back from the dead and the rockboat
Current mood: uuaaaaghhhhhhhh

yall thought i was dead


ok so lots to talk about!!


1. FIRST OF ALL----TODAY "LET THE WOMAN" IS AVAILABLE ON ITUNES!! So yeah. I'm happy about that.


2. ROCKBOAT

the rockboat. yep, it happened. since i can't give every detail, here are a few highlights and setbacks that stuck out to me:

GOOD MEMORIES:
-ice cream cones galore
-waking up at 2pm to eat breakfast, i.e., ice cream cones
-ordering 2 entrees at dinner most nights, plus this "warm chocolate melting cake" thing (so good it makes each of your individual teeth moan and wail for more bites)
-meeting a bunch of new friends, and getting to instantly see people at their craziest....which can be good or bad
-hosting Bingo, with an ice cream cone in my hand
-watching nathan angelo go down the waterslide 7 times in a row, sprinting and cheering between each lap
-on the last morning, watching Miami approach in the distance as the sun came up

BAD MEMORIES:
-seasickness
-on Jamaica day, i forgot to wake up and only had 30 minutes to experience Jamaica, and did so from the back of a cab with a drug-pushing cab driver. in the rain. actually that was kinda fun
-the feeling you get at 4am when you try to eat 3 pieces of pizza from the midnight buffet, thinking it will make you "just right" and ready for bed....but doesn't.
-losing my digital camera. yeah. serious bummer. I actually know where I left it--I think one of the off-duty boat dancers made off with it from inside this piano bar area....BOOOOOO. actually they didn't take it. i just forgot it there. bums magee.


All in all, it was a fun trip---got to know a few artists that i'd only known through myspace and was super impressed----keaton simons, sons of william, alternate routes, brett dennen, kyle riabko.......got to hang with old friends and was still impressed by them---marc broussard guys, jon mclaughlin and gang, aslyn, david ryan harris....

So all was fun. hope to be on there again next year, ice cream in hand.



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3. NORTHEAST TOUR
After the rockboat (literally the morning it ended), I flew my dehydrated, sleep-deprived self from the 80degree weather of Miami to the 20degree weather of NYC to begin a short run of shows throughout the northeast. I have no idea how I stayed healthy through that climate change---gallons of water, mixed with Airborne and preventative flu medicine, along with as much "healthy" food as I could find.

3a--the Living Room show in NYC was awesome--packed house----i wore my new gloves that are kinda like little gray 80s sweatpants for your hands with the fingers cut out---

3b--Paradise Lounge in Boston was awesome; I have to give a special shout out to the girl/woman who was dancing all by herself right in front of the stage (while the rest of the crowd sat listening)---I appreciate your boldness and bravery, and am curious where you learned some of those moves. (you people who were there know what i'm talking about. hey, i'm not hatin'---just sayin'---wow)

3c--RamsHead in Annapolis---I opened this show for these guys Lowen and Navarro---they're this legendary songwriting team that had some super big hits back in the 80s and 90s. They were seriously some of the warmest, most welcoming people i've ever done a show with. They asked me to come out and sing with them at the end of their set on their "claim to fame" song, "We Belong Together" (made famous by Pat Benatar). I was honored, but, embarrassingly didn't know all the lyrics----So I made some panicky phone calls, and downloaded the song from iTunes to make sure I knew it-------THEN, they end up singing half the song in Spanish. haha. Oh well, I was faking it as hard as I could......but it was awesome. The words that I knew, I sang with all my heart. Seriously, though, they were quality individuals---much respect to them

3d--Pittsburgh at the Club Cafe: fun show---good times exploring the local bar and late night gyro selections of the Steel city.....wanted to go to the andy warhol museum the next morning, but needed beauty rest even more.


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4. Back home for a week----
So it feels pretty great to be sitting in my living room right now after a long few weeks away from home, with a violently changing set of surroundings. I'm pretty bad about procrastinating sometimes, and I'm doing my best to avoid tackling the pile of papers and emails that I returned to a couple days ago......the word "taxes" seriously makes me want to do ANYTHING except for taxes. i found myself researching herbal digestive cleanse programs, searching for video examples of all 40 snare drum rudiments online.... i even physically sawed apart an old organ to try and build something with its frame. i go to great lengths to avoid certain responsibilities, as you can see.
But I'm going to get on it tomorrow.




Well, I leave you folks with a video

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