Been a while. Musings relevant and non...

1. Lou Rawls: R.I.P. Great pipes, laid back style, no showboating or hype; will be mised.

2. The Mutt (aka my cheapie Johnson L size knock-off) ITS A BEAST! That's right, a verifiable vibe-a-tronic tone dog. I play it a lot and I really am getting sold on the short scale small bodied guitars. Very focused tone, can get played loud near the bridge and sounds very delicate and harmonically nuanced when played less forcefully. Put some new Pearse light guage phosphor bronze wires on it a couple of weeks ago and it cuts like a lazer. Coming soon to a RGNC shindig near you!

3. Winter Olympics. Love the hockey, men's downhill, curling, that 4 man snowboard 'snow-cross' racing thing they do whatever its called; but I can't help but say 'you got to be kidding' when they trot out some of the stupid x-games crap like the downhill stoner sled mogul race where the obligatory white rasta face pierced 'athlete' whose name is something like Shasta Stein or Arapahoe Murphy from Crusted Butt, Colorado get scored not just on how fast they finish the course, but also on how well they keep the bong lit on the way down.

4. My good stuff list: guitars, cameras, hdtv, hockey, driving, living in the sticks, watching the ny times circle the toilet on their way down, red chile from chimayo because its not as sweet as the stuff from downstate, arturo fuente...

more to follow, be good.