Wow, I really haven't been posting much lately. Fortunately, that's because I've been pretty busy. We start tonight with a birthday party for Mason and my brother-in-law, then head to a holiday cocktail party tomorrow night at the home of my step-sister and her husband (more about that below).
And as far as political commentary, Rachel is doing a much better job. I feel redundant. Not giving up; just casting about for something a little more unique to do with it. Until I figure it out, that part of this blog is most likely going to be limited to AFAmail and RNCmail when they're particularly outrageous (instead of predictably so, as they've largely been for the last couple of months ... though AFA taking credit for Ford pulling back on advertising in specialty publications [not just, or specifically, gay ones, it must be noted] was particularly amusing).
I've been, as I said, keeping very busy for the last couple months, mostly with the band. And I'm pleased to say that we are inches away from finishing principal recording for our CD. If Richard weren't leaving for two weeks to spend Christmas with family in Oregon, there's a good chance we could've had it finished by the end of the year. Ach, well. Of course, after the principal recording comes mixing, producing, adding in various other instruments and vocals as seasoning, etc., etc., etc., blah, woof, blah, woof, then we have to figure out what order to put the songs in, master it, come up with a title for the blasted thing, do the cover art and typeset the booklet and send the whole thing off to be manufactured ... If we're extremely lucky, we might be able to have this stuff done by the end of January. If we're lucky.
But the point is, we're getting there. And it's good. Another good thing is that we're actually starting to be offered paying gigs. Up first, tomorrow (saturday) evening we're playing at a cocktail party my step-sister is hosting. And she's paying us! We've been encouraged to invite anyone and everyone we want, so if you're in Phoenix and you know one of the three of us and/or my family, and would like to go, just drop me a line. We're playing from 7-9, but expect it to be an all-evening event.
There's another party on the calendar and then an interesting event at the Paper Heart on March 25, of which more details will soon show up on our event calendar. And we're looking into places for St. Patrick's Day. And possibly our highest profile gig yet, if I can bow and scrape sufficiently before the promoter ... can't be more specific right now, for fear of embarrassing myself if it doesn't pan out. And ... we're planning a tour of the West Coast next fall.
After laboring for more than a year pouring money, time and stress into this project and seemingly getting next to nothing out of it, it's nice to see the seeds we've planted starting to bear fruit. Soon, $11-an-hour coffeehouse gigs and just-for-tips (when nobody, simply nobody tips anymore unless they're a friend) art gallery shows will be a thing of the past.
But things are finally happening! We started podcasting last week, partly because we want to have a record of preparing our album, partly as a tool to promote the album ... but mostly because we're a strange and interesting group of people, and it gives us an opportunity to invite people into Richard's living room once a week. We recorded a new episode last night, so all that remains is for me to plop down at my computer and edit and fix it up. I know, podcasting is painfully trendy. But it's fun.
*phew* I think I've gone on long enough. Happy Christmas to all, as appropriate; Happy Holidays to all others.
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