“Have they made “Boats” yet? Can we do “Boats”?”

Why isn’t “Centennial” finished yet?

There are two schools of thought on this matter.

The first would point to the labor intensive process of conceiving and executing such an ambitious project.

The second would point out the fact that rather than record on Tuesday, the band gathered at my house to watch U of L beat Arkansas in their official season opener.

You can understand why this was so important.

However, what occupied our time Thursday?

Well, we certainly TRIED to be productive.  We gathered at the luxurious Su Su Studios on time (well, I was close to on time) and we gave it a game effort.  We did finish a brand new holiday song called “Holiday Song” (which you will hopefully hear at the headquarters of an alcoholic beverage conglomerate near you, soon) but in all honesty that only took 20 minutes or so.

Glen gamely tried to play some songs that he had written, but it was decided that he would have to learn how they go.  We will try it again next week.

Eventually we started to discuss ways in which we could become rich, as we are tired of our jobs, which are surely killing us.

Recently we’ve been discussing the possibilities of opening an advertising agency (Side note: we will still do this. If you need music recorded, commercials recorded, voiceover work done, jingle written, graves robbed, etc, please drop us a line), and at some point this lead to us discussing, naturally, the creation of a project through which we could tap into the valuable “children’s entertainment” market.

“I know the kids love ‘Cars’.  I can’t believe it took a film company that long to realize ‘Kids love Cars! Let’s have talking cars! We’ll make a mint!”

“So what can we do?  What do kids like?”

“Boats? Has anyone done ‘Boats’ yet?” said Glen.

“How about singing cars?” I offered.

And we were off and running!

It was decided that Glen and I would become singing cars! Danny began his photoshop wizardry.

“What kind of cars would you guys be?”

Knowing that kids love COOL CARS, we decided that we would be the coolest cars we could be.

Glen, naturally, would be a bronze ‘82 Buick Skylark.  I myself would take the guise of my Dad’s Aerostar minivan.

“Where would cool cars hang out?” asked Danny, the wheels of creativity burning in his brain.

“Kids like teenage vampires,” said Glen.

“A cemetary!” I proclaimed.

And so Danny found the most awesome, totally goblin cemetary available to clipart-stealing photoshop enthusiasts.

“What else do kids like?” asked Danny, clearly feeling it now.

“Lady Gaga?” offered Glen.

“I have read about her but I don’t know who she is,” said I, surprising no one.

“Lollipop lollipop” said Glen to me in a monotone. Or maybe he said “Firecracker”, or maybe it was “Popsicle”. I really can’t remember.

“I don’t know what she sounds like.” I said.

“I just sang you the song!” said Glen, incredulous.

During this time Danny had found an image of Lady Gaga, laid it into the picture, but was not feeling it.

“I’m not feeling it,” he said.

And so Lady Gaga disappeared.

“Kids like Zhu Zhu pets and Webkinz,”, I said, not entirely sure that Zhu Zhu pets even exist, wondering if perhaps I was thinking of alt rock band Zu Zu’s Petals, who were in fact named in reference to a scene in “It’s a Wonderful Life”.

And so Danny searched the web for “Webkinz”, and hit upon our new best friend, Ganz!

There was more discussion, tinkering, toying with the concept. But at the end of the day, what sort of man would I be to continue to waste your time, when it can all be summed up with this glorious picture:

Show this to every child you meet! Tell them that “COOL CARS!” are coming to their town! To party down!