The Bass Geek

Ostensibly, this blog is about all topics bass guitar, music technology, and the Fountain Square neighborhood of Indianapolis. In the past few days, I could have written about Apple buying Lala (too soon to tell how acquiring a streaming music service will affect iTunes, really, but it’s intriguing), bassist Gene Simmons getting arrested for assault (he should have been arrested already for robbery, based on the prices for his signature bass guitar model), or some of the new clubs coming up in Fountain Square (La Revolucion and the White Rabbit Cabaret continue construction and look forward to a happy and busy 2010). But I’ve been mourning a dead dog, and the motivation just wasn’t there.

So let me frame this instead as a loss from the neighborhood, because in the past year I think Marty defined how we interacted with a lot of the folks here. He was a common sight due to our frequent walks, either on the sidewalks or in nearby Garfield Park. He hung out many an evening on the porch at the Brass Ring Lounge, drinking their water and trying to meet everybody who sat down near him. My wife and I were always asked about “that bulldog” when we were out, because he stood out that much. Big and slobbery with a martini-shaped patch of fur on his back. Everybody we knew in the neighborhood got the chance to know him (and perhaps experience an unanticipated hump in the beginning, but he got better).

So, at least for us, there’s a little bit less in the neighborhood right now, and we’re going to miss him.

There will be some more information about the IMN podcast and New Year’s Eve in Fountain Square. Tomorrow.

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