Life moves fast

 

Yes Grace, 17 was dark and you are just barely getting over it.  I hope I was of some help, it was of mutual need, by the Grace of God.  You're still 17, how about you experience some joy while you can.  I asked Google what 17 year old girls like to do, and they are basically trying to be adults.  Growing up is overrated.  Yes we have work to do, we can't just let the bad guys do whatever they want, and we shouldn't allow evil ones to be our leaders.  Grace you could use a break, so I put together a list of stuff for you to do before you turn 18:

1.  Try on lots of clothes.

2.  Take lots of selfies.

3.  Find the best ice cream in town.

4.  Find the best pizza in town.

5.  Do a TikTok dance video with your band.

Oh by the way, I like Esther and I think she's a great singer but could you please not have her share the photo with you when you're sexy like that?  She's a distraction, and makes my task that's so simple into something laborious and complicated.

I like the second song you did in this set.  I thought it would be great if Mary sang it, but I can't identify it.  Can you please tell me what song that is?

It seems to me that Israel has gone past trying to gain support from media to "Sure we're backed by organized crime.  What are you going to do about it?"

Greta Thunberg

 

Grace, those boots are so cute!  You totally look like a 17 year old.  I love it!  You've been looking like a grown woman for far too long.  It's time you look your age and yes, it's very controversial.  Very Rock and Roll.

What do you and Greta Thunberg have in common, Grace?  16 years old!  16 is when you both made a stand.  Greta made hers by sitting.  On the sidewalk that is, and you with music.  Greta is now a world leader of sorts, that shows how insane the crowd is.

Greta's schtick is climate justice, while yours is gun control.  It makes sense that Greta mingles with the mob and marches in front of them.  So it's absolutely logical that you back away from the crowd and keep your distance.  No more suicidal moves please, like wandering into the crowd when you do a guitar solo.  The crowd is going to get bigger and crazier inshaAllah, so please be the elusive Rock Star.

What irritates me most about Greta's gang is that they have all that manpower, but they don't pick up trash.  Hypocrites.

Times have changed, Frank

 

Sometimes I forget how magnanimous you are, Grace.  And that's fine: you can do whatever you want with YOUR band. I couldn't hear you on that big stage unless no one else was playing, and I didn't like that.   Let me tell you the near future: you're going to get pushed to center stage.  Not by me!  By the crowd.  Then you better make sure you get heard, otherwise it's bad leadership.  A bad leader passes the torch.  And the ideals you have will be lost.  Gun control, and so on.  You will hate the music (like what happened to Peter Green) and you will leave your own band.  The other option you have is to hide behind me.  That way, I will deal with the crowd and I will handle the blame.  I'm with you on gun control.  But when you don't mention me, then you're not hiding behind me!  Don't worry Honey, you're going to do absolutely great inshaAllah.  Muster up that famous courage of yours and make sure your every word and every note is properly heard.  And you're fantastic at doing interviews.

Ow, I hurt my left wrist, and there's a lot of work to do.  I'm not a big fan of Frank Zappa's music.  It's OK, I guess.  I suppose I like some of his quotes.  But he died before the Internet, and sometimes he's just plain opinionated.  What do you think of Frank Zappa, Grace?  Yes from the song "Smoke on the water", everybody's first song on guitar.  Frank Zappa and the Mothers were at the best place in town.  That actually happened.

I seek refuge with Allah from Satan the rejected.

148.  Those who give partners will say, "If Allah had wished, we should not have given partners to God, nor would our fathers, nor should we have had any taboos."  So did their ancestors argue falsely until they tasted of Our wrath.  Say, "Have you any knowledge?  If so, produce it before us.  You follow nothing but conjecture, you do nothing but lie."

The Cattle 6:148

We love Marshall stacks

 

I love Fender amps Grace, don't get me wrong.  I used to have a Super 60, which I liked very much.  But indoors or outdoors, nothing can match the power of a Marshall stack.  Sure we have modern amp stacks too, but none of them can match the image of a Marshall stack.  One look at a Marshall stack, and even the most spaced out dude will think "Rock Star".  And again, it matches your hair.

I have a vision of you Grace, setting up on stage at some festival.  You're standing in front of your Marshall stack, trying to get the right vibe.  You know, when the speakers start to break up and the whole rig starts to shake.  In fact, the whole stage and the towers vibrate.  The sound guy comes up to you and says, "You have to turn down."  You reply, "This is as low as it gets.  I am an artist, and I must express myself."  The sound check continues, and the sound of the guitar bounces off the bleachers.  The sound guy comes back and says, "You really have to turn that Marshall down!"  And you scream, "HOW DARE YOU TELL ME TO TURN DOWN!!!  YOU'RE NOT MY MOTHER!!!"  Then you start throwing shit around and kicking and swearing.  You know, like a REAL rock star.  So they let you have your way and when the festival begins, the sound of your guitar is bouncing off the mountains.

I'm sure you're too ladylike to behave in such a way, even though you should.  But get a Marshall stack anyway, Honey.  And oh yes, watch out for your ears.

Ramen

 

Grace, you're in the entertainment industry.  Being a beautiful girl is an advantage.  So be grateful to God for giving you a free ticket, and maintain that beauty.  Don't respond to people who bitch about your looks.  As for the music, the day we stop learning new things is the day we quit music.  So get out of your comfort zone and hold that tremolo bar while you pick.  Actually, your combination of beauty and integrity makes you more attractive.  Google sent me a video of your performance on the Bottlerock Napa stage.  You must take that cowbell away from that sax player.  Your Fender amp may sound good in small rooms, but wimpy and washed out outdoors.  You need a Marshall stack.  It would also match your hair.

I think you would like ramen.  People think the Japanese make great ramen, but they like to put pig in their ramen.  Like I said before, if it were not halal then it's not global.  The ramen I made below is a fermented miso broth stewed with beef bone and salted fish, plus the seasoning packet of a chicken flavored ramen.  The noodle brick is at the bottom of the bowl with a raw egg cooked to soft boiled by the hot broth.  The toppings are carrots, ginger, okra, seaweed, Enoki mushrooms, garlic, fish cake, dried fried shallots and a dollop of home made hot sauce.  There's a bit of soy sauce under the noodle brick.  My crappy budget is balanced by knowledge.  Praise the Lord.

I seek refuge with Allah from Satan the rejected.

46.  Say, "O Allah!  Creator of the heavens and the earth!  Knower of all that is hidden and open!  It is You that will judge between Your servants in those matters about which they have differed."

The Crowds 39:46

Peanuts

 

Hi Grace!  I saw that you uploaded the show on the concert stage at Bottlerock but when I tried to watch it, YouTube kept giving me the private set.  Humph.  I wanted to hear your amp.

The last batch of peanuts I roasted was so good, that I ran out quickly.  For some reason, peanuts taste the best at 5 am, and right after Mary's set.  So I roasted a fresh batch last night while watching Grace Bowers.  YouTube created a Grace Bowers mix for me.  The AI isn't very smart: I only wanted to look at Grace, but at least I could skip to the next video.  The woman in the video above washed her peanuts!  No!  Peanuts absorb water just like beans, and will lose their snap.  I get my peanuts already shelled and skinned.  These peanuts have larger kernels, and are called "Shandong" peanuts.  I toss the peanuts in palm oil and salt them.  Then I roast them in an open wok over a very small fire: peanuts burn easily.  So I have to constantly toss them like a cook in a Chinese restaurant tosses fried noodles.  This batch took over 2 hours, but they came out perfect.  Better than the last batch.  See below!  I was tempted to stick my hand in there for the sake of the photo, but no.  Those peanuts were very hot.  Want some peanuts?  They're yummy!

I don't have any guitar pedals

 

Hi Grace!  I was the first one to see your private set video on YouTube.  Looking sharp, Honey!  I had a lazy evening just watching TV.  I watched the Spider Man movie up to the point where Dr. Strange said, "If they die, then they die." Then I switched to the Knower concert in Seoul.  The Internet is truly a fabulous thing: those Koreans were singing along.  The crowd didn't do that in America.  Knower is an upbeat band, so it was weird when Louis stopped the show to do a romantic number with Genevieve.  I guess it's sweet that he's trying so hard, but that's when I tuned out to download some VSTs.  After that I went back to YouTube, and you had barely uploaded that private set video.  I'm guessing that you woke up at 9, showered and had breakfast, then got around to video processing.  Ah, the life of a rock star.  Your home is always spotless, so you definitely shower first.  Which makes you an eccentric rock star.  Or just nice and clean, which I absolutely admire.  Oh, I watch a lot of Grace Bowers!  Here's my favorite clip, back when you were jail bait:

So adorable!  Anyway, your pedal board is getting bigger.  I don't think you need a lot of pedals for your style of playing, but whatever.  I don't have any pedals.  When I get the money inshaAllah, I will buy the only pedal I have ever and will ever use: the MXR Dyna Comp.  I probably don't even need the foot switch on that thing.