Wumbo Wednesday With Weaselo: ‘Twas the Night Before Draftmas…

Not writing that one, just saying that the Draft is tomorrow and will inevitably get more eyeballs than the *checks ESPN app* five playoff sports events also happening that evening. Combined. Sure, the Jets have the 10th pick in the draft, but it's also the Jets so at the end

Wumbo Wednesday With Weaselo: More Notes from the Bandstand

7 gigs in 8 nights has come and gone, and there was much rejoicing for my bank account, especially after the check to the Treasury Department (aka, taxes) cleared. Which was good in that it essentially cleared dead money in that case. Less good in the amount of money, which

Wumbo Wednesday With Weaselo: I Can’t Stand the Rain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmpIGKlOm44   It seems like the annual late-September rainy season now includes late March, where I joked with my student yesterday that just because it's pouring out, like it's done the last few Saturdays I've taught him, does not mean we have a lesson. Though he has the flu, so it doesn’t

Wumbo Wednesday With Weaselo: 30 Questions for 30 Teams (or, sorry everyone, it’s an MLB preview!)

Yeah, since the season starts tomorrow (non-Korean games edition), it's something to farm #content with. Teams will be in standings order from last season, division by division. So, without further ado, and dodging your rotten tomatoes and full alcohol containers, let's do this so we can get to complaining in

Wumbo Wednesday With Weaselo: I Already Posted the Stravinsky…

Otherwise more riots, woo! (I’ll save it for April because the premiere was in April.) Instead we have news, which isn’t riots. -Jets fans actually bought Mike Williams a Taylor ham, egg, and cheese, and had it delivered to 1 Jets Drive. And it worked, considering he signed a one-year deal. (I’ll be

Wumbo Wednesday With Weaselo: 3… 2… 1…

Happy New (League) Year! The league year officially changed over at 3:00 DFO time (4:00 Eastern), meaning 2023 contracts are officially off the books and 2024 contracts have come into effect, including free agency. So all the free agent stuff that you heard the last couple of days are finally

Wumbo Wednesday With Weaselo: Mobile Edition

Which is to say, I left the lappy home to go to work today, because I also need to practice and then go to my gig. Five gigs and a rehearsal in six days, woo! The important news is of course all the franchising and not-franchising. Like if you’re a RB,

Wumbo Wednesday With Weaselo: Meanwhile at the Office…

Tonight's post is live from the office, because I have to be there for rehearsal during post time, and am spending my time otherwise doing jazz band arrangements for… definitely not enough per page. Like most teaching things, I should be making like double for this. Life of a musician… Okay,

Wumbo Wednesday With Weaselo: They Can’t All Be Winners

Both regarding this being a bit of a Carpenter-job and my Monday night. Some gigs are nice. Easy amount of time, little work, get paid okay. Others are less so. Like playing in a heated tent, but the top's been cut out (in February), and then being under a vent

Wumbo Wednesday With Weaselo: Welcome to the Nadir

Believe it or not, we at [Door Flies Open] haven't officially welcomed you to the offseason yet. So, uh, welcome to the offseason! We've got a veritable smorgasbord of things in the horizon, such as: -Better Know a Smarch Smadness region (not including St. John's as they continue their annual 21st

Wumbo Wednesday With Weaselo: Mind on the Road

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abdAMwgMWPo&themeRefresh=1 I do a lot of driving. Like, a lot. Like, due for a 5,000 mile oil change, and I got the car at the end of October. Like, over 1800 miles in January. Such is the life of a freelance musician, who is also in a medium-distance relationship, and is