Saturday, January 15, 2005

!!!Ooooooog ew ereh dna

flickerstick was..

was..enlightening, inspirational,... and pretty wasted the entire show.

passed the jagermeister, smoked some stogs.. and rocked inside-out..

and i must say..

for those of you that know The McGee.. first of all thank you.. so very very much.. and second of all..

i used to try to seperate this blog from the band.. i just didnt want to constantly be talking about the band.. figured it would drive people nuts..

well i say.. nuts to that!

you dont wanna read anything about the band.. close the window now cause imma talkin.

FMY Studios 22nd 23rd of Jan
Howie relocates to O-tizzi
Chubbys in tallahassee on the 27th of Jan

this is the big one..
BackBooth in Orlando downtown on the 3rd of March..

Emergenza Festival..

Bands from all over the world are competing in this Battle-Royell..

92 bands from orlando . 92 from tampa - over 150 from chigaco seattle washington new york boston... etc etc..

playing in..

1st battle orlando
2nd battle orlando
3rd battle tampa
4th battle atlanta
GERMANY!!!

only way The McGee will be pimpin the VW busses is if we can get the very kick ass fans we have to lend us a hand.. and thats exactly what i mean...

by a vote of hands the judges will determine who advances and who goes home.. and who shakes hands with the makers of jager..

now that is my personal fav..

so come check out some shows.. we're in tally just a few days after were in tampa and we're lookin at gainesville the following day(s) for a comin back to orlando tour..

so we havent even scratched the surface yet when it comes to the strength of the band.. and keep an eye out..

cause im not gonna let it be anything but amazing.... and the only way i can do that is because i play with some of the best musicians on the face of the earth..

smilinmcgee.com

~time for lucky charms... 5:14 am! yes...




i must say: i think...

it's very interesting that i know you read this...

Thursday, January 13, 2005

The Last Hoorah!

So i guess its like graduating from.. well.. anything...

lets take college for example.. now i know its been a few years since i graduated but i still remember the BS i had to go through to get to walk that walk..

last minutes spent in my advisors office making sure all the credits matched up.. financial aid to make sure every last penny was taken care of..

make sure all the courses are takin care of.. ordering that damn cap n gown.. turnin in last minute books and scrapin together the last few cents i have to wash and dry my one good shirt that didnt have Greek Letters on it...

and then.. the next thing i know..

--"William Floyd with a Bachelors of Science in the field of Computer Information Systems."

and those several and very memorable steps across the stage to be handed by the president of the university a rolled up piece of paper that lets the world know..

i did it. i finished. all the way through.. and in 4 years too.. and oh the things i took from that experience.. the laughs, tears, times i was so pissed off at the world and that didnt negate the fact that i had my M.I.S. and Computer Theory Projects due at the same time.. both spanning about 45 - 50 pages.. Business Management and Micro-management, and of course those damn cornerstone classes.. boo.

and i always had some drama with the fraternity. of course. it never ends..

however.. after those steps, a shake of the hand of Dr. Kirk, A lil flash of the camera and a few more steps and i was Gooooooooooooone baby!

good times..

but.. just a few days before and the days leading up to it.. well.. it was hell.. timing was everything and i think i made it with about 1/56th of a friggin chance in heaven.. but i made it..

so here we are.. jan 13th 5:36 pm 2005.. just a few hours till the flickerstick concert...and hear i am.. on the virge of.. something.. i can feel it in my bones.

not sure what it is... but im definitely excited. not sure if its the good kind of excitement either but ill be sure to post when i get back.

fill you in on anything remotely interesting that happens..

till then..

this is B-stilios signin off..

www.smilinmcgee.com
www.billyfloyd.com

thursday Jan 27th Chubby's in Tallahassee check it out mein!

i'm almost over.

Wednesday, January 12, 2005

peace at last but not for too long..

so.. here i am.. alone at last. i have to say i am a bit of a social butterfly but usually i keep my wings inside my own doors and it's the other butterflies that come to enjoy themselves...

just got back from dinner with a friend... fellow musician.. and i have to say the details of a conversation held with another musician in unlike the details of any other conversation. guess that the mindset of one musician is not always similar but may contains several similar attributes allowing for easy and understanable flow of information...

most conversations i have with most people involves about 15% talking and 85% explaining what im talking about. If i could just communicate with someone that understood what i was saying without me having to explain myself over and over again.. we would exchange much more interesting data.

however i have only seem to find that attribute in one person and they arent even in this state.. alas.. the internet.. has done so many great things for us.. including making the world very very small...

now people from budapedst and northern california are buddies.. friend even.. and sometimes.. even bound together in wedlock. wow

without the internet do you really think that jimbob from bumsville, idaho and natalia from kratzlakistan, russia were gonna meet at the starbucks on wall st. at 3:45 this sunday afternoon if it wasn't for the internet...

maybe..

fate and destiny play an interesting role in life.. not saying that fate and destiny exist or even if they do, that they control 100% of lifes choices... but its interesting for me to think about.

so.. like i said not for too long..

money just stumbled in tossed a small faced five to me and the next thing i hear is a door closing...

interesting.

so...

i was in an interesting mind state last night and decided that i could get away with sitting on the couch without getting too much 'ish for it by trying to relax every muscle in my body starting with my toes and ending at my eyebrows and using that as my excuse..

it worked.. nicely and it took a lil more concentration than i presumed. of course after i relax all my muscles its time to relax my mind.. this is one of those mind over matter things...

so whats the point?

whats is all mean bazzle!?

this thing that we've been thrown into.. and expected to not only stay afloat but to swim.. and not only swim but to dive. and with 3.7 billion other people. doesnt that mean we're expendable.. i mean.. we're only 1 of 3.7 billion.. thats three billion, seven hundred million... 3,700,000,000 but that doesnt seem like a lot.. so lets take off one number and see the drastic effect it has...

3,699,999,999..

three billion, six hundred and ninety-nine million, nine hundred and ninety-nine thousand, nine hundrend and ninety-nine.. whew..

that seems like a bigger number to me than 3,700,000,000.. but its not.. so onto the next topic..

what is the big picture? what are we here to do? more importantly.. what am i here to do? thats a rhetorical question. i guess figuring that out is a one way ticket to somewhere else .. cause im sure as soon as you figure out the answer...thats it... youre promoted.

and i dont wanna go anywhere so imma stop talkin about it...

so serving has its goods.. and i have to say it has more goods than bads.. working at AOL was bad bad bad bad bad bad semibad... and more bad..

the only good thing was is that i wasnt the only one that hated that job... misery enjoys company...

and i was the company.. AOL was the misery.. and i left that crap job on the sidewalk. and for a significant cut in money and an imeasurable jump in happiness i sit here today.. leading my life with words and a blue guitar named gloria..

and im not sure where its gonna take me.. not sure if we'll be lucky enough to make it to the big show.. whatever that may be..

i am confident that we are going to succeed. but i do not know that we are..

the biggest fuel i have now is my belief in it. i believe we are going to succeed.. and whatever form of success i encounter, i will do my best to appreciate it.

and i receive the most feedback from the people that have no friggin clue what they are talking about..

most dont know why i do what i do.. some people may have an idea.. some people couldnt care less.. and those are usually the naysayers.. people that have seen failure before and think its contagious.. no no no.. wrong..

failure is not contagious.. its an option.

if i dont want to fail.. i never give up.

just because i dont fail doesnt mean i succeed. it means that i dont fail.

if i never give up.. i wont fail. however for me.. thats not good enough..

anyone can not fail.. its the successful ones that i wanna share a bottle of wine with.

success is a mindset, a belief system, a choice.

so before you start going to the gym, or you start that new fancy shmancy diet that the general public has been sweapt up in.. make sure youre actually going to go through with it before you waste your time energy and money on it..

i mean..sure.. i guess experiencing some is better than experiencing none.. as long as that was my purpose. but i dont wanna just experience music, guitar riffs, lyrics, notes, walkdowns, build ups, bridges, octaves, fifths, power chords, harmonys, pre chorus, alternate melodies, out of tune, dead betteries, wireless guitar systems, songs that make me cry, songs that remind me about my past, songs i can fall asleep to,... i dont wanna experience these things.. i wanna live those things.. eat and breathe those things.. cause without the dead batteries in a flange pedal or a D string that constantly finds itself outta tune.. i wouldnt be able to appreciate the times that we dont have dead batteries or when every string is in perfect tune..

good times..

musical samurai...

and on that note.. imma bounce..

talk at you soon.

`b`stilios out




Friday, January 07, 2005

Motorcycle drive by!!!! HOLY $*!T!!!

okay.. inspiration only happens in short short short doses and it gets smaller and smaller if you are a writer...

but i just had a great one!!!

i think..

motocycle drive by is playing.. "on the water...alone"... i actually wrote that as it was sung... so now youre in my timing....

"annnnnnnd i never been so alive" and i wrote that in timing too... so now you can compare and contrast...

so i just had a conversation with a very good friend of mine..

we have been friends for years a while now.. and it was always... kinda weird.. but still okay.. then it was bad then it was good - then great.. then non existant.. and after that it was gone...

even in each others presence we would not even see each other.. and it was because of bullshit anyways... shit that neither of us had control of...

so time passes fast forward 2 years later... whooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooosh...

okay... two years later... couple glasses of wine in.. and she says "i kinda want to kiss you" and im like thinking.. WTF.. huh!? are you.. really?!.. i mean... i uhhh... well.. i umm.. yea..no... may.. i dunno... what could happen here how ??? could this take effect in the rest of my life this decision right here what do i do how do i do it... shes asking and idunno what i want to say wha shit!!!! how do i answer do i kiss her do i not kiss her... how do i do it.. i mean i think ... i dunoo.. what do i do ... how do i act.. how when.. here? now?,,, i mean but!!!!!

...anyways...whew...

thats what i was thinking guys... that shit all up there... and all in a matter of an ((1/18th)) flip of a hummingbirds wing..

http://www.yesmag.bc.ca/Questions/Hummingbird.html

and do you know what i did...

i replied.. are you saying this to me or is it just because im the one standing here?

she says.. to you.

we walked and talked and i stood there... pondering.. what do i do when we get there... are we gonna shake hands... walk away.. what do i do...

so i take a moment... just a moment.. and i control my mind.. my imagination and i control my... well lets not get ahead of ourselves..

i imagined...

cool decemeber night.. seen each other at club.. we were dressed to impress and were very successful in that venture... eyes were passed along with hugs kisses and conversation... a lil dancing... some glasses of champagne.. then.. the wine...

and i have to say despite what a 25 year old musician (www.smilinmcgee.com) :)
lliving in the heart of orlando pursuing the dream he dreamt about in another dream... 2 times the dream... not just pursuing my dream but my friggin DREAMS DREAM!!!

thats crazy

anyways...

saw garden state yesterday... phenomenal..

okay back to the point at hand

i listened to heaven today like 5 damn times.. weird.. it was inducing an emotion i have not felt for quite some time... but it was.. different i guess...

anyways

i prefer wine over anything.

so... the wine...

one glass..two glass.. three glass...

door... goodbyes....car... nighttime... cool time... tipsy... told that she kinda wanted to kiss me.. so i took every ounce of energy and imagine all the way up to that point and mid sentence...she was silence as i took her... i just ... stole her from her footsteps and encompassed her with one of the most passionate kisses i could give to a person that have never kissed before...

thats pretty passionate damnit!

so...... whooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooosaaaaaaa!!!!!!!

fast forward to tonight at

SuchAndSuchName (12:40:16 AM) ....."and we can just be friends"

so i guess i'm kinda bummed.. i think that would have really fun.

dammit lost snorter! she makes me laugh...

okay back to the task at hand

i just experienced the end of an era that never started..

and it was a mature decision.. WTF!?!?

I dont wanna be mature.. thats for weakling... fraidy cats... thats the fear factor you hapless scared bastards! being mature.. having a "real job"... you wanna "real job" and "real career" sure go ahead.. leaves the pursuits of understanding for the ones that arent scared... that arent afraid to pursue the unsure thing... you think pursuing money will not only bring you wealth but satisfaction too?! hah! sucks for you.. what would you have done if you existed before there was a form of currency... would you want power!? okay fine... you want power... great...

lets see what happens...

we'll give you a machine to make money... legal money for anywhere in the world, plates... ink.. everything you would need to make it .. everything. and you are making money left and right in all forms... coins and bills and trinkets and tokens... and tickets and teeth... buffalo skins... sheep.. whatever

and we'll give you an ax and some trees.. and a tent and some water.. and electricity and a huge plasma screen and the fastest car and a machine to make machines to build buildings and rockets and houses and clothes of every style.. and.. whew.. i think thats enough

right? right.

hope youre happy...

maturity...

what happened to the days where i just wanted to play with my new gi joes..
transformers watching knight rider and airwolf and todays special on nickelodeon.. watchin orioles baseball.. damnit growin up sucks... but its not the growin up... its the growing SCARED!!!!

Wake up bitches! dont be afraid to chase the unsure thing... you know what?! run after that bastard with a powered rocket from ACME... you now what!? even better... dont chase the unsure thing... CHASE THE THING THATS JUST GONNA FALL TO PIECES IN YOUR HANDS.. that you know is just gonna suck ass!

and if you try hard enough... it will one day... be a beautiful thing.

trust me... im doin it.

ive been to the corporate fields and i didnt like what i saw...

which was rich, nice car drivin assholes..

that were so possessed by money they couldnt enjoy a beautiful walk on a beautiful night with a beautiful person cause even then.. it was all about money.

i personally hate it and this is from a person that doesnt hate anything... but just found something..

...for the moment anyways...

but we need it...

dont we?

so im on the artistic side now..

livin tight..

i havent eaten all day and its 139 am on friday jan 7th and im talkin bout the 6th...

so... its time for skibby to and get a plate of baked ziti thanks to carl and kelly and watch moulin rouge.

dont be afraid.

jammed on a song [[ written on (Monday, July 26, 2004, 3:26:18 PM) ]] for a bit... glad i could remember it and then play it back :)

....bout 3/4 of the way in...

but when you slip into the night
and kisses take you by surpise
and you dreams your reality
and you dont wanna wakin up....

good times

iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit's PASTA TIIIIIIIIIIIME!!!

stilios out...

jan27th chubbys in tallahassee

http://www.chubbys.cc/

1:57am