PERSIUS RISING

At the close of Billy Boy's party we discussed an acoustic event coinciding with a meteor shower cause where Billy lives it's not polluted by artificial light and you can still see the night sky. Everybody ( The band and maybe a couple of guests ) loved the idea. I'm down with it for sure. So much so, in fact, that I'm learning a new song to do solo by Tom Waits. Traditionally , we have not done covers as a band since way back when we were called Left for Dead in the 80's ( Jeez were old...but not as old as the Rolling Stones who have confirmed a show in Zilker Park in October...let me riff on this...)
The Rolling Stones are going to play Zilker Park. In my life I have seen more local bands play there than I can remember, I saw the Moody Blues play there for FREE. And while I have yet to and never will attend an ACL event in Zilker, The Stones playing Zilker fucking cracks me up...they need to listen to Neil Young's "Tonights the night" record and get the important parts.
Back to Persius rising.
There's a good window for a meteor shower show coming from persius on August 12th and 13th...a friday and a saturday. I like the 13th.
I haven't pitched this to anyone else yet, but it gives us time to put it together so I think it will fly.
Expect performances by :
Th' rev
Acoustic wolves
Cousin rodney
And whoever else we can wrangle into playing alone without the benefit of wah-wah pedals and distortion...
Which could be any number of Austin players.
Plus...serious BBQ and libations.
And that Tom Waits song? " I don't wanna grow up"...here's the words...


When I'm lyin' in my bed at night
I don't wanna grow up
Nothin' ever seems to turn out right
I don't wanna grow up
How do you move in a world of fog
That's always changing things
Makes me wish that I could be a dog
When I see the price that you pay
I don't wanna grow up
I don't ever wanna be that way
I don't wanna grow up
*
Seems like folks turn into things
That they'd never want
The only thing to live for
Is today
I'm gonna put a hole in my TV set
I don't wanna grow up
Open up the medicine chest
And I don't wanna grow up
I don't wanna have to shout it out
I don't want my hair to fall out
I don't wanna be filled with doubt
I don't wanna be a good boy scout
I don't wanna have to learn to count
I don't wanna have the biggest amount
I don't wanna grow up

Well when I see my parents fight
I don't wanna grow up
They all go out and drinking all night
And I don't wanna grow up
I'd rather stay here in my room
Nothin' out there but sad and gloom
I don't wanna live in a big old Tomb
On Grand Street

When I see the 5 o'clock news
I don't wanna grow up
Comb their hair and shine their shoes
I don't wanna grow up
Stay around in my old hometown
I don't wanna put no money down
I don't wanna get me a big old loan
Work them fingers to the bone
I don't wanna float a broom
Fall in and get married then boom
How the hell did I get here so soon
I don't wanna grow up

* My favorite line :P