So, people think I'm gay and older than I am.

Why did I never listen to The Weavers before? I was browsing around at the library today and happened across a CD of their greatest hits while searching for a Hank Williams album, and liked the songs I saw on the back of the case. But seriously, I love their sound, I love the music they play, and they have made me fall in love with American folk ( Read more... )

I fear that worms are extinct ( Read more... )

This morning I sat around for a while, and then I drove University cars all over doing errands. I love this job. I always wanted to be one of those guys in a car with a University logo thingy on the side.

$91.74 tonight playing downtown from 9:00 PM to 2:30 AM (approximate ( Read more... )

I just found two picks in my pocket! It was like a surprise party in my pants.

A squirrel dropped an acorn on my head as I was walking to class yesterday afternoon.

P.S. does this make me a pick-pocket?

Last night I was suddenly in a music-recording mood for the first time in forever, so I recorded Lester Flatt's gospel-bluegrass song "Get in Line Brother". It's really not very good in places: I skipped a beat somewhere in the basic rhythm guitar and first lead vocal track that I laid down initially, and I that screwed me up on all the other ( Read more... )

I debated whether to write this first item in here for quite a while, and finally decided to because this journal is a chronicle of my life, and also it's dumb to hide stuff from the world just because it's a slightly uncomfortable subject. Mal, I hope you're not annoyed by this ( Read more... )

I don't really want to go into detail, because I just spent a long time writing a five-page statement for the police, but some big fat drunk guy broke Ryan's guitar tonight. I got to call 911. It was sweet. Well, except for the part where Ryan's guitar is smashed. But after he picked up the guitar and held it over his head then smashed it on the ( Read more... )

Why do I keep breaking so many strings? I broke three or four sets D'Addarios in about as many weeks. I just got a new set of Martins the other day and my G string just snapped. The D'Addarios were consistently breaking by the bridge, and I attribute(d) it to my hard playing. This string that just broke I put on Sunday night, and just now snapped ( Read more... )