Passover is soon, and Katey’s whole family is coming into town. She’s been cleaning and organizing like crazy, and I finally got the garden started. Very much looking forward to it.
Recorded the band Deep Snapper this past weekend, which was great fun. Their drummer is a grill-meister, and kept us well-fed. Was also my first session on the new Studer A827 24-track, which I loved more than life itself. I also got to try out the new Audio-Technica ATM450 mics, which are awesome. For less than $200, I get all the functionality of the excellent Josephson e22s, but for 1/10th the cost. Thanks, AT!
Tre Orsi shows w/ the Pig went ok, though we’re sick to death of the older songs. Will record our 7″ next month bust. After that, it’s off on a two-week jaunt w/ John Vanderslice.
Random links that made me happy today:
From the early 1980′s, a surprisingly non-alarmist WFAA piece on the Dallas punk scene. (Thanks to Good Music for Bad, Bad Times!)
San Francisco To Ban Plastic Shopping Bags (via Treehugger):
It looks like the supervisors acted after becoming frustrated with the California Grocers Association inability to voluntarily reign in the volume of bags they gave away, estimated at 180 million plastic bags last year.