It might get cocky!

Do me a favor; if you are going to call me with your phone number blocked from my caller ID, don’t waste your time. I have never answered and will never answer a phone call when my caller ID says “unavailable.” All I do is pick up the phone and hang up. If you don’t want me to know your name or number when you call, then I don’t want to talk to you. Speaking of which, I have a sure fire way to get a phone solicitor to never call you again. One time I answered a phone call knowing it was a solicitor and when they asked for Mr. Ahern, I replied “oh, I am sorry but he passed away yesterday in a car crash, were you a friend of his?” You should have heard the operator on the other end squirming to get out of that one. I can pretty much guarantee that they never called back…

I recently saw the movie “It Might Get Loud.” If you haven’t seen it, it is a reality based film where the film puts three famous guitar players in a room together for them to talk and play guitar with each other. The hope is that something interesting will be organically generated for our viewing pleasure. The three guitarists are Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin, The Edge of U2 and Jack White of the White Stripes. Exactly how do you address The Edge? “Hey, The Edge, try playing a G chord there.” Do you call him “The Edge” or just “Edge” or what? At least you can use Bono as his name when you are talking to him. Another thing, either Jimmy Page was whacked out of his mind on some type of drugs during the film or he has the mental capacity of a 10 year old when it comes to everything other than guitar playing. What a space case! I suspect that by the perma-smile that he had on his grill the whole time that he had smoked a J before filming, at least I hope so. At least he would have an excuse for looking like a retard. It’s a shame that Jack White is a jack ass. You would think that he would be a little more humble when dealing with two of the most influential guitarists of all time. Don’t get me wrong, I like Jack White’s guitar playing, I just think he could have at least acted like he was listening to the other two guys. I really got a kick out of White talking about how using technology when playing the guitar is an evil practice and always ended up in bad results. Maybe Page should have elbowed him and said, “The Edge is sitting right there!” The Edge, after all, is one of the guitarists that pioneered the use of technology in guitar playing. Oh well, I guess no one said that you have to be smart to be a good musician…