Not a religious leader

 

Just a musician.

Happy Birthday, Grace!

 

Hey look behind you!  Taylor Swift has curly hair!

Stay with me

 

Japan says, "Stay with me".  Well, Tokyo.

Don't worship me

 

Worship Allah.

Ah... travel is for the young

 

Let me guess... You're stuck in a rural part of Japan where everyone is a racist patriarch and doesn't speak English, and there's nothing to do because you're scared so you stay put in your hotel room.  Asia is a different animal than USA, Honey.  Or shall I say, the same?  At least you're not lost.  Are you?  You better eat at the convenience store.

Iron horse

 

This horse doesn't leave the country.

Too much

 

Please don't do drugs!

Precision fit

 

I'm sure you have your own methods of acquiring guests for your show.  Of course it's fine, you should know best.   I expect a bumpy start, then becoming huge.  InshaAllah.  Take your time, Honey.  Rather, move at a glacial pace.

The waiting list

 

For example, you can tell them to "come back on Open Jam night, and I'll put you on the waiting list".

Just fishing

 

Did those videos I posted yesterday worry you?  That stuff pertains only to YouTube.  When you have a lot of subscribers, then the major labels are going to muscle in on you.  Like Rick, you will need a full time lawyer.

As for live streaming, I don't have enough information from you.  You should email me.  From what I see, you've run into the school bully.  Idealism doesn't really work in real life, Honey.  In order to beat the bully, you have to be the bully.  Understand?  Take Mary back into your bedroom if those guys bother you.  Make them understand they don't get their spoonful if they piss you off.  You control the show, the rules are yours to make.  The crowd can be random, but yours is not a random live stream: it's set at a venue.  Put your fear in Allah and plan for EVERYTHING.  Allah can control the random.  You can make them pay to play.

On the other positive side, if you could organize a jam that would work for everyone then you would become a hero.  This isn't an easy situation, and people's feelings are going to get hurt.  You however, must be be emotionless and stay in charge.  The only way you lose is when you quit.  And don't let anybody touch your guitar.  Get some strap locks and take it to the bathroom with you.  You might need it to hit someone.

A miserable price

 

The moment

 

Ooh, you're not happy about the clones.  I didn't do it Honey, that's just how people are.  I tried to warn you.  And there's going to be more, so please be ready: some of them might out-Grace you.

Which fireworks climax do you prefer?

Clones!

 

Grace, is that you?  What are you doing in NYC with John Goodman?  That outfit doesn't suit you!

Do you think Mary has a clone?

Movie night

 

I've seen this movie a million times, how about you?  Well, maybe not a million.  Let's watch it again!

The biggest question I have about this movie is, who was manning the desk when Andi visited Emily at the hospital?

The urge to spawn

 

Which brings us to the Jeffrey Epstein case.  I haven't done any research on the matter, I can only offer a global perspective.  Those who deny the existence of prostitution are the ones who run it.  Prostitution is a business of slavery.  Put a girl under enough financial stress, and she will sell her body.  

Once upon a time I was looking for a wife, and I got involved with a Dutch model.  Her agency sent her to NYC with the promise of work, but the work didn't materialize and she ran out of money.  I could tell this was a setup for prostitution.  I'm not sure exactly how this wrapped up, but it was positive for her.  I think someone got her out of there via the Dutch embassy.  But one has to have political connections in order to recruit international sex workers...

Nobody wants to fuck the old, fat and ugly (except the seriously perverted), so there has to be some organization to select the highest quality product.  Powerful organization that is able to recruit sex workers from resources that attract children and teens, then use deception to lure them into a trap.  Like entertainment scouts, pageants and of course, modeling agencies.

Models

 

So that's where this is going!  The models scene.  It's not a blessing: fashion biz is very competitive!  You will find nicer people in music biz, and that's not saying much.

Don't overwork and don't just do anything the photographer tells you (like jump into a cesspool, for example) OK!  You're going to meet a lot of beautiful people.   The parties are different, too.  Please keep clean and chaste, and don't book conflicting appointments to your stream with Mary.  Protect your hands!

I love you just the way you are

 

I'm sure you are well aware that they signed you because you're already famous and making money.  You're too short and too old to be a model.  But you're beautiful, and I love you just the way you are.

Hypnosis is a rhythm

 

It's just part of the show

 

Perfume

 

Grace, my cat tells me that your pheromones are very strong.  It must be due to the exciting life.  You don't mean to, but you're driving the boys crazy while making the girls angry.  You should wear perfume to mask the pheromones.  For a woman with your responsibilities, even a seductive perfume would be better than the scent of pheromones.

I want a fretless bass!

 

Relax Honey, and enjoy the ride.  It's exciting.  Something to wake up to.

The full moon last night was so bright, it made me want to sneeze.  Have you ever seen shadows in the dark?

Dammit!  I had a few posts prepared for your Europe trip, now I had to delete them and start over.  This ad for the Stingray fretless bass came up last night, and I really want one.  I used to have a Fender Power Jazz bass, then I managed to score a Sterling.  So I had the Fender converted into a fretless.   I kept the round wound strings on because I hate flat wounds, so over time the strings dug into the fretboard.  Gave it extra buzz!  I really miss the fretless bass.  Actually, what I really want is a Dolphin Pro 2 fretless in bright pink.  The Ibanez ones look pretty good, but I haven't decided which one I like yet.  Something without piezo pickups.  I hate piezo pickups for bass!

I want pizza!

 

Things are getting enormous, huh!  Scared?  It's OK to be scared.  Put your fear in Allah, and plan every step from entrance to exit.

Now that I don't work at the pizza joint anymore, I absolutely love pizza!  But I can't afford it.  Knowing how to make great pizza just makes the craving worse, because I don't want to cut corners.

I'm sure you know that pepperoni is the unused parts of the pig ground into a hard sausage mixed up with spices to drown out its disgustingness, and behold!  The humans love it.  The local pizza places have a chicken version of the concept.  I prefer my own sausage recipe.  It's halal and heavenly.  As for pineapple on pizza, I guess it's OK.  I'll make you a chicken and pineapple pizza someday inshaAllah.

Free not free

 

Please don't take the enemies of God as close friends and confidants, no matter how much they charm you, no matter how awe struck you may be with them.

Huh?

 

Drugs.  Definitely.  Please note that she's not able to play a guitar.

All out abandon

 

Singers, beware of trying to compete with Mary: she's all out abandon.  You have no idea.

Trendsetting

 

I hope you've figured out that you need to share Mary with Nashville, and not just keep her all to yourself.

Remember Kurt Cobain and all those guys from Seattle?  They didn't really care about what they wore.  They just put on flannel or whatever, and it became the "grunge look".  In your case, you wear whatever it is you want to wear so eventually you're going to be a trendsetter.  At this point, I would call it the "Americana shorts" look.  Perhaps the fashion media would have a better catch phrase.

Dress for success

 

I'm sorry you had a tough 4th of July show.  My poor darling, you've had bad signs since you came back to town.  The fall, the sun, the guitar and amp problems, the singer.  I recommend that you do more local shows.  Take Mary with you and you will have a significant advantage over other acts, if you can get a venue still open at 3 am.  You know as well as I that there are plenty of drunk lonely people wide awake at that time.  This should help fix your local vibe, as long as you are consistent.

That was cool when you had the whole band dress up in camo.  Only once, though.  Making a statement?  Back in the day, bands used to dress in unison and dance, too!  Few bands do that now.  A more sincere expression I guess, or just can't be bothered.

How to be a woman

 

Hi Grace!  Beautiful montage, Honey.  I love the scrapbook look.  

How's the fashion biz doing for you?  I don't think you're cut out to be a model.  Just stick to playing guitar and dressing however you feel like dressing.  Sure I would dress you differently but I already have Mary to dress, so you go ahead and dress yourself.

Star Wars

 

The flutes and violins have the happy faces while the tuba and bass have serious faces.  So, has Taylor returned your jacket yet?  It's probably lost in her mile-high pile of clothes.

Remember

 

When you played anywhere you could?  I remember telling you that you don't need to do that anymore, so as to help protect you from jealous people.  You definitely have better gigs now, but you were a better politician back then.  Or perhaps just clueless.  It's a good thing that you're a rock star, not a politician!

But how to tour and work the local scene at the same time?  Just try your best.  When you get big enough, the locals will claim you as their own.

If you were not local, then you're a wanderer

 

Jazz blues funk.  Sorry, I forgot the funk part.  But you don't really play that much funk per set do you, maybe 2 or 3 songs?  I hope you're getting lots of support from the locals for your 4th of July show in Nashville.  

I don't wander, thus I'm a local.  I'm a servant of Allah.  I stream the Qur'an globally, and I serve Allah with music.  I wish I could buy musical and computer equipment.  I'm really broke though, I can barely pay my bills and I have to prepare my own meals.  This is a predominantly Muslim country, but I haven't received any financial support to strengthen my position against the enemies of Allah.  I only have enough to pay bills and stay alive.  Of course I'm not allowed to ask.

Everyone is on a timer and when time's up, there will no more getting away.  Ya Allah, please forgive and protect the sincere believers.