Update

Well, my friend Dean mentioned to me that it's been a while since I posted anything...It would be nice if I could keep up on these things. I suppose I have trouble with the idea that other people might actually read this thing. I mean, if I keep the journal for myself I'd much rather just spend my time playing and writing songs.

So anyway, I've got a lot going on. I just got off from working on lighting the dead bodies for the 'Body Worlds' exhibit that's opening at the science museum in a couple of days. A bunch of sliced up and plasticized corpses and body parts displayed in 'artistic' ways. I'd prefer to have my bones made into flutes or something like that instead.

Anyway my good friend Kris from 'The Zone' is up and we're playing several shows. I just booked a cafe in Salem yesterday for the 6th of July, but I'm really looking forward to the gig at Artichoke on the 16th. It appears that a lot of people from the community are eagerly awaiting it. Another desert dweller Leila Lopez (www.leilalopezsongs.com) is passing through on tour and we're playing three shows with her.

The gig at Urban Rhythms last Saturday night was great, there were a lot of people enjoying themselves in a parklike setting called 'The Round.' Kris had a contraption kit of sorts -a snare, a djembe, and a tamborine on his foot. It is so cool to have a great drummer like Kris to perform with. Maybe he'll decide to move to Portland.

That's enough -my damned knuckle is starting to hurt.