2004-05-28
Midwest Gaming Classic continued...
In one corner of the vendor's room was a guitar amp and microphone, and from time to time the "buh-bing!" sound of a Gameboy Color powering up could be heard. A guy named Bud Melvin would push a few buttons on the GBC, some music would start playing, he'd put the Gameboy down, pick up his banjo, and play along, and sing. Bud did several sets throughout the day, and his music grew on me as the day went on.
Jason actually knew Bud through their mutual friend Bohus, so we ended up spending a lot of time together. I enjoyed talking music with him, and I found myself motivated to start making music again - it was obvious that he was just doing what he enjoyed, something that hadn't occurred to me in a while.
Jason, Bud and I went to Fuddrucker's for lunch. I had heard of it before, but had never been. You order your (huge) burger, then wait at your table to be paged by your coaster (kind of neat!). You then dress your burger yourself - it's pretty much a small salad bar you can choose from. Kind of like Harvey's, but you're not seperated by the glass, and you're in control. Mmmmm.
I bought Bud's CD ("The Return of Bud Melvin") and when I returned home, downloaded all the tunes he had available on his website. I really, really like his cover of Def Leppard's "Pour Some Sugar On Me".
After the show was over, us AtariAge forum members gathered in the AtariAge room for a party. It was pretty late starting, but the free pizza and pop and other stuff made it worthwhile. There were some gaming competitions, and for a time I had the high score in the 1k Cave-type game, 1288 I think. Sounds like someone else managed to do a 1400+ after we left.
I stayed at Jason's place Saturday night too, then went home Sunday morning. Beforehand, I was thinking of going to the MGC Sunday too, but I felt I had seen everything there was to see, and the extra 3 hour round trip just wasn't worth it.
I did a bit of shopping in Duluth on the way back. I found the PC version of Knight Rider for $5, so I grabbed that, and got some sugary stuff for Carla and the kids too.
In one corner of the vendor's room was a guitar amp and microphone, and from time to time the "buh-bing!" sound of a Gameboy Color powering up could be heard. A guy named Bud Melvin would push a few buttons on the GBC, some music would start playing, he'd put the Gameboy down, pick up his banjo, and play along, and sing. Bud did several sets throughout the day, and his music grew on me as the day went on.
Jason actually knew Bud through their mutual friend Bohus, so we ended up spending a lot of time together. I enjoyed talking music with him, and I found myself motivated to start making music again - it was obvious that he was just doing what he enjoyed, something that hadn't occurred to me in a while.
Jason, Bud and I went to Fuddrucker's for lunch. I had heard of it before, but had never been. You order your (huge) burger, then wait at your table to be paged by your coaster (kind of neat!). You then dress your burger yourself - it's pretty much a small salad bar you can choose from. Kind of like Harvey's, but you're not seperated by the glass, and you're in control. Mmmmm.
I bought Bud's CD ("The Return of Bud Melvin") and when I returned home, downloaded all the tunes he had available on his website. I really, really like his cover of Def Leppard's "Pour Some Sugar On Me".
After the show was over, us AtariAge forum members gathered in the AtariAge room for a party. It was pretty late starting, but the free pizza and pop and other stuff made it worthwhile. There were some gaming competitions, and for a time I had the high score in the 1k Cave-type game, 1288 I think. Sounds like someone else managed to do a 1400+ after we left.
I stayed at Jason's place Saturday night too, then went home Sunday morning. Beforehand, I was thinking of going to the MGC Sunday too, but I felt I had seen everything there was to see, and the extra 3 hour round trip just wasn't worth it.
I did a bit of shopping in Duluth on the way back. I found the PC version of Knight Rider for $5, so I grabbed that, and got some sugary stuff for Carla and the kids too.
