Dada, I Dream All Day, Part Deux

He now does the "ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" part, right before the guitar solo!

That is all...Go Devils!

Dada, I Dream All Day, I Dream All Day!!!!!

Up here in Seattle there is a lot of water. To get to the main parts of town, there are bridges (West Seattle, Ballard) there are also floating bridges (90 and 520), but to get over to the Kitsap and Olympic penninsulas, you can cross the Tacoma Narrows bridge or take your car on a ferry. The ferry is relatively inexpensive, and if you have kids, you don't have to be on it for very long.
Anyway...we decided to take our neighbor and her son, Carrie and Harrison, to this Italian place we like over in Kingston. I was packing the car when Gabi told me Alex wanted to come out to help. He came running out of the house and climbed into the car. I finished packing and got in to drive around back to pick up Carrie and Harrison. As I am belting in, Alex screams out "Dada, I Dream All Day, I Dream All Day!" I put the car back into park, unbuckle my belt and turn around. I said "Honey bear (that is what I call him) what did you say?!?!?" and he said "I Dream All Day, music. So I went to CD 4, The Best Of The Posies, and proceded to play "Dream All Day" well you could have knocked me over with a feather when that little guy started belting out I Dream All Day at the chorus (he omits the "could") He sometimes adds the Ken part if he is feeling like it.
That's my boy!

Songs From The Year Of Our Demise.

You can always tell the difference when someone or a group of people do something because they have to, versus doing something because they love to do it. Case in point SFTYOOD.You can hear the passion and dedication throught the whole recording. This is what you could point to as a true labor of love. Jon Auer, has always been one of my favorite songwriters. He has the unique talent, like Robyn Hitchcock, Harry Chapin and George Harrison, to put lyrics to music that are clever as well as descriptive and lovely all at the same time. Jon shares another trait with the aforementioned artists, as in most of his tunes, they usually include a tinge of sadness, but instead of bringing you down (I am talking to you Coldplay)there is always a feeling of hope inter-twined throughout the whole message. Jon is truly gifted, and for those of us lucky enough to be able to see him, or he and The Posies perform, it is special everytime. Now, onto the record. There is no doubt this is a Jon Auer record. It is his style and will instantly be recognized, but this record sounds deeply personal. The use of keyboards is just right and Jon's guitar is still the prominent instrument. Unlike EKOL, where the keys were sometimes overbearing or just did not fit, they are used here as part of the whole picture. I hate to do a review, song by song, and will avoid that here as well. Let's just say that the order of the songs flows perfectly and besides "You Used To Drive Me Around" (easily my favorite J.A. tune), the two songs with female names are my favorites. "Song Noir" really affected my wife. She was drawn in with the raw sadness and yearning of that song. I believe Michelle wrote that one and, if so, she really touched someone with it. This CD is not to be missed and please do what I do, share it with someone who might not usually give an indie artist a chance. Spread the word. Please drum up as much support for the Jon as possible.This will keep him recording songs for many years. I give SFTYOOD 5 out of 5 stars. It is just beautiful.

London Bridge Is Falling Down!

I have to say that the past 5 months here at Precor have been just great. I like this job and eveybody here. Staying home is very, very good...

I guess I lied when I said I would update this thing more. Time and work dictate otherwise, but here are a few new things going on...

The Posies are playing a benefit on April 16th. I need to be there. The in-laws are in town, but, if possible I will be able to go late.

I heard the new Jon Auer CD in it's entirety. It is unbelievably good. I made a comment to a friend that I would have loved to hear some of these songs on The Posies record because they are vastly superior to any of the songs on EKOL, but I do understand keeping something personal, personal. I will be purchasing the CD on May 2nd. I encourage any of you reading this to do the same. If there is any justice in this world Jon will have much success with this recording.

Got to go down to California and Arizona last week. Arizona I still dislike, but, since my daily commute here has taught me inner peace with assholes on the freeway, I could handle California with little to no stress showing.

Let's talk about "The Vanishing". This was a movie from 1993 in which the main character played by Kiefer Sutherland pulls over at a roadside gas station in Washington State to allow his girlfriend (a then unknown Sandra Bullock) to use the bathroom and she never comes back out. This movie scared Gabi for months following our viewing. She worried everytime I would go into a convenience store that I might not come out...anyway, last week we were up in North Bend buying shoes for the boy when we stopped at a roadside gas station. When I went in I saw stills from the filming of that movie. I was in the very convenience store in which the movie was filmed!!! I went outside, had Gabi look at it really hard and asked her if it looked familiar. To her it didn't, but as soon as I said "remember The Vanishing" it hit her. It was hard to believe something that scared her 13 years ago was now right before her eyes!

Last...for my British friends...lookee what I saw last week!