Practiced with Matt today at a bar called Freddy's in Brooklyn where we will be performing our solo set this Friday. It used to be a speakeasy and is marked by the city to be torn down if the deal goes through for the NJ Nets to come to Brooklyn and build the stadium parking lot where it now stands. Everyone there is so nice and down to earth and it's only a block from where I live. I don't want old Brooklyn to change like that. Freddy's is my home bar.......where am I gonna go to get drinks and play music when most of places in NYC are too cool for school????
Yeah, why do they have to tear down MY playground??
Sigh.
But it still was a really good day.

Had band meeting last night at Ben's house to go over band partnership agreement, future gigs, marketing, record label deal, website revisions, etc etc. Was the first time the whole band has been together since the car wreck. Everyone seems crabby and tired and in need of a day off but we laughed a lot and had a good time. We are sooooo lucky to have AWESOME drummers to filling in on our gigs......but in my heart I can't wait until Ben can play drums again.
Shared a car home and rode in the middle of the back seat. Had to seriously concentrate on not panicking as that's where I sat in the wreck. Funny how the brain works.
Today I am practicing with Matt for the acoustic show on Friday.
It's sunny and warm in NYC today......ahhhh, I needed that.

Had a major writing night last night. Had planned on responding to fan mail and sending out more sticker orders but I had lyric ideas instead and had to go with it. Only happens every so often that the pen feels like it has a life of it's own. Man, I was channelling last night big time and wrote two new songs for the 3/5 acoustic show.
OK, get off the frickin' hippie shit already.
No one wants to hear it.

We got a deal memo on the table from a record label.
I am smart enough to know NOT to divulge details.
I am smart enough to know NOT to get too excited.
And I am smart enough to know it feels good.

OK, thought I was going to WATCH my one of my kung fu teachers test for his brown belt Friday night but instead I PARTICIPATED in his brown belt test....little detail I managed to forget to ask about when I asked if I could come and SEE it. Yeah.
I got whiff of my imminent asskicking when I got to the school and saw no other beginners. I was introducing myself to all the advanced students there who asked how long I had been training.
Me - "Oh, this would be my third class."
Response - "Wow, you're really brave!"
My stomache dropped when I realized it was too late to leave and I had no idea what I had gotten myself into. So while everyone else was out on Friday night having a grand ole time, I was in the Fight Club getting my ass kicked and occasionally kicking some ass.
I loved every second of it.
I made it from 12AM until 4:30AM.
There is nothing in the world that feels as good as overcoming your fears and just doing something.
And it's gonna make my accordion moves WICKED good.