Gods!
It turns out blogging and group socializing are alike in my psyche - I can’t do either unless it’s my job.
Which points to, perhaps, one of the defining traits of my character, my infinite capacity and adaptability for work stands in stark contrast to my constant struggle to function in realms outside the definition of “work.”

I have no idea what that says about me.
Other than that it is a good thing I lead a life overextended.

So, yeah, the 122 Days trip. It was excellent. But hardly something I could bring myself to write about, apparently. Well, I microblogged the pants off it, of course…

I got back to San Francisco exactly 122 Days after I left San Francisco. That was maybe three weeks ago…
I’ve spent the past three weeks working to pay my May bills (I arrived here with nary a cent to my name, as planned), and writing the essay to finish my MA degree in VCS.

I also squoze in a rehearsal with my SF band, the Modern Jazz Duet.

I threw together the sequencing of the CD for Marcella Faustini’s MashUp Show at NOMA gallery. I have the nagging feeling the music will be revisited and remixed and resequenced, because I didn’t have as much time as I would have liked, and the many imperfections have really been nagging at me.

Today I’m returning to mixing the Stowe-Pembleton Project’s fourth CD, which we recorded in DC in January. I’m really happy with it.
Speaking of which, the second SPP CD, Confusion Bleue, which is AWESOME, is out this month on Black Saint/Soul Note/CAM. It will be distributed in the States by Rykodisc, I think. So, we may get some new US fans…

In April, SleepWalks, my new project with Andrea Williams, opened for The Parasitic Fantasy Band at Issue Project Room in Brooklyn. It was fabulous. We were joined by Todd Shalom, whose vocal work really spread the SleepWalks sound out to new vistas. It was a great show. And then I had the pleasure of seeing The Parasitic Fantasy again at ATA in SF a few weeks ago. They are superb new friends. Totally inspirational film/sound performers.
At their SF shows they played with Metal Rouge, who are also superb artists and people. It was really great to be able to spend time with all of them.
Metal Rouge are LA based, so I’m really hoping to get a chance to see them again, once I’m finally back home.