Had a great show at Karma Coffee House last night opening up for the Brian Buckley Band. Aside from having about 4 square feet to move around in, the sound was impeccable and the room felt really great. I was surprised with the turnout too given how packed the Viper Room was Sunday. Thanks, y'all, for coming out on a Tuesday, and thanks for coming out twice in one week! And it was pretty delightful to play 'Santa Cruz' for the first time in California. Cheers to the West coast!

Now let me tell you a little something about the Brian Buckley Band. I love Brian's CD, 'For Her.' It's one of the cleanest recordings of one of the best rock voices I've ever heard (seriously, Brian Buckley's voice is one of the best I've ever heard.) And I've been really excited about seeing him and the band play live. Had he not been nice enough to put me on the bill last night I would have been there anyway as a fan. I knew I was going to see a good show...

Holy Crap.

I've actually just sat here at the computer for five minutes without typing because I can't come up with the words to describe how incredible their performance was. I've never seen a coffee shop show with such massive energy behind it. It was almost a religious experience. I felt like I was in the presence of something historical and important and I feel very lucky to have seen this when I did (and honored to have shared the stage!) This isn't hyperbole, they really are that good. They need no endorsement from me, but the precision and passion and musicianship I saw last night is up there with the best I've ever seen and they're five of the genuinely nicest people you'll ever meet. They're going on tour later this year and you simply need to be there.

What a great night! The Viper Room Show was a great success. We had a huge turnout and it was a fantastic time getting to see so many old faces and meet such wonderful new ones. the set went really well and we got a great recording out of it so look for that in the near future.

i have to say, it is so good to be back in california. i never quite feel cool enough when i'm in los angeles, but last night took care of that for me. it was a very rockstar evening all around. (aside from wanting to go to bed at ten o clock, but i'll blame that on the fact that i had been operating on three hours of sleep in twenty-three total, which is very rockstar, so we'll balance it out.)

from the bottom of my heart, thank you to everyone who came out to support last night's show. it was more than i could have expected and something i'll remember for the rest of my life and career.

i'm in chicago's midway airport. it's 6 am. i've been up since four. stupid o clock in the morning is approaching. everything has occured on schedule so far. 25 mins to the airport. no traffic. starbucks serves coffee. word. i'm planning on napping on the flight. because of the time change I gain two hours. which is like free time. i get to take an extra two hour nap and not lose the time that it takes to take the nap. it's a bit like time travel. call me marty mcfly, cause i'm about to get get crazy and go back in time. i feel more like einstein the dog. no more 6:30 am flights. no more blogging at 6am.

Hey folks,

I'm planning on blogging regularly while on this california tour/vacation/roadtrip/wedding weekend and I thought I'd start the night before I left. It's 11:41 pm Chicago time and I'm up listening to SNL in the other room while I wrestle with my computer to get it to print out my boarding pass for the next morning. It's way to late for me considering I chose to fly at stupid-thirty in the morning. I'm now looking at about four hours of sleep prior to leaving for the airport. I'd probably have trouble sleeping anyway though because I'm pretty excited about tomorrow night's show at the Viper Room. Many thanks to everyone who's gotten in touch about coming to the show. I think it's going to be a good crowd filled with people I haven't seen in ages and a surprising amount that I've seen quite recently here in Chicago. Either way, what I'm really excited about is getting away from this silly midwestern winter weather. It was 13 degrees this evening when I was walking to the car. It's 66 degrees in LA right now. I'm about 10 hours away from 60 degrees and no wind chill. Word up.