On June 11, I saw Tull at the Greek Theater. It was a beautiful but cool night. The sound could have been better as the drums weren't that loud but the vocals were. It took the band a few songs to hit the groove but it was a good concert. I had a seat squater behind me that could have been a model for Aqualung himself. During the intermission ( Read more... )

Being a fan of Top Gear, I've been watching James May's Road Trip where he and Oz Clark travel around France, then California learning about wine. The recent eps have been about Californian wines and things sound more affordable. The last ep was all about Zinfandels, in particular wine made from old vinyards that were planted over a 100 years ago ( Read more... )

There's a new radio station I've been listening too, called The Sound. In the LA area it's 100.3. Recently they ran "The Sound's A to Z, over 2000 essential Rock tracks from The Sound library in alphabetical order." That took them awhile but it was fun to listen too. This weekend they are going to run "The Songs We Missed from A to Z." I ( Read more... )

Emma is the default name until we get something better -- which won't be until we can pet her, I think. So hard to get a read on her while glimpsing her thru a mirror, upside down. But she comes to the edge of the bed and we can see her little white toes. We play with the toys, wait, then she ventures out to play a little before she slips back ( Read more... )