Comments on: Flashbacks http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/flashbacks/ your source for illegal theology downloads Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:43:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: the ben http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/flashbacks/#comment-143854 the ben Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:22:46 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/01/flashbacks/#comment-143854 i forgot what i'm commenting on... i forgot what i’m commenting on…

]]> By: Chad http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/flashbacks/#comment-143853 Chad Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:28:13 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/01/flashbacks/#comment-143853 Oops... Sharolyn Teed it up. It was still teed, that's all I'm saying. Oops… Sharolyn Teed it up.

It was still teed, that’s all I’m saying.

]]> By: Gretchen http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/flashbacks/#comment-143850 Gretchen Thu, 03 Apr 2008 05:04:16 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/01/flashbacks/#comment-143850 ummm...thanks I think. ummm…thanks I think.

]]> By: michael lee http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/flashbacks/#comment-143848 michael lee Thu, 03 Apr 2008 03:05:26 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/01/flashbacks/#comment-143848 Her first single was "Bitch". Her second single was called "Crazy". In concert, we played them in reverse order. It was our little inside joke. Her first single was “Bitch”. Her second single was called “Crazy”. In concert, we played them in reverse order. It was our little inside joke.

]]> By: Chad http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/flashbacks/#comment-143844 Chad Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:39:16 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/01/flashbacks/#comment-143844 Hey look, Aly teed it up. I'm gonna swing. Hey look, Aly teed it up. I’m gonna swing.

]]> By: Cerise http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/flashbacks/#comment-143843 Cerise Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:36:23 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/01/flashbacks/#comment-143843 Oh my god, I peed myself. Oh my god, I peed myself.

]]> By: Chad http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/flashbacks/#comment-143842 Chad Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:36:16 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/01/flashbacks/#comment-143842 Now that girl's a total bitch. Now that girl’s a total bitch.

]]> By: sharolyn http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/flashbacks/#comment-143840 sharolyn Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:21:25 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/01/flashbacks/#comment-143840 Gretchen, don't you love us all talking about you? ;) All I meant to say was that my original intent was cuteness. That's all. So, Meredith Brooks! Gretchen, don’t you love us all talking about you? ;)
All I meant to say was that my original intent was cuteness. That’s all.

So, Meredith Brooks!

]]> By: Cerise http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/flashbacks/#comment-143839 Cerise Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:19:18 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/01/flashbacks/#comment-143839 Homes, if I didn't think Gretchen wasn't totally down (I met her for about 8 hours total that one time we visited Aly and Ash), I wouldn't be on this thread doing what I do. Which is showing everyone how exactly my mind resembles that of a 12-year-old boy's. Homes, if I didn’t think Gretchen wasn’t totally down (I met her for about 8 hours total that one time we visited Aly and Ash), I wouldn’t be on this thread doing what I do.

Which is showing everyone how exactly my mind resembles that of a 12-year-old boy’s.

]]> By: Chad http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/flashbacks/#comment-143837 Chad Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:14:25 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/01/flashbacks/#comment-143837 Hm. Perhaps I'm not explaining my thoughts well. Gretchen is a picture of loveliness. :) Hm. Perhaps I’m not explaining my thoughts well.

Gretchen is a picture of loveliness.

:)

]]> By: sharolyn http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/flashbacks/#comment-143836 sharolyn Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:01:24 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/01/flashbacks/#comment-143836 What, Gretchen's not lovely anymore? What, Gretchen’s not lovely anymore?

]]> By: Chad http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/flashbacks/#comment-143835 Chad Wed, 02 Apr 2008 22:59:53 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/01/flashbacks/#comment-143835 Here's the thing about Gretchen. Some of you don't know this, but she is cut from a similar divine cloth as my Erica. On St. Patrick's Day, the Lee's arrived at our place, and G was wearing a pair of jeans, a white long-sleeve shirt, and a green, "Everyone Loves an Irish Girl" t-shirt from Old Navy. Unbeknownst to her, earlier in the day, Erica had dressed for the occasion with a pair of jeans, a white long-sleeve shirt, and a green "Everyone Loves an Irish Girl" t-shirt from Old Navy. Gretchen and Erica actually managed to pick the exact same wedding dress for our weddings, which were separated by about 5 months, if I remember correctly. More then that, they're freakishly similar in demeanor, in their choice of men (As Mike and I share some freakishly similar traits), and they're both just... sorta chill girls in all the right ways. So, with this in mind, it's hard for me to accept the idea that Mrs. Lee is as altogether sweet and.. ahem... docile... as some might perceive. Did it just get weirder? Crap. Here’s the thing about Gretchen.

Some of you don’t know this, but she is cut from a similar divine cloth as my Erica. On St. Patrick’s Day, the Lee’s arrived at our place, and G was wearing a pair of jeans, a white long-sleeve shirt, and a green, “Everyone Loves an Irish Girl” t-shirt from Old Navy.

Unbeknownst to her, earlier in the day, Erica had dressed for the occasion with a pair of jeans, a white long-sleeve shirt, and a green “Everyone Loves an Irish Girl” t-shirt from Old Navy.

Gretchen and Erica actually managed to pick the exact same wedding dress for our weddings, which were separated by about 5 months, if I remember correctly.

More then that, they’re freakishly similar in demeanor, in their choice of men (As Mike and I share some freakishly similar traits), and they’re both just… sorta chill girls in all the right ways.

So, with this in mind, it’s hard for me to accept the idea that Mrs. Lee is as altogether sweet and.. ahem… docile… as some might perceive.

Did it just get weirder? Crap.

]]> By: Daniel Semsen http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/flashbacks/#comment-143832 Daniel Semsen Wed, 02 Apr 2008 22:40:17 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/01/flashbacks/#comment-143832 This is the best comment string EVER. This is the best comment string EVER.

]]> By: michael lee http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/flashbacks/#comment-143830 michael lee Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:58:33 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/01/flashbacks/#comment-143830 oh, me they expect pretty much anything from. oh, me they expect pretty much anything from.

]]> By: Cerise http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/flashbacks/#comment-143829 Cerise Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:56:54 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/01/flashbacks/#comment-143829 You're right. I should clean it up. Won't be able to look GRETCHEN in the eye?? You’re right. I should clean it up.

Won’t be able to look GRETCHEN in the eye??

]]> By: michael lee http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/flashbacks/#comment-143828 michael lee Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:51:41 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/01/flashbacks/#comment-143828 Excellent. Now we'll be able to tell which of my students read the blog, because they won't be able to look Gretchen in the eye. Excellent. Now we’ll be able to tell which of my students read the blog, because they won’t be able to look Gretchen in the eye.

]]> By: Cerise http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/flashbacks/#comment-143827 Cerise Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:43:31 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/01/flashbacks/#comment-143827 And snickering at the implied hard-ons present in our friends' early romances. And snickering at the implied hard-ons present in our friends’ early romances.

]]> By: sharolyn http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/flashbacks/#comment-143826 sharolyn Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:07:16 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/01/flashbacks/#comment-143826 No shame at Addison Rd. Only love. No shame at Addison Rd. Only love.

]]> By: aly http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/flashbacks/#comment-143824 aly Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:01:17 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/01/flashbacks/#comment-143824 Um...you guys haven't hung out with Gretchen lately, have you? Um…you guys haven’t hung out with Gretchen lately, have you?

]]> By: Cerise http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/flashbacks/#comment-143823 Cerise Wed, 02 Apr 2008 20:59:03 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/01/flashbacks/#comment-143823 Indeed. Pure as the driven snow. Shame on me. Indeed. Pure as the driven snow. Shame on me.

]]> By: sharolyn http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/flashbacks/#comment-143822 sharolyn Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:03:29 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/01/flashbacks/#comment-143822 Maybe I was +50 for the Astley concert, now I'm -50 for having a clean mind. Gretchen is just too lovely for me to be crass. :) Maybe I was +50 for the Astley concert, now I’m -50 for having a clean mind. Gretchen is just too lovely for me to be crass. :)

]]> By: Chad http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/flashbacks/#comment-143821 Chad Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:37:16 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/01/flashbacks/#comment-143821 Oooh... naughty! Tats, Piercings, and Astley - Oh My! It's been quite a week. Oooh… naughty!

Tats, Piercings, and Astley - Oh My!

It’s been quite a week.

]]> By: Cerise http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/flashbacks/#comment-143819 Cerise Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:12:04 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/01/flashbacks/#comment-143819 Sharolyn, I just took that in a completely different direction than you intended. 50 points if you meant it the way I took it. Sharolyn, I just took that in a completely different direction than you intended.

50 points if you meant it the way I took it.

]]> By: Chad http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/flashbacks/#comment-143818 Chad Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:10:57 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/01/flashbacks/#comment-143818 Or the first time you heard one of my songs? (crickets) Or the first time you heard one of my songs?

(crickets)

]]> By: sharolyn http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/flashbacks/#comment-143817 sharolyn Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:04:05 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/01/flashbacks/#comment-143817 Mike said: "It was one of the few moments in my life when I knew how much something was worth, and had the time to go hard after it." Like the time you met Gretchen? ;) Mike said: “It was one of the few moments in my life when I knew how much something was worth, and had the time to go hard after it.”

Like the time you met Gretchen? ;)

]]> By: michael lee http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/flashbacks/#comment-143805 michael lee Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:55:40 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/01/flashbacks/#comment-143805 On me, or Melissa? On me, or Melissa?

]]> By: Daniel Semsen http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/flashbacks/#comment-143802 Daniel Semsen Wed, 02 Apr 2008 04:36:18 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/01/flashbacks/#comment-143802 Nice flat top. Nice flat top.

]]> By: Gretchen http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/flashbacks/#comment-143800 Gretchen Wed, 02 Apr 2008 03:45:16 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/01/flashbacks/#comment-143800 "Gretchen, how could you let Mike tour for a whole summer without you, while you were still newly married?" Answer: on a Melissa Ethridge tour, the 12,000 screaming women in the audience, aren't looking at him. :) “Gretchen, how could you let Mike tour for a whole summer without you, while you were still newly married?” Answer: on a Melissa Ethridge tour, the 12,000 screaming women in the audience, aren’t looking at him. :)

]]> By: the ben http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/flashbacks/#comment-143797 the ben Wed, 02 Apr 2008 03:30:28 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/01/flashbacks/#comment-143797 mike, i love how you dress the same way for just about everything you do. i also like meredith's strat, i've never seen one in that color. ROCK AND ROLL! mike, i love how you dress the same way for just about everything you do. i also like meredith’s strat, i’ve never seen one in that color. ROCK AND ROLL!

]]> By: michael lee http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/flashbacks/#comment-143794 michael lee Wed, 02 Apr 2008 03:12:13 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/01/flashbacks/#comment-143794 1) I was playing keyboards for BASIX, which was kind of like Avalon Lite, based out of Yorba Linda Friends Church in Orange County. One of the singers in the group was Christine Niles, who married Russ Miller, the guys playing drums in this video. When he got the call to be musical director for this tour, he called me and one other guy to audition. I had 48 hours to prepare, and in that time, I rebuilt all of the loops, all of the keyboard sounds, and all of the programmed parts from all 3 of her albums. When we got to the audition, Russ counted off the first tune, and I unleashed, basically, the record. Meredith stopped the song, and looked at Russ, and said, "Did you give him the ProTools sessions?" Russ said, "I didn't give him anything." She turned back to me and said, "You got the gig." It was one of the few moments in my life when I knew how much something was worth, and had the time to go hard after it. 2) We toured for a summer with this band, then I worked on a handful of other projects with her as a studio keyboardist, nothing else live. 3) My biggest fear was embarrassing myself in front of Russ. 1) I was playing keyboards for BASIX, which was kind of like Avalon Lite, based out of Yorba Linda Friends Church in Orange County. One of the singers in the group was Christine Niles, who married Russ Miller, the guys playing drums in this video. When he got the call to be musical director for this tour, he called me and one other guy to audition. I had 48 hours to prepare, and in that time, I rebuilt all of the loops, all of the keyboard sounds, and all of the programmed parts from all 3 of her albums. When we got to the audition, Russ counted off the first tune, and I unleashed, basically, the record. Meredith stopped the song, and looked at Russ, and said, “Did you give him the ProTools sessions?” Russ said, “I didn’t give him anything.” She turned back to me and said, “You got the gig.”

It was one of the few moments in my life when I knew how much something was worth, and had the time to go hard after it.

2) We toured for a summer with this band, then I worked on a handful of other projects with her as a studio keyboardist, nothing else live.

3) My biggest fear was embarrassing myself in front of Russ.

]]> By: sharolyn http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/flashbacks/#comment-143793 sharolyn Wed, 02 Apr 2008 03:03:05 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/01/flashbacks/#comment-143793 1) How did you land this gig, 2) How long was it, and 3) What was your biggest fear? 1) How did you land this gig,
2) How long was it,
and
3) What was your biggest fear?

]]> By: michael lee http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/flashbacks/#comment-143792 michael lee Wed, 02 Apr 2008 02:06:27 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/01/flashbacks/#comment-143792 That is Russ. He is the sickness. That is Russ. He is the sickness.

]]> By: Stick http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/flashbacks/#comment-143790 Stick Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:58:52 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/01/flashbacks/#comment-143790 Is that Russ on drums? Man, he can play. Why is his kit on the floor? He should be in a suspended cage turning upside down. That keyboard dude is pretty cool. He needed to take over Meredith's solo with some flashy Chopin licks though. Or #11s. A battle to the death with Meredith playing ONLY #11s. Yes. Is that Russ on drums? Man, he can play. Why is his kit on the floor? He should be in a suspended cage turning upside down.

That keyboard dude is pretty cool. He needed to take over Meredith’s solo with some flashy Chopin licks though. Or #11s. A battle to the death with Meredith playing ONLY #11s. Yes.

]]> By: michael lee http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/flashbacks/#comment-143789 michael lee Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:06:41 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/01/flashbacks/#comment-143789 I was scared s***less. I was scared s***less.

]]> By: Cerise http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/flashbacks/#comment-143788 Cerise Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:01:22 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2008/04/01/flashbacks/#comment-143788 Oh...sweet boy. You look so earnest. Oh…sweet boy. You look so earnest.

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