Guitar and Video Games or I'll Stop the World and Melt With You

howdy. . .not much to report today. . .sittin in the dining room surrounded by technology, ramen and coffee. . .a winning combo. been taking in a lot of new tunes lately and getting inspired by older ones again. . .Mr. Hartley turned me on to the Team Love Records website where you can download FOR FREE!!! a rotating collection of records from their artist roster. . .i got 6 new records. . .some of it AMAZING some of it not my cup of tea. . .but hey, its free!! also been listening to mewithoutYou a lot recently. . .they seem to be my fall back band of the year. . .whenever i feel i've grown tired of music i hit them up and it always makes me feel like there's still some gas left in the ole creative tank. . .playing the TSG show really reminded me of what music is really about (at least to me) and that is getting together with folks you love and experiencing that very intangible, palpable THING that music is. . .we call it "Going to the Ether" you can call it what you will but its that moment when it seems like ANYTHING you think of you can do on your instrument. . .like the instrument is just an extension of your heart and brain. . .i know i'm asking to get made fun of for most of this that i'm writing but oh well. . .i just hope that everyone has something that takes them "To the Ether" in their life. . .thankfully i have more than one. . .so that i make sure and don't spend too much time with my toes on the ground. . .hehe.

i hope you're day is wonderful and amazing and i hope you got to see our (very light) pretty snow coming down last night. . .

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Bittersweet Symphony or The Keys to the Kingdom are the Keys to the Automobile. . .

Hi, all! been a little while i know. . .you've all been waiting with bated breath for me to reappear and give meaning to your collective existences. . .hahahaha yeah right! i guess its time to make the announcement in a big way. . .I'm moving to Michigan. East Lansing to be specific and today is the official beginning of "Get ready to move time!". . .this seems to be something i do quite a lot, and something i also happen to enjoy in a big way! you get to go through all that stuff and see all kinds of old crap you had no idea you still had or maybe even had in the first place. . .amazing. i just found a bunch of Haiku i had to write for Eng. 101 at Belmont. . .fuuuuuuuuuunnnnyyyyyy!!!!

In other news, the Big Double Duty show came off without a hitch! It was a blast and reminded me of just hooooowwwww much fun i have playing with TSG. . . i really think that the combo of Parrish, Burleson, Lane and Ford (Lawfirm anyone?) really had something tasty going on. . .it was great and i think we reached the outer bands of the milky way in record time. . .i don't really remember half the show! hahaha the FC set was very strong as well. . .it felt really great (even though i kept breaking shit. . .hahaha)

The news came in today that the TOD tour schedule will be X-tra nice for '09. . .looks like February-December on the road. . .yowsah! this, of course, doesn't mean that we won't have ANY time off but it does mean we'll be busy bees for the entire year. . .and we get to go to some amazing places. . .so far it looks like this: Feb-Mar US (and i mean the ENTIRE US) and a pinch of Canadia. . .Apr-May Euroland. . .then its Japan/Australia. . .then back to Euroland. . .PHEW!

well, i'm gonna get back to packing. . .everyone go check out the Verve's performance from Glastonbury this year. . .inspiring isn't the word. . .and anyone with pics/vids of our show send 'em over to me. . .

love to all!!!