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Well, that was quick. I mentioned the other day that Lore would have something new up soon...

And here it is. "Waking Hour" is one of the tracks I got to work on with Lore and the gang last year. Again, the Flintstonian guitar parts are mine. Also some killer violin work from Debbie Spring, and another name from the distant South Beach past, John Falcone, brings the bass.

This was recorded in pieces over time; when I did the guitars, there was no bass, no violin, etc. So this is the first time I've heard it fleshed out -- kinda fun to hear John (whose playing I always loved) echoing my guitar parts in the verses.

Lorena Miré has posted a new tune for your listening pleasure... it's called Kid in a Candy Store, and some of the guitars are courtesy of yours truly. How can you tell? The acoustics: Lore. Beautiful, atmospheric, perfect-finishing-touch electrics? Brian Franklin.

Noisy caveman electric stuff and jangly bits? That would be me.

Anyway, another great song with that amazing voice. FYI, I also lent a hand (vox, guitars) on "Movies in my Head", and some other stuff you'll hear soon.

Sadly, no recording yet exists of Lore and I sitting on the floor singing Diane Ward covers during rough mixing.

There's other (unrelated) things I'd like to blog about, but really, really can't. Blind rage doesn't always translate to enjoyable reading, anyway. But hey, here's a verse of a new song-in-progress:

I'm sorry that this mean old world

Refuses to revolve around your pretty little head

And the only way you know

To feel you're alive

Is to make someone else wish they were dead.

Looking for the few... the brave... the ones with a bit of time on their hands. Who attend open mikes, and use openmikes.org to aid in that endeavor.

Some new features are in the offing, not far from those mentioned here, and I'm at the point of wanting some real-user input. I'm the least-real-user, since (a) I wrote the thing and (b) I don't get out that much.

If you're interested, drop me a line at admin@openmikes.org.

Update, 3/18/06: testing is underway. See the New Features wiki page for details.

So last night was just amazing. Speaking selfishly, that is... had a great time, enjoyed playing as much as I ever have, pulled some really old songs out of the hat. Amazing what a receptive audience and a great venue will do to your courage.

Thanks to one and all for coming out... as I've said before, I was really happy to be there. Probably see you there again in March. Maybe a birthday show. Hmm...

Really should have posted this sooner. It's been on the gig list, and an email went out, but still...

Tomorrow night, Friday 2/17/2006, I'm at the Sun Shoppe in Melbourne. Starting at 9pm. 540 E. New Haven Ave.

A sad time there, for reasons detailed on their front page, but also a time for music and friends and food and drink and all the things the Sun Shoppe is there for.