Steve Ruhm, my ye olde drummist from Say ZuZu flies private jets for a living.  He prolly figured he had a better chance of flying in one if he learned to fly it himself.  God knows Say ZuZu was never destined to have one.   We woulda been freaked out anyway.  Skynyrd and Otis Redding and Buddy Holly kinda ruined that idea for us.  Anyhoo, seems he was just about to go nuts unless he started playing music again, even casually.  Friday midday became an informal jam with Steve …

I'm mixing the new Tim McCoy and The Papercuts record this week!  This, my friends, is a good thing, because it comes out in three weeks.  Yikes.  Mix number one tomorrow.  Cross yer fingers.

Also...
Found an old cassette tape(!) full of half finished songs.  Got the wheels spinning a bit.  I know, I know. I'll believe it when I see it too.

Lastly...
Today was one of those hazy, slightly humid days that we usually only get in June or July.  Lucked out and snagged one in May.  Awesome.

specifically, the spotlight awards!  the spotlight magazine is the weekly entertainment magazine that comes with the portsmouth herald newspaper.  t'will be good times.  or, i might freeze up and faint.  you should come and cheer me on.  or heckle me.

Why is it so hard to toss out old ideas? Or say, ten of the thirty tee-shirts I have, even though I wear the my favorite five or six. Or ten of the twenty butter knives we have in the silverware drawer? Do I really need to use that many before I wash some? Moving on and getting rid of the stuff that holds you back, whether it it's physical clutter or an emotional attachment is tough stuff. I have been subscribing to Bob Lefsetz's newsletter for a few months now. Skip past the political part and get to …

God willing, I *will* actually get this next batch of tunes out.  The delivery medium keeps coming up in conversation.  "So, are you gonna put it out on CD Nolan?  Just online?  Or...?"

I have my own preferences I guess.  I have no idea what the future holds for the music industry at large, but even if there are only ten of you out there that wanna buy my next "thing,"  I'd love to hear what form you want it in.  Do you just want a CD to put on the shelf so you can load it on your iPod?  A "download card"?  A vinyl record with free download too?  A multi-fold CD package?  What do my fans dig?!  I have no idea.  Please do chime in.

It's sunny here in NH, thank god.
Jon