Bebo

Well, guys…..as a GREAT songwriter once said—you gotta know when to
hold 'em and when to fold 'em. Similarly, you gotta know when to let
the band drive the Dodge Nitro to LA while you figure out a way to get
their using only your managerial prowess (and Expedia DOTCOMMMM of
course!!!) Oh boy, guys…this just gets more and more exciting every
single solitary day!!!

Yes, I guess I can't NOT say something about the fact that I almost
lost all of the band's money while gambling in Reno…..but I DEFINITELY
can't not say something about how I DIDN"T lose the money!!!! (Did
that make sense?? That was a bunch of double negatives, I
know…sophisticated, hahah!!) The point is—I won in Reno!! Yes, that's
right!! Lady Luck was absolutely on the side of The All-For-Nots (as
if tehre's anywhere else she'd rather be??!) and man, did we get the
big pay-off. (Which frankly is awesome because we were getting
prettttttttty short on funds and I was starting to gert a little
worried about what else I could sell without the gang noticing.
LOL!!!! Hahahah don't tell.)

Of course the RV still died and I do feeeel bad about the fact that we
had to split up right before this last, msot important leg of our EPIC
journey, but—I know I'll make it to Cali!!! Come on. This is me, Larry
Hu were talking about here!! :-D You guys know me. I'm like that old
saying, about insults or soething—"I'm rubber and you're glue.
Whatever you sasy to me bounces ofd me and sticks to you!!" Only in
this case, it's more like trouble/obstacles is glue and I'm rubber.
Trouble comes flying at me, all the time, and then it just bounces
back!! Or maybe trouble is rubber, and I'm the glue, and I bounce back
FROM it. I'm not sure—which ever one makes more sense to you…because
you know what I mean!!

Anywayzors, my points in all of this is that the bumps in the road
never stop coming, and we never stop getting over them or around them
or just driving right through them. I think it's safe to say that
we've proved by now that The All-For-Nots are UNSTOPPABLE!!! And with
or without me, though hopefully and most dfinitely WITH me, these guys
are going to face their destiny head-on in Californies and it is going
to be a ROCKTASTIC destiny with lots of happiness and fame!!! Oh
man…guys, I get so excited thinking about this that I can hardly stand
it.

But actually I don't really have time to sit around and think aout it.
I have to figure out how to get to Cali.

Like, really fasyt.

TALK TO YOU SOOONN!!!!!!!

CALEB'S BACK!!!!! He has returned suddenly and amazingly, from the
WILDERNESS!! Don't want to get too Bible-y here but I think I can
say…this is kind of like the story of the Prodigal Son (tho I don't
remember TOO much about that story…I didn't go to church growing up0
really but one time Mom sent me to summer camp at Surprise Lake and
the surprise turned out to be that it was a CHURCH camp!
Hahahhahaha!!! They looked at ME funny, for suresies. Anyway I
remember the prodial son doing all sorts of stuff like eating all his
dad's food and just sitting around letting his borther do all the work
and stuff and then he leaves to like, I thnk 'find himself"" ort
something but then he runs out of money and comes back and everyome is
happy. SO I mean it's sort of a perfect fit!! Except that Caleb isn't
my son. Hahahha awkward!!)

Anyway, enough of that. The important thing is that he's TOTERZ back.
TgHERE was a little bit of tension ort something at first but I think
everyone has remembered why they love that guy and knows it's awesome
that he came back to us. I couldn't believe how jamming the show was
that they played in Salt Lake!! AND-- a new song??!! This late in the
game?? These guys are WIZARDS! I tewll you, I don't know how they do
it.

And as we're really coming up on our shot at fame and fortune and
adoration, I'm trying to make a list of some things the guys can do to
take care of themselvges so they'll be in top form for Letterman.
Some of them are specific to the person, like….Paul isn't allowed to
worry about Heather (though I can't really be the police of his brain
so that one is a little hard to regulate) and Shirley isn't allowed to
eat more than four Luncheytimes a day (though they ARE delicious…..I
think she might be allergic!! L) But in general, you know, I'm
saying: sleep as much as you can, drink a TON of water (someone told
me once that if you're drinking enough water your pee will be the
color of gin. But I didn't think it was a good idea to tell Caleb that
as he might figure out that if he just drinks gin it will be the same.
Right?? lolll), and, the most important thing—I want them to really
make sure they have a good handle on who they are and what they
believe in because once the world gets a hold of The All-For-Nots,
they will be temppted by all SORTS of things and they need to really
remember what's important!! (I told them to look at Amy Winheouse and
repeat "No, no, no!")

Oh gosh guys, so so soooooo much to do!!! We're not there yet, but
MAN are we close!!! Gotta drive on, closer to the beautiful beaches
and UNLIMITED promise of California. Talk to you soon!!!!! :-D

Now THIS is the kind of adventure any slef-respecting rock band should
be having!!! We just spent a WILD night in Cheyenne, Wisconsin—err,
Wyominig? Sometimes it's hard to remember, those W states lol--at a
bowling alley! seriously! A bowling alley!! Hey too bad I blew my
Lebowski bowling metaphor a few posts ago, am I right?!? Hahhahaha
seriously. It wasn't that much like Lebowski in real life
though….even though our host turned out to be quite a character
himself. The guys were all super super excited up bc he was
apparently a former rock hero of theirs—I don't know this band that he
was in, Arkstormer, but I guess they were pretty amazing. I know that
as a rock manager I should have an encyclopedic knowledge of ALL rock
bands, but that's what Wikipedia is for. And also I think the gang was
listening to them when I was in my really intense Britpop phase.
Hahahahhaha I'm just kidding!! I never listend to Britpop. Unless you
count Britney Spears in that category….which would kind of make sense.

Anyway, on top of the adventure they played a really sweet show.
Farrah really can tear it up on the bass…though of course the band
looked kind of uneven without Caleb there looking hot in the
background. And Shirlz seemed a little lonley. :-( But like I said
before…we just have to let him do what he needs to do……and hope hope
hope that he makes it back to us. There's still no word from him,
but…he's got a good sense of direction…right?? Right?

And, in this blog, this public forum, I have to say one more
thing—Heather kind of blew my mind a little bit while we were at Sam
Amigo'S . I love to see people defending the little guy—hahaha um I
don't mean that in a bad way Paul—and I gotta give her props for
standing up to our friend Sam when he got a little frisky!! Maybe I've
been less than fair to our Fair Lady Heather in the past but I'll say
it now: when she used her lightning fists against Sam, it was
awesome. Until she started hyperventilating and Paul had to read her
her favorite parts of "The Bridges of Madison County" to calm her
down. But we've all got our weaknesses I guess!!!

I'm feeling good, guys. I think Salt Lake holds really good things
for us and will be an energizing stop before we blaze our trail into
the ocean and onto TV. Write more next week!!!