Band news, and excuses, excuses...

[JoeCubicle]

My wife is getting her Masters degree. I know what you are going through. I know you are an artistic fella as well and it's tough to have many interests and act on them. Good luck you big fat blue man!

[bk2pla]

Wow! Good for you on going for your master's degree. Tough to do when an adult with all the stuff going on in life, so kudos on that. By the way, Shaw isn't easy to get even in English, so don't feel down cause it's hard in Japanese. Cool that you can even get as far as you do.

Ah, yeah, the office romance gone bad, sort of. Not fun for anyone, hmm? Hope you guys get past it somehow. Sounds like a creative solution for now. Good luck, love the music!

[Gimmeaflakeman]

Can't believe you talked about that on cam! LOL! DRAMA!

[chrismecking]

hey, hope that everything is going to be good, too! It would be very pity if the band could not survive such a "downsing"! But after rain comes always the sun!!

greetings

[denitson777]

ohoh,band drama,I hope everything get betters for your man :)

[bonwatcher]

Hey! Mick Fleetwood! Tell them McVie's that the music and the band comes first! LOL! Just kidding! I hope all works out well for the band members and the masters you're working on!

[ElevenColors]

Damn. First 294tv. Then fatblueman. Must be some sort of YouTube Live curse.

[ElevenColors]

Noam Chomsky is alright. Noam Chomsky worshippers, not so much fun.

[WildRebecca]

A masters! Congrats hun! is that your child who keeps popping in? lol. NO BAND!? What horrible news :( Well eventually you'll have to do live shows so what are you planning to do? You might have to put your foot down! lol well again congrats and wish you well hun. ttyl, friend.

[bell02]

Ah, you made it sound like you want to quit! Good luck with the Masters, I understand how you feel! @_@

[shotamerican]

i literally jumped back in fear when i saw the syntax book.

[RMSanford]

Good to see an update on this channel again!

Best of luck with your studies! Try not to work yourself too hard!

[luiscarre]

good luck studying it man

[hhanyu]

I am also studying to get a masters degree. I am currently taking final exams for the first years classes (I was supposed to take them six months ago.) Im behind the schedule and I may need to give up YT or Twitter for a while. でもお互いにがんばろう！

[Firithfenion]

"The non-political Noam Chomski.." LOL

I think you are doing to much Things at the same time. Simplify your life!

[ChemistInJapan]

頑張って！I'm sure when I get into grad school, I won't be around much, either.

[BusanKevin]

Ganbatte with the studies! Hope the drama within the band gets ironed out so you can perform live again:)

[betamaxdc]

hey man i hope the band keeps going....and let me know when you come to Tokyo, let's jam some tunes. -DC

[fatblueman]

We have got to make that happen! We'll talk. And I gotta say, love the stuff you are doing. Don't think I said that yet.

[betamaxdc]

thanks a lot man. cheers. -DC

[flowergirl1313]

hey, everyone knows that you aren't supposed to read everything assigned to you in grad school. I'd have over 1000 pages to read a week in poli sci and would never think to read it all. Have you tried getting a study group where each of you reads one thing and switch notes?

[fatblueman]

You are corrupting me!! The trick is that I am the only foreigner in most of my classes, so I am not sure that I would understand the notes!!!

[hmarkn]

Good to see/hear ya. You are a busy guy. Band pol/love-atics are killers sometimes, I know.

Hope your mind expansion goes well. Don't know how you keep it all going. We will be here, to hear, when you get it all together.

Keep on,,,,

[fatblueman]

Hey thanks, we'll keep on. Truth is, lately I am also thinking things might be getting a little too busy...

[jsmxwll]

Relationship drama sucks. I hope it goes by quickly and with a positive outcome. I can't wait to hear some of the new music! -max

[fatblueman]

I'll get some of the works-in-progress up right away. I hope they are not too raw... in Japan they like it raw...

[jsmxwll]

That would explain the cuisine... >.>

[LordBalto]

"Hear where we're at"? Read the syntax book!

[fatblueman]

No YOU better read it you little prescriptivist you! :-) These guys are blowing my mind with their "communication and language evolution over set grammar rules" sorts of philosophies. Google this lecture series by a guy names John McWhorter of the Manhattan Institute. The other day I am listening to a lecture where he's talking about how double negatives make perfect sense and not using them is a relatively recent phenomenon. I didn't never heard nothing like that before!!

[DeasTube]

Here's hoping the lame stuff passes, the master's degree materializes without too much pain, and the songs keep a-comin'. 頑張れ。

[fatblueman]

頑張りますよ！でもこんに難しい日本語は大変だ！

[fred00021]

bof

[fatblueman]

best of friends? business over fun? baked or french fries?

[fred00021]

ok tu sais que je sais un canadien mais pluto un quebecois mais j aime pas trop le frite hahaha excellent

[MaryJaneSlingBacks]

Good to hear from you. Good luck with the Master's Degree. Ouch! on the band news. I hope it all works out.

[fatblueman]

Thanks for saying! We'll keep on keepin on!

[murasakiryu]

Damn sorry to hear there are some complications within the band. Hope it gets resolved. Keep up the good work!

[fatblueman]

Hey thanks. Not sure what it will leaed to, but i am sure it will be interesting. We probably need a bit of a break anyway.