The Indulgences

I went down to Local to talk with Eric and confirm that we were going to be able to play. He wasn't there. Which makes me happy for the man, as it signifies that he is making enough money to hire staff so that he no longer has to be in the store all day, every day that it is open; however, it also knocks a big hole in my plan. His new female flunky informed me that he was at a concert; he will be in tomorrow. It looks like I'll be dropping by shortly after the mall opens.

I don't think Eric will say that we can't play; I mean, once when I was down there on a lunch break during one of my Horizons training weekends and he asked me if I wanted to play on the concert that day. I just wish that either my name or "The Indulgences" was on the sign by the door. It's nice to be expected.

I am part of a committee organizing a service project to support some sort of teen pregnancy center (I didn't pay enough attention at the meeting to get the exact name, but I know it's a good cause). I'm thinking I'll try my hand at being Bob Geldof and record a single, the proceeds of which will benefit the aforementioned center. Even if it fails to raise a significant amount of money, I think I'd like to do an Indulgences EP.

It is very likely that The Indulgences will be performing on Monday 15 August 2005 at Provo High School.

Joseph has e-mailed me that he is quitting the band. So we're back to being the Off-White Stripes. I don't think I'll actively recruit a new guitarist; I'll move ahead instead with some of my ideas involving computers and boomboxes. I've got the idea that a performance should be more of a theatrical event than just getting up on stage and playing a few songs. Joseph will be appearing with us on Saturday, so this will be a unique opportunity to catch the original Indulgences line-up.

Thought I'd blog a bit on this page, even though I've already got a regularly unupdated space for this sort of thing on my very own timhinkle.com. This space will be reserved for Indulgences related material; I think it will be interesting to have a record of the band's existence (to me, at least, if to no one else).

Theresa and I went up to Logan yesterday so that Joseph wouldn't have to drive down to Salt Lake. It was a fairly pleasant little drive up; even the flaming bus on the side of the road was more of an interesting diversion than a real annoyance - it was quite exciting, really, to drive through the great black cloud of smoke that rose off of it and blew across the road. I hope everyone managed to get off the bus before it exploded, though.

The rehearsal went, all things considered, as well as could be expected. My planned set list of eleven numbers was paired down to four that we all agreed we could more or less fake our way through. I've built the set back up to nine - I figure I can play a few solo acoustic numbers. I think it will be quite an interesting show, so if you're in the Sandy area, pop by Local and check us out.

Also, keep checking back here, as I've got some interesting content planned for this site once things really get rolling with the band.