2012: Year of the Bongo!

**AnthonyD** · 01-12-2012, 01:03 PM

Hey guys - been a while! Thought I'd share... I am proclaiming 2012 "The Year of the Bongo!" for me.

2011 started high but ended with lots of frustration. Life is good, career is good (actually very busy - which is very good), no complaints really, except that the Band wasn't keeping me satisfied.

After taking our "vacation" for the month of December, PNTV got back into the rehearsal studio for the first time in about 8 weeks last night, prepping for a big show this Saturday. Felt absolutely fantastic. Band was tight, and loose at the same time. The Bongo killed, and the Band noticed.

After a somewhat random role in 2011, my Bongo is back to the front of the pack. And what a big year we have planned for PNTV...

We've increased our presence for 2012 at our favorite venue from four times a year to six. We've got two HUGE (for us) summer festival gigs that could put us in front of a few thousand people (we usually play to a few hundred) and we have plans for an over-the-top, self-promoted Halloween Bash this year.

Any of these gigs would make our year, we may see them all this year... And if that's not enough, we've got the Stone Pony in Asbury Park, NJ, on the calendar for April and we are very, very excited about that.

A year like this deserves total Bongo domination. Hoping to share the journey along the way!

**keko** · 01-12-2012, 01:39 PM

I'd like to share Your joy, ...but I still think that 2013. will be Year of the Bongo, ...You know, ...10th Anniversary and so...

**nurnay** · 01-12-2012, 02:11 PM

Maybe 2012 will be the year I finally get a Bongo!

**Movielife** · 01-12-2012, 02:51 PM

Me too...hopefully.

**strummer** · 01-12-2012, 03:57 PM

Every year is the year of the Bongo

**tunaman4u2** · 01-12-2012, 04:23 PM

I got a new Bongo in Dec 2011... does that count

Pics coming

**JayDawg** · 01-12-2012, 05:26 PM

If 2013 has a 10 year anniversary Bongo, I will order one. My goal is to try and do one new Music Man purchase every few years and I love the rare stuff that is not your regularly made run of the mill stuff.

**jlepre** · 01-12-2012, 05:27 PM

The Stone Pony is a very historic place. Kinda small, but the vibe is really the col factor. I played there back in the mid 80's so I wonder if it's still the same...

**mtrejo** · 01-12-2012, 07:58 PM

I may even get a Bongo, and then try and learn how to play it.

**keko** · 01-13-2012, 12:22 AM

Originally Posted by JayDawg

If 2013 has a 10 year anniversary Bongo, I will order one. My goal is to try and do one new Music Man purchase every few years and I love the rare stuff that is not your regularly made run of the mill stuff.

That's exactly how I feel about ordering a Bongo!

**AnthonyD** · 01-13-2012, 04:40 AM

Originally Posted by strummer

Every year is the year of the Bongo

I was mixing it up most of last year but got myself straight - what was I thinking!?

**AnthonyD** · 01-13-2012, 04:41 AM

Originally Posted by JayDawg

If 2013 has a 10 year anniversary Bongo, I will order one. My goal is to try and do one new Music Man purchase every few years and I love the rare stuff that is not your regularly made run of the mill stuff.

Agreed... Very curious to see what 2013 with bring!