couple of things...

i have a twitter now.  i thought it was silly, but now i kinda dig it.

i leave tonight for nashville.  ill be recording for a few weeks with a group called the early hours from NYC.  i am really excited, and the studio is definitely the most totally boss place i have ever recorded at. 

i went up to norman, OK and blackwatch studios last weekend and played drums and percussion, as well as a bit of singing and hand clapping, for mister chase pagan on his sophomore effort. we did some gnarly 2 o'clock in the morning madness, which included llama toenails and mouth sounds.  cant wait to see how it turns out.

i heart my sarabugg and my two boys and i will miss them alot.

one last thing.  this picture is awesome.

concentration

In the sutras there is a story about a man who had been condemned to death. The king who had condemned the man gave him one last chance to live. The king told the man that if he could carry a jar of oil on his head around town without spilling a single drop, he would let him go free. The man agreed to the proposal. With utmost concentration he slowly carried the jar of oil around the town. As he walked along his route, the king had people ring bells and make noise to distract him. When this did not work, the king had beautiful dancing girls sway beside the man as he proceeded. Nothing made him lose his concentration. Since his life depended on it, the man's mind was perfectly fixed on the jar of oil on his head. Eventually he succeeded in completing his route without spilling a drop of oil, and the king let him go free.