Where has he been?

I’ll tell you where he’s been.

Well… the band has moved studios once again. This will be the fourth one I’ve been in since joining them, first in Boston, then the infamous Worcester firehouse, then the space above the Eisen’s garage in Nyack, and now, adjacent to Adam and Jase’s parents’ house in Orangeburg. This place is like a whole separate mini guest house, where Adam and Jase’s grandmother used to live. We just got a new PA system and things sound really clear through it. And I want to say this is the first studio we’ll have been in without extreme temperature problems… roasting in Boston and Nyack, freezing our asses off (or inhaling propane gas all day long) in Worcester.

Rob and I are going to see this ridiculous concert tonight, check this out… John Medeski, solo, on acoustic piano… and Kid Koala (DJ) on the same bill. I know little about the latter, I’ve only heard one track of his on a compilation disc, but he sounds cool. It sounds like they’ll perform separate sets first and then join for a duet at the end. Medeski is being billed as performing the “music of J.S. Bach and Ornette Coleman.” Heh.

Some noteworthy (pun intended?) events last weekend… I have been guesting with Dylan’s classic rock cover group from around here, Zero Volume Division (how much of a BAND NAME is this?), on some recent gigs. And by gigs I mean an impromptu balcony performance at our neighbors’ apartment (on a Tuesday night, no less) where we played to a crowd of about 30 people below on Main Street before getting cut off four songs in (the police guy came in and literally pulled the plug on us)… and one actual gig this past weekend in New City. The group plays Zeppelin, Doors, and Pink Floyd covers with some other random choice tunes thrown in. I played on Another Brick in the Wall, Comfortably Numb, Peace Frog… L.A. Woman –killed-, I’m sorry. I took the time, I learned the parts (mostly), I found the right sounds, and it really showed on that tune. There weren’t even a whole lot of people there, mostly Nyack-ers we brought with us, but it was just so fun to play with musicians (my age) who take covering songs like that seriously (enough). Andy, the guitarist, is ridiculous… he sounds just like the original recordings. It was a pleasure playing with all of those guys… Dylan, Andy, and Jaime, who is unfortunately returning to Chile very soon. I now have a greater appreciation for that kind of music, which until recently I had only listened sparsely at best… it just ROCKS.

Suffice to say, with a lot of these entries… life day-to-day is pretty good. The long-term freaks me out. Per usual, I guess. Glint has a show coming up next week on the 9th in the Village at Arlene’s Grocery, and is possibly playing a showcase before that for some big-deal manager, so, we’ll see…