wow. I really got put over a barrel this month!

I booked a flight to Ireland last March. Headed there in June for a tour with a country rock band. When I booked the ticket online, I SWEAR I got the return date correct, July 2nd. Next day I went out on the road with a different band for a month, and when I returned found out, much to my chagrin, that a certain airline had me returning June 22nd! Many phone calls later, I am out another $325 ($200 change fee) to fix what I know was their mistake. I didn't call them right away, they're infallible, etc. You know the deal. They got you and there ain't nothin' you can do about it. I'm only lucky I booked the flight before oil futures went to $121 a barrel, but that's another rant.

Oh, the many phone calls. So I go over my minutes with a week left on my month. And I have a certain gig to attend to. I resort to texting, but there's still some calls I HAVE to make and take. Today (ironically) my new month starts, but of course to make absolutely, double-secret sure, I check my phone to see. Of course it won't tell me, only gives my info up to last night.

So I have to call (cause i don't know my internet password). Yes, they say, it IS a new month for me. A brand new opportunity to pay them again and again to use a tax payer funded satellite network that was GIVEN to them by our Congress and good ole Bill Clinton (don't be fooled, the Clintons are AmeriCorp's best friends) in the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which incidentally, also relaxed the rules on cross media ownership, thus allowing for GE and Disney to own newspapers, control information, etc. It also allows for Clear Channel and EnterCom to own all the radio stations, thus stifling attempts by artists like me to be heard beyond the stage at the Crown Room (like how I fit that in there?)

Anyway, I'm 46 minutes over, at 40 cents a minute, and 220(!!!) texts over, at 15 cents per. Don't have to do the math to know that...

Arghhh!!!!

Now that I've got that out of my system, the good news is we had an awesome rehearsal last night. I feel great. Tonight is gonna rock! And THAT"S what I really care about. Thanks for listening, folks.