Elvis Costello in NYC

Just walked in from seeing Elvis Costello at the Nokia Theatre in Times Square! WOA! and YAY! He (and his band, the Imposters) was absolutely awesome! EC is my all time favorite performer and inspiration (without him, there'd be no Buddy Love!) and it was a pleasure to see him again in top form, in fine voice, and rockin' as hard as ever. The songs came non-stop, no chatter, no clutter, just one right after the utter! (My Hero!)

In the meantime, we're having band rehearsal this sunday night and I'm looking forward to setting right all the wrong I've done since the last one.

Two weeks later...

Tony brought a second cameraman to film our shenanigans and this time there was actual DRAMA! (yes, still talking about the damn email I sent) Wish I never opened my mouth o'mighty (love saying that). After the talk talk talk which got out of control for the camera (did Tony plan that?) we played our set two time, the first of which totally sucked (according to Tony and company) and the second of which he described as Palladium Quality. (THANK GOD!) I don't think I could have stood another bad rehearsal. We got it all on tape (video and audio) and in the cold light of the next day, it still sounded GOOD! (again, thank god or whoever)

Got an email from some guy who wants to buy the entire case of 25 Buddy Love lps I found, lets see if his check clears!

Opened a forum on this site which I urge ANYONE WHO HAS ANY INTEREST WHATSOEVER to join and contribute to, please...

Had to go and open my Mouth-O-Mighty

Ever say something that you meant but other people heard in an entirely different way than you intended? SEE BELOW! Seems I gave the impression that I was unhappy with the way this reunion was going, which is totally off base. IT'S MY DREAM COME TRUE! Can I help it if I care so much about making sure its as magnificent as I envision? (btw, its 95% there already)

Truth to tell, I overreacted. Silly me! Just cause one rehearsal wasn't the quantum leap forward that every other one was to the previous, it was bound to level off and I simply was expecting the exponential growth curve to continue, which was not realistic.

To any person who got the wrong impression, oops?!?! sorry!

Time flies and it's no fun

We started this "reunion" project in November of last year and here it is the beginning of May so WHEN THE HELL ARE WE GONNA PLAY OUT?!?! I have no idea. Even though we have a killer set practically finished there are still no plans to perform or record or ANYTHING!

As defacto leader of the band should it fall on my shoulders to plan stuff to the last detail? Frankly it might be a bit too much for one person and I am getting frustrated. BTW, does anyone even read this shit?!

Maybe I'm upset about last week's rehearsal which was not wonderful. Or maybe I shouldn't be so hard on myself and just chalk it up to an off night.

On the other hand, I am very happy to note that another "period" piece of my original Buddy Love equipment has been "restored" to perfect working order; my 1975 Fender Twin Reverb! (you may remember the Les Paul drama from a few months ago) All that's left is to repair my Vox Buckingham and I'll have ALL of my original equipment!

What's in a name?

Back in the day Scott used Nevin as his “stage name”, dreaming of stardom! Nevin is his real middle name, but in his new dreams of stardom he wants to use his whole name –Scott Nevin Schiller. He has 27 more years of life and experience and friends that know his real name; and it only gives the “Big Thinking” Scott, a bigger name!

To exasperate things further, for the past many years Scott has gone by the name, “Killer Schiller”!! Call Scott any name that you want, I mean use whatever name you’d like, he loves any attention!

Tony's vintage pics

Had an AWESOME Rehearsal last night, can't wait for other people to finally hear us, and in that vain, I might make some rehearsal tapes available here, just gotta talk to the guys first...

In the meantime, Tony found some fantastic photos of us on stage Check 'em out!



for full size, click here!

Been a while since I posted here.

No good reason, just busy (some nerve). Rehearsal coming up this Sunday and I'm ready to ROCK! Scott has come up with a "Grande Finale" idea which I like very much, sorta like a POP history lesson, all in less than five minutes, lookin' forward to working that out with him (and the guys).

I've been wondering... when we gonna actually play out? Scott wants to do VEGAS on a Celine Dion scale, which would be nice if we got paid that way too. Frankly, I would rather play in that kinda civilized (if you can call Vegas civil) setting cause lets face it, I'm old and I like the amenities! but more important, I would prefer to stay in one place rather than travel all over the fucking place, but who am I kiddin? that ain't gonna happen but I can dream, right?

Have you heard about the American Idol Songwriting Contest? What the hell, I submitted three songs, worth a shot right? (ya gotta be in it to win it)