Do Touch That Dial (Or, Come and Knock On Our Door)
Happy Groundhog Day, everyone!
Looks like we're in for another six weeks of winter, but at least we have my heart-warming anecdotes to keep us toasty (well, that and this new Snuggie that I just bought off a TV infomercial). It's been another typically busy couple of weeks for ol' C-Rei, but fortunately this coming week looks like it will be just a little more relaxed (to avoid jinxing myself, I just knocked on my 100% formica desktop). Since I last blogged, I finally got Connecticut plates for my car (yes, it took me two years to get around to it), my good friend and fellow Class of 2007ist Trent Hardman came for a visit (yes, she does have the most badass name ever), and Welcome to Florida started recording on our new album (yes, it going to be a bloated, self-indulgent two-disc free jazz and spoken word commentary about wind farms).
Speaking of the band, on Thursday WTF went up to the studios of 92.9 WBOS in Boston, where we recorded a few acoustic songs and chatted on air with their very nice hostess Lauren. If you live in the Boston area, tune in this Sunday morning, when they'll be replaying the appearance (be sure to cover the ears of any small children that may be seated near the radio). It was a lot of fun, and if any other radio stations out there want to have us on, by all means let me know (FYI we have no problem changing the lyrics of our songs to be about farts or traffic or how the Yankees suck or whatever listeners like to hear during wacky morning drive programs).
On Saturday, I joined pretty much the rest of the state of Connecticut in attending the 30th annual Hygienic Art Festival here in New London (too many easy puns to make, so I won't even bother). There was quite a turnout, including an appearance by the newly-crowned Miss Rhode Island (I asked her why anyone would miss Rhode Island. She didn't laugh.) and plenty of local artists and musicians. I didn't actually purchase any art (because that would require having money to exchange for the art), but there were a few pieces that I liked a lot. All in all it was a great show!
Yesterday I accomplished an extreme amount of relaxation with the assistance of Disc 9 of the Ken Burns documentary on jazz (when they finally stop talking about Benny Goodman), unseasonably warm weather, the Superbowl, Coors Light, fellow Class of 2007 New Londoner Laura Brown, an hour-long episode of The Office, and sweatpants (that's my own version of 7-layer dip). My downstairs neighbor Frank also moved out of his apartment yesterday, though he'll still live in town, which is good. That means that all of YOU out there have the unique opportunity to live underneath ME in historic New London! It's a very cool house that was built back in 1801 and meticulously renovated about five years ago. If you're interested in the apartment, check out these photos online and get in touch with me (note: Mitch and I love to grill, so any future neighbors will be subjected to an entire summer of delicious food on our deck).
Have a great week, y'all!