Today is Veterans Day and there was a parade right outside our office. I never really even knew that Birmingham had a Veteran’s Day parade, but we do, and it’s like the biggest and oldest veterans day parade in the nation. There were people from Ohio in it. People drove all the way from Ohio to be in a parade that goes by my window and that I ( Read more... )

A friend from a far away land mentioned that she bought David Gray’s “Life in Slow Motion” yesterday. That record is amazing. If I ever won the lottery, I would call David Gray and ask him how much he would charge for me to be able to be in his band. I realize that paying to be in a band would kind of destroy the entire vibe of being in the band ( Read more... )

Last night I seriously played piano for about 4 hours. That’s a bit more than average. It was so great. I wrote a new tune to an old Kelly text out of the gadsby hymnal - #1117. It is really great text, and I really like the song. I emailed Ashley and told her I want to record it with her. I think it would be such a cool song - just piano and ( Read more... )

Tonight the Spots are playing at Amani Raha from 5:30-7:30. All the cool people will be there. Saturday night I am playing at workplay with Eliot Morris. Go to workplay.com and check it out. We haven’t played workplay in awhile, and it usually sells out, so if you want to go, grab some tickets soon. Again, all the cool people will be there. ( Read more... )

Sometimes I wonder what the future will hold. For example, will it hold fruit? Beans? Will I be murdered, or will my leg get caught in an escalator and be shredded like cheese? Will a one-armed woman beat me with her fake arm ( Read more... )

1. Autumn arrives late in Alabama. It's early November, average temp. is 70, and the trees which are everywhere are colored like a bright canvas. Leaves are slowly beginning to break away and trickle down. I love Autumn. This time of year is lovely. Holidays to look forward to, and then winter, which is my favorite time of year. Warm homes, ( Read more... )

So I’m white. This usually doesn’t bother me, except when I dance with black people and they laugh just hard enough to make me realize that I’m somewhere between really funny and really a dumb ass. I work with several black people (and all of you racially sensitive people can just go ahead and get over the fact that I’m not using the term “ ( Read more... )

So tonight the Spots had their first show. This is a band that came together because I had some gigs lined up and needed a band, and I've been wanting to be in a band with Clint again anyway. Clint Wells on guitar, Gray Watson on bass, and Shane Westerhold on drums. Mostly groove, low-volume instrumental stuff with a few covers thrown in. ( Read more... )

Pants are cool. You put your legs in them and your feet stick out holes in the bottom. Pants are sold in pairs. It is not possible to buy a pant. This makes sense. A lot of people like to complain about the fact that a pair of pants seems to be only one item, but these people are wrong and the pants are right. That is because pants are always ( Read more... )

I've rented arrested development and I've been going through season one. I really like it. I really like buster and george michael. This show makes me laugh pretty hard ( Read more... )