Mitch Mitchell's Blog

I thought I’d add another image that isn’t really part of my literary line, but sort of looks like it should be. I took this after I finished shooting the final version of Guarding Stones and am using the image for my profile on Bandcamp.

Side note: For those of you that were never in a marching band during high school, a band camp is a summer retreat, usually for a marching band. In my case, it was a one-week stay on a SoCal beach where we practiced marching and playing a bunch of Sousa toons. I mostly played brass instruments, trumpet, baritone, trombone, etc. They tried to get me to march with a Sousaphone, but I didn’t fall for their ploy. We spent 8 hours each day practicing, then had 3 hours off to get sunburned swimming in the ocean.

Anyway, the skull is just my regular, around the house skull. Y’all have around the house skulls, don’t you? I got the shot glass at the Tillamook Creamery a few years ago when we stopped by on a vacation in OR. I thought it would be fun to not only reference a comical musical meme, but also my passion for cheese. It also shows my preference for hard liquor over beer or wine, though I almost never do shots anymore. For those of you that don’t understand the quote, Google “More Cowbell” videos. I’m sure it will be the first one on the list.