Jason Boland & The Stragglers

Pics from Greenland

2007-12-11T14:54:00.000-08:00

Got them posted to our myspace page, check them out at:

http://www.myspace.com/jasonbolandthestragglers

Home

2007-12-07T21:10:00.000-08:00

And I'm going to bed.

Pictures tomorrow or Sunday.

Heading south, almost

2007-12-06T15:28:00.000-08:00

It is our last night here at Thule. The community center was closed yesterday no updates, this one may be a tad long.

The guys did a stripped down acoustic set in the main bar room on the TOW (Top Of the World club) on Tuesday night. Just a bunch of songs, scream out what you want to hear and they played it. Yesterday was a total free day but the guys worked up new songs from the next album. Studio time scheduled in January on the next album, more details to follow.

Also worked up some new stuff for the live show, I will just tease ya and tell you that you don't wanna miss this.

They were gonna rehearse some more today but come to find out there was a fire in the TOW Club around lunch today. All the buildings have these smoking lounges because there is no smoking throughout the buildings, but you cannot really stand outside for long and kill your lungs. Apparently the metal cannister that gets cleaned everyday was not replaced this morning and lit cigarettes ignited something in the can. No one was hurt and the it just stinks throughout the buiding now...but somehow trouble seems to follow us...haha.

Tonight we are packing up gear and catching the 6am flight back to Baltimore tomorrow. No storms or strange weather in our forecast so all should be well. I'll blog again when we land in Baltimore for those that get worried about us. Also, our phones will be working too, which I am not looking forward to my missed calls...just kidding Mom.

Gonna get all the pics I can from Noah and Philip and work on those over the weekend. Not much scenary as the moon can only do so much. Should be a beautiful flight home though with the sun breaking over the glaciers.

Thanks for those that read this and kept track of us. This has been a very moving experience. The military folks here are beyond words, the hospitality and appreciation they have showered upon us cannot be described. It is definitely a different way of life up here and blessed be those that live it. It truly gives you an idea of what people in our military go through for US, you and me. We get to enjoy concerts and family, freedom and choices, all because a few people protect those priveledges. It is sobering to think what this world would be like without these great people taking care of us.

And I hope all of you will show appreciation to any and all military personnel each and every chance you get.

2nd show

2007-12-02T16:57:00.000-08:00

First off all, a lot less shots and beers so this show seemed way better for me. Jason too I'm sure...haha. Same as the night before, different songs but did the split set and played almost 3 hours with the break in the middle. Pulled out songs I didn't even know they knew.

Again the after party was at NSI (North Star Inn) where we are staying. Aaron and I were starving so we raided the food before everyone else got back, then Brad made tuna sandwiches for everyone...you know us, always giving back. Then we decided to stay up until 7 so we could hit the $1.70 all you can eat breakfast. That turned into discussion after discussion concerning weather, religion, weather being controlled by Bush, how to attract a woman with Def Leppard on the radio...and this is just what I was a part of. No telling what was being talked about in the smoking lounge.

But made it to breakfast and then crashed for most of the day. Noah and Philip both have cables for their cameras so tomorrow I am gonna work on uploading some pictures. Not a lot of scenary pics, it's dark 24 hours a day over here. Which really makes it easy to sleep until 1 or 2 or 6 in the afternoon...

mR.m

first show!

2007-12-01T17:22:00.001-08:00

Band played a strange set last night, actually two sets. Where they normally just blast through 2 hours of tunes they played about an hour, took a quick break and then started up for almost another 90 minutes. Threw out some covers since the Texas Music Chart doesn't reach much past Thunder Bay...

By the end of the show, people were having a great time. You really see how the switch got turned during the show. Even had an Okie and a Texan in the crowd singing along to ever song, original or cover. And then it started...

I don't wanna sound rude but Danish shots are terrible. I cannot even tell you what they were but they started flying towards the stage and I felt compelled to help out, be a part of the family. I have made a promise to myself to never drink Jager again, and now I will make the same on the Danish shots. If you think Jager tastes like cough syrup, you haven't tasted anything like what they have here...haha.

And it might have also been the Tourburg beers that are over 10% alcohol.

Regardless, I woke up early and hugged the toilet with a not so tender touch. Tonight, it is water chased by water.

If Noah or Philip have their camera cords with them, I will post pics tomorrow. If not, I'll get everyone's pics when we get home and make a nice album of our stay.
See ya soon...and of course, LET'S GO HAWKS!

mR.m

actual work?

2007-11-30T14:10:00.000-08:00

today is actual work day, the guys are at the club setting up right now. We didn't bring much of our equipment and using what they have here, kind of like starting all over again when the trailer got robbed. But we will make it, or they will. I may just run the lights from the side of the stage, feel like I need to do something.

Earlier we met with 2nd in command here, Col. Erickson. All the military people are so nice and fairly informal although you can tell they take their jobs very seriously. Thule is pretty much the first line of intelligence and defense for protecting the US against a lot of the world, it is quite overwhelming what they do here.

Write back tomorrow after the first show, Noah and Philip both brought cameras so if I can figure out how to upload pictures to these network computers I'll post some.

And yes, it's completely dark over here all the time.

And again, you guys sure love some Oregon Trail...

We made it!

2007-11-29T12:49:00.000-08:00

We made it safe and sound. Finally left Baltimore about 5am local time, just us and a few contractors that work and live up here. I cracked a small part of a xanax and laid my head on my tray table, only to wake up for some a sandwich mean. Not as cold as I imagined -5 being, but I'm not planning on skinny dipping either....

The flight in was cool as we could still see part of the sun and glaciers and\or frozen ocean. There's a small amount of sunlight but the moon definitely provides some visibiltiy. Tomorrow we are gonna go 'tour' the places to go around here, it's quite a different scene that's for sure.

Worst thing so far, I'm typing on a Danish keyboard (technically Eurpoean?) and I'm bout to lose it with all my errors. So please refrain from badgering me from all my type-os...haha.

Seriously I'm not kidding

2007-11-28T22:32:00.000-08:00

Okay, first flight is cancelled. Then get to Baltimore and the plane TAKING us to Greenland isn't running right so we have to wait on another. Another 4 hour delay.

Now we are shacked up in the last two rooms of the 4 Points Sheraton (nice digs) and I'm using the lobby computer which is slower than my 2nd grade Apple IIe that I played Oregon Trail on.

By the way, if any one knows where we could get a modern version of Oregon Trail for a mac or pc, I'm willing to pay close to a reasonable value...or trade ya a hoodie.

Home already...sorta

2007-11-28T10:51:00.000-08:00

Yes, I am back home and Roger probably is too. We all met up at the bus about 6 this morning to catch our 6:30 shuttles (the bus "station" is probably 2 miles from D/FW airport). Get to our gate and start to check in all of our gear only to find out our 9:00am flight has been cancelled and we were all moved to the 5:40pm flight. So most of the guys are on the bus and I'm at home getting some more rest.

Now the plan is to get to Baltimore around 10:00pm and hop on the flight to Thule at 1:00am. Hopefully by tomorrow morning I'll be able to tell everyone we made it safe and sound...or that my bed is really comfortable at home.

mR.m
JB&S

Long time no read...

2007-11-27T11:33:00.000-08:00

Yes it's been a long time since any one updated the Diary but we've been busy....and it's hockey season....LET'S GO HAWKS!

On the serious side, we are leaving for Greenland tomorrow and I'm reacquainting myself with the fancy blogger.com stuff so I can send updates throughout our trip to the Arctic Circle...you know, something besides "it's cold and dark up here."

So if you catch this one, be sure to check back in the next few days and find out how are little trip is going. Also taking my camera so hopefully have some cool pics to go along with my less than a 1000 words.

mR.m
JB&S

Fight Night Saturday Night

2007-06-24T21:27:00.000-07:00

Okay, so I'm the worst person ever about updating the diary. Might as well just call it "Bi Annual Update Page" cause it seems I never write unless there's an update. In all honesty, I got my own little private blog I release tension, stress, humor, wisdom and opinions through, although rarely does it get updated either. And further, I've been doing what I do for over 6 years now, you just don't see much new stuff these days. So maybe some drunk does something really dumb, really funny or really annoying, but 2nd or 3rd pass through the story and you're over the novelty. Well last night something happened that I don't think any of us will soon grow tired of recalling.

Bossier City, Roper's Night Life, Saturday night in the other big town. Played in New Orleans the night before to a good crowd, not spectacular, growing pains I believe is what the booking agents call it. Left in the morning and pulled in to town about 1:30, a little ahead of schedule. Never been to Roper's before, didn't know what to expect with the bar or the crowd. Room is cool, open and good sized stage which comes into play a little later on. Normal day, load in, wake up the guys to set up, Greg and Ross set the stage while I set up merch and stock up the bus, get rooms, screw off…typical road manager duties. Day is half over and it's only 5:00, so take a nap, take a shower, take a Red Bull and go inside.

Gray Schuler opened the show, first time to play with him and that guy loves being on stage maybe more than anyone I've seen in a long time. Truly having the time of his life, or at least acts that way. I'm believe it, so bravo. JB&S gets up there and starts playing, everything seems to be running smooth. The last time we were in this area was a little bar called Sharpie's that was packed but could only pack so much. So to have about 450 people at a new bar seemed like a grand success…well, minus one of the 450 people.

I didn't know the song at the time but was later told it was "Dirty Fightin' Love"…which is kinda weird. I glance to the stage and see some guy kinda running but not so much, maybe slumbering yet faster but not a jog or trot however not briskly walking, or maybe my perception was such. This guy, we'll call him Jackass since I don't know his real name although will be finding out tomorrow, is onstage and kinda running towards the drums. I jump over the merch box (have you seen my new merch boxes? They're pretty sweet) and almost fall myself, dodge a couple people and get to the stage to find the whole band stopping and putting down their instruments to make their way to the back of the stage. Jackass for whatever reason thought it would be cool to jump on stage and "dive" into the drums, tackling Brad off the back of the drum riser in the process. And then it gets interesting.

Ross is the first guy to get back to Jackass as he's trying to get up after taking Brad down. Now details were fuzzy then and not much better now, but the guy acted like he wanted to ask Ross something on the side of the stage then shoved Ross off the steps so he could get to the stage. Once he tackled Brad and tried to get back up, Ross jumped on him and took him to the ground. Now this is when Jason, Brad, Noah, Grant, Roger and myself did our best to restrain him to the ground waiting for security, being that we didn't know if this guy was armed or drunk or begrudged or the first of a bunch of stage rapers soon to ruin a show.

We tried to help him to his feet but unfortunately he just couldn't stand up and he accidentally took down Newt. Newt is our friend from Little Rock. Newt weighs about 400 pounds and can lift cars. Newt took offense to Jackass' treatment of Ross, Brad and the overall enjoyment of the show. Newt decided it would be in all our best interest if he saw to it personally that Jackass was carried from the stage. So Newt picked him up like a bag of horse feed and carried him to the side of the stage, where the stairs were. Sadly, none of Jackass' friends wanted to help him further off the stage, nor did the security so Newt and I tried our best to help him down the stairs. He didn't do so good on his own, but he did make it down the stairs quickly.

This is the point where bar security and the police took Jackass into custody and we attempted to put the stage back together to continue the show. Props to Brad who had twisted his ankle (more on that later) while falling off the riser yet sucked it up and finished the show. Once the band was playing again I went outside to talk to the cops and see how fast Jackass was being arrested. As I walk outside, Jackass is sitting on the hood of a police car, no cuffs, no Miranda Rights being read to him, nothing. I've been witness to Roger and Jason being arrested for way less and be cuffed faster than Jessica Alba cuffs me in my dreams. So I questioned why he was being arrested and I was approached by two cops initially, soon to be several.

Apparently, the police didn't understand what happened so they weren't quite ready to arrest Jackass yet. Once I told them the story, they actually tried to reason with me to let him go under the care of his wife and his friends. I didn't see the need for that, for some one to do what they did and go home under the care of his wife so I told them I would press charges. Charges for assault on Brad AND Ross. Charges for destruction of private property as I didn't know the condition of the drums at that point (props to Shine Drums as well, the entire kit was leveled yet not one scratch on the whole thing, can't say the same for Brad). And if nothing else, charges of public intoxication. I tried trespassing but that didn't work. After discussing this for 20 minutes and informing the cops there was no way that guy wasn't spending the night in jail for what he did, they finally told me that he was being charged with PD (public drunk) and would spend the night in jail.

This is how bad the police were at the club, during the ruckus someone threw a bottle on stage (I'd like to assume they wanted to hit Jackass) but accidentally hit Roger in the back of the head. That guy was immediately detained and arrested, gone before the guy that tackled the band was even out of the building.

That was enough to shut me up for the time being, the guys had finished their set and Jason was back selling the merch in my absence…which if nothing else, is a funny site to see. He's actually real quick with the hats in case you're in line sometime waiting on me…but I still have the money.

Slowly get everyone's stories straight and put together what actually happened. Roger didn't see the guy so he though Brad had just fallen off the back of the drum riser. Jason didn't see any of it either and turned around to see Ross wrestling some guy and the drums in disarray. Noah saw the whole thing and put up his instruments immediately since he didn't know who was coming up next. Some guy that USED to own the club offered me $200 in cash to forget the whole thing, offered it to me twice. He should've been arrested for his fashion and idiocy, then sterilized.

Let it be known, JB&S does not hold the incidents of Saturday night against the fans or the club. Almost all the true fans apologized for what happened even though it wasn't their fault. Their concern was for our well being and hoped we wouldn't hold this against Bossier City. As for the club, we were treated great, the show was going off incredibly and I'd say the crowd was getting more their money's worth (evident by the 'beat his ass' chants during the incident). The club's security was actually outside at the time dealing with a dispute in the parking lot, furthermore couldn't have prevented this from happening for the most part. JB&S doesn't feel the need to hide behind body guards or security at every entrance cause let's face it, we are pretty much our own security.

The guy known as Jackass should have been arrested, although part of me thinks they just drove him to the end of the parking lot and left him with his wife. I just got a weird vibe as the cops were giving me attitude about demanding he be put in jail. Apparently it is who you know and the cops knew this guy. Sorry officer, but my taxes pay your check, and my taxes pay the checks of the people that wrote laws saying certain types of behavior will not be tolerated in the eyes of the law. I think that was a shining example, yet you argue whether or not jail was the proper solution to the problem this guy caused? I know it's not easy being a police officer but don't take the easy route just cause you're working a Saturday night.

Then I get a text from Brad Sunday night that simply says, "my foot is broke." I call him, it's the top of his foot and they didn't cast it. He's got a boot to wear and keep off it as much as possible for as long as possible…which that doesn't help the 3 shows scheduled for this weekend, two days off and then 5 shows next week. But like the man that he is, Brad will play those shows. And he'll probably be in pain, but at least he's not hobbled.

Tomorrow I'm going to begin the process of filing charges. The night of the show we all agreed to not much harm, not much foul. But now that there's an actual broken bone and one bent piece of drum hardware, Jackass isn't getting away with a PD and one night. If nothing else, there's got to be some sort of monetary reimbursement on civil side of it. It's not about the money, it's about some guy needing to learn his lesson. As I told the police officers, I've been drunk off my ass and did some pretty dumb things, but not once did I do something that could've caused another person physical harm or possibly loss of employment. That guy, no matter what his intentions are, cannot saying that diving through a drum kit in the middle of song was not reckless. Alcohol or drugs or straight up stupidity is only an excuse, but not a reason to be excused.

So there are already comments on the Myspace page, possibly Galleywinter and no telling where else. I'm all about perspective, I'd love to hear the fans' take on what happened that night. But this is, to the best of our collective knowledge and my astute literary skills, what we thought happened.

Maybe in a couple days I'll give you guys an update on the legal process. And I promise I'll do my best to update on more routine basis…I just hope it's not more nights like this.

mR.m, JB&S

p.s. The views and opinions expressed in this blog don't necessarily reflect all the feelings or opinions of all members of Proud Souls Entertainment. I just have the password to the blogs and the biggest mouth.

2007-04-25T07:36:00.000-07:00

be on the lookout for the JB&S GARAGE SALE...you'll save dozens of dollars by spending dozens of dollars (although I think women generally are the only sex that understand that concept).

and big thanks to those extra hands at the Galveston Co. Fair last week that helped get our bus moving once again.

more updates soon....

2007-03-20T14:27:00.000-07:00

Geez, has it really been that long? Gosh, I'm slacking.

But I do well at it. And good.

Been around the world and back, so it seems. Hardly enough time for hockey, and that's sad. Which makes less time for Woody's, which is really sad.

The new single is doing good, "Up & Gone", number 5 on the charts. I'm sure all of you know it everytime you hit the home page. Do a little rock out for a second before going to the tour page and then the diary to realize there's nothing there. Fooled ya this time.

I would like to wonder something aloud: okay the top spots right now are Jack and Pat. Both Texas boys with major label deals now. Shhsh with the sellout talk, I'm making a point. How come George Strait isn't on the Texas Music Chart? He's from Texas and has a major label deal and I dare anyone to argue that he's less country or less Texas than Pat or Jack. In my not humble opinion, he's about the only country left in mainstream country music.

Back to business, we're kicking off the outdoor shows this week in San Antonio (free show, free show) and Corpus. The humidity destoys my hair but it's worth it for the fun in the shaded sun. Hit Huntsville and treak to Abilene, two places we haven't seen in a while. Great shows coming up, Billy Bob's and Wormy Dog, home sweet homes. Get to run around in April a little, hit some new places, the rest of the summer is falling together.

Okay, I'm gonna go eat and do some laundry, the bus will be here in less than 16 hours and I've got a game and a couple beers to take care of...oh, and some other stuff for the band...nuge.

mR.m

2007-01-31T08:05:00.000-08:00

When I said Roger was in an accident, and then "yeah serious" I meant he was seriously in an accident, not that it was a serious accident. But yes, we walked away from near death to play a gig. He's like Superman without the uniform. And his hair is longer.

And his liver can jump tall bars in a single bound...

Remember me?

2007-01-25T00:51:00.000-08:00

Oh, sorry if you do...

Odessa, Stillwater, Austin, Oklahoma City, Limon, Steamboat, Steamboat, Steamboat, Steamboat, Steamboat, Steamboat, Steamboat, Laramie, Denver, Denver, Lincoln, Paduka, Nashville, Charlotte, Montgomery, Valdosta, Raleigh, Augusta, Birmingham, Birmingham, New Orleans and now Baton Rouge.

I wanna go home. And by home I mean Woody's.

We'll be back in Texas tomorrow, that'll feel a bit like home which will be nice. Stop having to use all these weird colored $10 bills. And Friday I'll be home long enough to check my mail.

I can't go into details as Roger may himself on his own blog on his myspace page, http://www.myspace.com/rogerdaleray, but he was in an accident tonight. Yeah, serious. He was in a cab and the cab hit some other car. Then a few minutes later, some other car got nailed right in front of the original accident. Crazy huh, dang Baton Rouge-ians.

mR.m

2006-12-09T02:26:00.000-08:00

p.s.

For those in the Fort Worth area, I was talking with the man with a plan at Woody's, Bryan BeckHAM, about having a movie night at the greatest bar in the world. We're gonna call it, "Roger Ray's Movie Night." Forgot to mention this to Roger but we thought it was a great idea since Woody's has great t.v./big screen capabilities. If you agree with this idea of watching great movies picked by Roger, on off nights so we can drink and watch them too, contact Bryan via Woody's website... www.woodystaverntexas.com

Woody's is the greatest bar ever, quite possibly the greatest business ever created. Booze, live music (most of which doesn't suck), foos ball, pool, booze and possibly movies. We're thinking Roger's first pick would be either "The Big Lebowski" or "Little Miss Sunshine". Try something you new.

Who knows, but if it works out you heard it here first.

Good night.

mR.m

2006-12-09T02:14:00.001-08:00

Family Guy in the middle of the night is good, especially if I decide to drink after the show.

Why is it like 40-something degrees in Galveston? Isn't this the beach, the coast, something else more poetic in a Larry Joe Taylor song? Did I mention I love LJT Fest in April? I do.

I'm bored and I realize I haven't "blogged" in a while. Most of you thankfully have kept up with the band via Myspace or Galleywinter, you should know we got most of our equipment back. No merch, no toys and either the theif or the douche that bought our gear took stickers off some of the amp cases. Including the picture of my puppy Haggard off my merch case, bastards are bastards.

But hey, got our equipment back and thank God everything we had was on wheels. Load in started sucking again with having to carry instead of push.

I'm just rambling. Shotgun this last Bud Light (no endorsement required plug) and go to bed. More later...probably when I'm drinking again.

Nuge.

mR.m

2006-12-09T02:14:00.000-08:00

2006-11-30T10:22:00.001-08:00

Justice prevails...for now.

If you don't know, the guy suspected of stealing our trailer and keeping our gear, merch and donated toys got caught yesterday. He's a giant douche and a turd sandwich all wrapped up in one.

So anyway, he's got a no bond warrant so he'll be in jail until he goes to trial. His trial will consist of many charges, not just stealing our stuff. And add to that beating up his girlfriend this past weekend which caused her to turn herself in.

We'll keep everyone up to date with the progress of his criminal trial. No gear, merch or toys have been recovered yet but with all of the JB&S fans reaching out, our toy total is looking pretty, pretty, pretty good right about now. But that doesn't mean stop. There are more sick kids out there and parents have more to worry about than Santa showing up on time. It's up to us to be Santa, all of us.

That means you too.

mR.m

2006-11-17T17:14:00.000-08:00

Stupid blog won't let me put a picture of the near empty trailer up, maybe it knows something I don't.

First post-theft show last night in Beaumont, the guys pulled it off well even though their ears rang all night long. Merch set up is pretty sad, I'm way to anal to have all those stupid plastic tubs but thanks to Jacking Ram for letting us borrow them and a couple bang bang cans.

Very special thanks to all of Beaumont and RadioFreeTexas.org for bringing a truckload or two worth of toys last night. If this is any indication of what the toy drive is gonna look like this year, I'm gonna need more ornaments.

So, update on the douchebad that stole the equipment. An official warrant has been issued for the arrest of him and his girlfriend. On Monday, I'm gonna go to the police department and get the official word, then we will release the suspects' info in hopes anyone out there has any information leading to his arrest or the whereabouts our gear. Plus, we're gonna spice up the pot by offering a big fancy reward.

So come one, come all, let's find us a bastard and hang his ass.

mR.m

2006-11-14T11:43:00.000-08:00

Is there a worse feeling than opening up your trailer and it being empty, when you weren't the one that emptied it?

Overdose on mushadyne

2006-11-11T03:04:00.001-08:00

I don't know who was on here, but someone gave us a bottle of wine....so at Stillwate we drank the bottle of wine (not me, whiskey only) and no one has died...yet. We shall see.

It's 5:00 AM and I'm drunk, Roger went to bed, benadryl and tagamet heart burn medicine, wow this is screwed up. I can't type but I'm trying.

Stillwater, beautiful homecoming,, but we are trashed driving to Lubbock. It was as much fun as tangled up Slinky. I shouldn't be typing, it's tough. You wanted an inside look? This is it.

Brad said slinky thing, I never had one. I shouldn't be near a computer, beer, whiskey, cigarettes, dirty text messaging and I'm just getting started.

Have fun folks, we love you for keeping us doing this crazy dumb shit. How did we get this lucky? God Bless all of you for blessing us.

Noah wants BIG TOP PEE WEE, the movie. The original was awesome, but Noah contends the sequel is better. He's young, what does he know...shit Dave is I-40 with a vengance.

I'm out. Sorry for the ramble, but you wanted this. You just didn't want this.

Love you all, my gonna pass out and feel like shit tomorrow.

mR.m

2006-11-09T09:15:00.000-08:00

All in a day's work... That case weighs about 20 pounds, touch stuff right there. Hope they had their back braces on.

So last night in Amarillo, GIRLS GONE WILD showed up to find some ladies for future releases. I think they sold more than we did.

Bring toys, you folks are slacking.

mR.m

2006-11-07T15:21:00.000-08:00

The band rehearsed on the day off yesterday, worked up "Rattlesnakes", "Baby That's Just Me" and "Can't Tell If I Drink" to be played during shows now. Personally looking forward to hearing some new stuff, hope you kids are enjoying the new album.

Oh, and for some reason the tv was put on the SCI-FI channel and I had to listen to some dumb show talking about finding other "intelligent life form" in the universe. Of course it's works of fiction, but who told them there was intelligent life forms out there now, let alone "other".

mR.m

2006-11-06T01:16:00.000-08:00

It's never a dull moment in Manhattan. Ten minutes into the band's show tonight some guy, who I'm pretty sure he'd been drinking, walks up to the merch booth and asks the questions:

You work for these guys?

How long you been working for them?

So, you know them?

You wanna beer?

Hey man, let's go to Hunan!

What the hell, I've never heard that one before. He actually thought I was gonna split out on the job to go grab some Chinesse food at 10 on a Sunday night.

Then he stumbled away, some prayers do get answered.

mR.m