First off, Obviously, war is always awful. This is depressing and it's going to get worse. All the memes on social media I've been seeing about the bravery of the Ukrainians, just make me sad. Yes, they are unbelievably brave, yes Putin is horrible for doing this, but... it's all going to end terribly. The longer this drags on, the more likely it ( Read more... )

it's the week before winter break... my band starts practicing again tonight, I have three new songs to bring in and have them play. Hopefully we'll get to at least one. My work is going... ok. Pretty good overall though really. My dog is doing great. VD day was fun with my hubby. 

Wow! I'm 53! It's pretty cool!

Here are some pictures from some recent shows…


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So let’s try out the app! Here are some pictures!


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So in the last year or so I've gotten into Fender offset guitars. For years... decades really, I played Rickenbackers. Still love them but, I've had multiple rickys, bass and guitars and just wanted something different. I first got a Squier Jazzmaster... and started tinkering. Part of the fun of any guitar is changing things around a bit. My ( Read more... )

Being in a band can be... interesting. Especially now with the constant start/stop, yes/no, on/off nature of covid era we are in. Getting ready for shows, and then everything stopping....

I put out a surf guitar album under an alias (chillingsworth surfingham) I recorded mostly by myself (the drummer from my band drummed on it) and it was ( Read more... )

My last LJ entry was in 2011, around then people moved to facebook. When FB started, I thought it was like "postcards" compared to the "letters" from LJ.

Getting into longer form writing could be a cool thing. We'll see!

Hello everyone, if anyone still has my account on their friends list!

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