It's quite beautiful how generous Brian, Ross, and Mom Thompson are to let a group of people stay the night at their place and be so nice and giving and cool about everything. I especially delighted at Ross' simple "it was a pleasure" at 5 am when I said goodbye. My goodness, how anything can be a pleasure at FIVE IN THE MORNING is beyond me, but ( Read more... )

Round, like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel ( Read more... )

If you want, you can come see me play at "Pasta?" restaurant downtown tonight sometime between 6:30 and 8:30. Me, Morgan, Chris Stansell and sometimes Sam play there every other Wednesday(we play tonight, and then again two weeks from tonight, then two weeks from that night, etc.). It's no big deal, but you can stop by if you're in the mood for ( Read more... )

yep. im pretty much done with this school thing. yep. pretty much already checked out.

i didnt make brubeck

looking east again

everybody was so damn good... and nice ( Read more... )

well, off i go for my brubeck audition. peace.

how did i get so many beautiful friends?

The Brubeck Institute jazz program wants me to come audition. Dave Brubeck himself runs and teaches at the Institute(located within the University of the Pacific campus), and the program is a two-year full scholarship certificate fellowship. The catch: out of the entire nation, they select one bass player every two years. Apparently, they have it ( Read more... )

This song is gorgeous. I encourage anyone hooked up to itunes to check it out. You can hear the title words repeated over and over in the melody, changing and becoming more potent each time ( Read more... )