Light Show

During rehearsal a couple of weeks ago, I noticed that the lights were flashing on and off at my home office. Also, the alarm system started beeping and displaying warning messages.
My home office is old. A farmer built the main part of the building more than 100 years ago. Nothing reflects modern building codes. The doors and stairs seem to be tailored for hobbits or maybe The Keebler Elves. I guess people were smaller 100 years ago. Most of the wiring is not grounded. We plug all the equipment into the one grounded line so we don't kill ourselves.
That is how I wanted to go: electrocuted and charred, chemically fused to my guitar by intense heat. Maybe we'll get a break on the creamtion bill since I'm technically charcoal.
We soon discovered the problem. The lights flashed on and off in time with Kenton's drum hits. The beats shook the walls and the ancient, rotting wiring. I had to disarm the alarm system after every song.
That's loud drumming.
A week later, I received a concerned letter from ADT Alarm Systems. They had noted "intermittent power outages" at my location. They wanted me to check the batteries or something. I didn't even know my system had batteries. I threw the letter out.
That's loud drumming.
We've practiced twice since then. The lights don't flash any more. He's lost some power. Kenton says his shoulder is killing him. It's full of ground up bone chips or something. He's having surgery next week. Kenton claims he'll be back drumming in 11 days. You don't hear people measing time in terms of "eleven" much: "I'm going to the store. I'll be back in eleven minutes."
Kenton says it took him eleven days to recover from his last shoulder surgery. He was younger then. I think he won't be back until after New Year's. I know other old guys who've had shoulder surgery. They can't sleep lying down for a week because of the throbbing pain.
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Comments

[Annie Burns]

Big Kenton, yu will be in real pain. I am 37 and had the surgery last year. It was very painful. do take care and du what the docs tell you. we need to see Nick perform again.
bye, annie