From: "Jerry Chrisman" To: Subject: Thanks so much for the ZZP site! Date: Monday, August 28, 2000 7:31 PM Jerry Chrisman here, you know... the WHITE guy and the ORIGINAL, and longest in the band keyboardist. Brendan forwarded the site to me and I must say you have more stuff than I do! But I do have a whole bunch of the original show flyers, including the one from our very first performance ever. I'll be happy to send them to you.... I must say in one sense, the site is a surreal experience. I too miss the band. Alot at times, Sometimes you don't know what ya' got till the whole thing is gone. I miss the guys alot, and especially this year. Sometimes I think about the things we would get upset about or argue over and they all seem so...well, laughable. Sometimes I think, why on earth did I get upset about that? I am happy to say that after a long and sometimes vexing hiatus from music (almost 6 years... I am back playing again and with a vengeance. I even got talked into playing jazz again. Just did a gig on Saturday night playing alot of Miles Davis and jazz originals. I never EVER thought I'd play jazz again, especially after all the the emotional abuse (no joke) I took from my jazz teacher at UH. I also had a short stint with a very popular soul band here in Portland which I REALLY enjoyed. But hey, they fired me in favor of someone who outweighed me by 100 pounds and stands still on stage. Great band, but it was ALL about the ebony and ivory duo fronting the outfit. The rest of us players were interchangeable come to find out, and Jerry ain't down with that. As I age, my ego grows even larger. heh heh. So I bought a bunch of new equipment, and for the first time in 10 years I am actually working on my chops, playing. That's what jazz is so good for. But the shame about jazz is that 99% of the people still fucking chit chat over it. Blah blah blah. And I HATE THAT. That's why I played rock, that's why I will continue to play rock... because when we played 'Just a Reminder', people listened anyway because it resonated their soul, but also, they had no fucking choice at 120 decibels. Well, thanks agaon for the site, The guys are still in my heart and I think about the band often. Got the reunion show poster all nice and framed and in my house over the mantle. And my hot cup of joe mug proudly grinning at me from my ever so modern northern Scandinavian euro-fag shelf in the den. ME: Not married, had a close call this year, but decided moving to Little Rock, Arkansas was completely out of the question (she is doing her residency in pediatrics there....and oh there was the whole emotionally detached, passive aggressive thing on her part....but that's for the therapist's office) Successfully freelancing design, still working on my film reel, playing music again, loving portland summers, cursing the rainy winters, missing real mexican food, and contemplating a move back to Austin in the next year or so. And oh yes, I have found my truest of passions, which are motorcycles. Snicker all you want, but Jerr DOES head out on that highway looking for adventure. And yes I wear the leather, so just deal with it already. So I guess this begs the question... who are you?! thanks again for your site!!!!!! -jerry "always the last to know" chrisman ~~~~~~~~~~~~~+~~~~~~~~~~~~ j e r r y c h r i s m a n g r a p h i c d e s i g n 5 0 3 . 2 3 3 . 4 6 4 7 ~~~~~+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ G O C O O G S! http://www.UHcougars.com