TEN YEARS AGO

Rita: While Lolita tries to figure out how Brian and Amanda manage to perform together (maybe one is transmitted by satellite to the other’s show?) I’m going to ask my friends a simple question—what is something you do now that you didn’t do 10 years ago? There’s the other Dave from woolly bully—what’s he doing getting into the driver’s seat of that plane?  DAVE WESTNER (Woolly Mammoth Sound/Tori Pyne): Four years ago, I started taking flying lessons.  Two years later, I got my commercial pilot’s license.  I can’t believe I get paid to fly, and to record music for a living.  What a way to have a job, yet never actually work! *** AMANDA PALMER (Amanda Palmer): I floss. About five years ago I went to the dentist and she told me it was curtains if I didn’t floss regularly... scared the bejesus out of me. So now I floss faithfully… with such vigor that my dentist is now warning me about gum depletion. WTF? *** MR. CURT (Urban Caravan/ Mr. Curt Ensemble): Hate to admit it, but it’s this damn struggle with aging and strength and stamina versus ability and desires. Heart and mind are in the right place, but the body has developed many cricks and creaks. So I’m trying to exercise more regularly, have submitted to acupuncture sessions, and am now involved with physical therapy. Yikes! Stay in shape, indeed! *** SHAUN WOLF WORTIS (Gato Malo): Change a baby’s diapers while wearing a Red Sox championship cap. *** TONY SAVARINO (Black Fortess of Opium/ Garvey J): See a therapist. *** ADAM LEWIS (Planetary Group): Eat Healthy!  If you told me ten years ago, I would be popping fish oil pills, I would have asked you to share your drugs. *** LINDA VIENS (Angeline/ Sgt. Maxwell’s Peace Chorus): What a fun question! Something I “do” now is actually something I “don’t do” now... or at least mostly, which is: I don’t take things as personally. I read a book called The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz that changed my life, and helped me to stop playing the victim in my relationships, especially with family stuff. I used to take it personally that my parents were so cruel, and now I understand that they did the best they could and their unkind behavior wasn’t about me, it was about THEM. Ahhh... the freedom in this realization! I can’t recommend this book more highly! *** DARRON BURKE (Makeshift Studio/ Harvard College Library Audio Preservation Services): I just started a job at Harvard University doing audio archiving. I didn’t realize that the work I’d been doing all these years in my recording studio translated to actual skills that could be applied to a REAL JOB!  I’m overjoyed to be working here! *** BRETT MILANO (The Sound of Our Town):  Respond to the Noise poll via email. *** GLENN WILLIAMS  (Lowbudget Records): Ten years ago I was going through a creative time when I tried to write and perform in a vacuum. I wanted to be totally original—no outside influences. Needless to say, it made for a difficult time. Always asking, does this song sound like someone? Now I find myself playing with the best musicians I can find—Tim Casey and Urban Caravan has really made me create with a gusto. Folks like Sal Baglio, Bird Mancini, Mr. Curt, Steve Gilligan, Jon Macey, Clara Kebabian, and our own T Max. What a great influence they’ve been. I love them. *** CORIN ASHLEY (Corin Ashley): Ten years ago, I didn’t really understand how parents  can be so crazy about their kids. I was never one of those misanthropic dicks who hates children, but I used to roll my eyes a little when people would go on about how magical the whole thing is. I just never comprehended how amazing it can be to be hear a little guy call you Daddy. *** CHRIS TAYLOR (The Dimwits/ Winter Street Records): Two chicks. *** JOHN POWHIDA (the Rudds): I do a lot more manscaping than I did ten years ago. Lolita: What, prey tell, is manscraping? John: It’s where you trim your body hair like landscaping. Lolita: Well, I need a bikini trim, how much do you charge?