. Eventually they started to grow on me and I began liking them for their sound instead of attempting to have similar tastes as my brother. His name is Matt by the way. I'm very glad he introduced me to them at such an early age.
Not sure who this baby is. Picture came with the computer.

Scar Tissue

I'm about 50 pages into Scar Tissue, and it's actually pretty good so far. It was written by the singer himself, so it has a good point of perspective in it. In the beginning, he talks about his family and what life was like living with his druggie dad. His dad originally introduced drugs like pot, cocaine, and LSD. I was surprised to learn how early Anthony got into drugs, which was about 7th grade. I didn't realize that was the thing to do back in that day. His dad would often take him into night clubs and let him have sex with his girlfriends.
None Too Fragile: Pages (1-200) hopefully this is my 200 of literary?
Scar Tissue: Pages (1-50)

Pearl Jam

I just read None Too Fragile, which was about the band Pearl Jam and the life of Eddie Vedder. It was pretty good, considering it wasn't written by one of the actual band members. I like the band alot, and I think it helps you understand their music and where exactly you're coming from when you learn more about them.
My next book is Scar Tissue, by RHCP frontman Anthony Keidis. I've heard good things from everyone who's read it so far so I have pretty high hopes for this one. Plus, it's about one of my favorite bands of all time. Although it seems like a huge book I image it will be a pretty easy read.