This is a great band I have the pleasure of playing with when in Germany. We call ourselves FAMILY AFFAIR BAND or FAB for short. Yeah, we are totally fab and we don't need much practice time and when we get together, we ROCK! I miss these folks and look forward to another meeting sometime before I'm too old to pick up a Strat.LOL!

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Besides the new struggles living in Los Angeles has introduced to me (I'll bore you with those another time) a new friend named James passed this along to me in a group mailer and strangely enough, it more than resembles/reflects my position I tried to impress upon them during a conversation he, my Susy, his Thijske and an actress named Jennifer (I met at that meeting, see pics below) were talking about. I left that conversation feeling misunderstood and certainly could have done a better job explaining myself as I'd done. This short story does it far better than I managed. Read on...


A boat docked in a tiny Mexican fishing village.

A tourist complimented the local fishermen
on the quality of their fish and asked
how long it took him to catch them.

“Not very long.” they answered in unison.

“Why didn’t you stay out longer and catch more?”

The fishermen explained that their small catches were
sufficient to meet their needs and those of their families.

“But what do you do with the rest of your time?”

“We sleep late, fish a little, play with our children,
and take siestas with our wives.
In the evenings, we go into the village to see our friends,
have a few drinks, play the guitar, and sing a few songs.

We have a full life.”

The tourist interrupted,

“I have an MBA from Harvard and I can help you!
You should start by fishing longer every day.
You can then sell the extra fish you catch.
With the extra revenue, you can buy a bigger boat.”

“And after that?”

“With the extra money the larger boat will bring,
you can buy a second one and a third one
and so on until you have an entire fleet of trawlers.
Instead of selling your fish to a middle man,
you can then negotiate directly with the processing plants
and maybe even open your own plant.

You can then leave this little village and move to Mexico City ,
Los Angeles , or even New York City ! [

From there you can direct your huge new enterprise."

"How long would that take?"

"Twenty, perhaps twenty-five years." replied the tourist.

"And after that?"

"Afterwards? Well my friend, that's when it gets really interesting, "
answered the tourist, laughing. "When your business gets really big,
you can start buying and selling stocks and make millions!"

"Millions? Really? And after that?" asked the fishermen.

"After that you'll be able to retire,
live in a tiny village near the coast,
sleep late, play with your children,
catch a few fish, take a siesta with your wife
and spend your evenings drinking and enjoying your friends."

"That's what we are doing now" Replied the fishermen

And the moral of this story is:

........ Know where you're going in life.... you may already be there!!

The Hollywood Hotties...I'm married to one of them, I think.

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Bonny is the 2nd of our two old dogs. Buccy past away last year, more than 6 months ago. His partner, our beloved Bonny appears to be nearing her end as well. She’s got cancer and it’s in her head and mouth. It’s lodged behind her eye as well and causing consider pressure there too.

Today, she’s started to bleed uncontrollably. Susy’s there (our home in Hamburg) dealing with the impossible situation and now waiting to hear back from the VET, a nice guy named Mat. It’s more than likely the case that Bonny will have to be helped on her way asap as the other alternative is this slow bleeding and that’s no way for our princess to pass on. I’ll make no assumptions however, that’s Mats job. We’re prepared and expecting the worst though since we know since Bonny saw a specialist, there’s nothing we can do. It’s just a matter of time now.

Love you Bonny ‘muschi-lein’ Phillips!

At least it sucks for some. If there’s one thing that’s got to bite about getting old, is all the young people hanging around reminding you how old you are! LOL! Like this kid for example….

I love it, “When I was a child…”. I’m like, how the hell old am I anyway? And the song 5 Minutes? That was a hit in Europe years ago so how does this kid even know about that tune?


What’s worse, my buddy Jeff sent me an eye-test that I can’t even hang with! I’m doomed…. LOL!

Well it took long enough, that’s for sure! At least now I can say I have found a place to live in North Hollywood (NoHo) and the location couldn’t be a whole lot better located. Pretty much central area of NoHo with a walkscore of 92 out of 100. Being the car-less guy that I am, that’s one of the considerations I’ve had all along.

And look, my street comes complete with a homeless guy sleeping on his resident couch. Now that’s one ‘couch tour’ I can do without…

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