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CLICK HERE TO HEAR CORY’S PLANETTEXAS INTERVIEW IN A FLASH-BASED POPUP WINDOW VIA ARCHIVE.ORG!

Thanks, PlanetTexas!

-h

Hey, I have been meaning to tell you this all week, but I am being interviewed by Harold over at www.planettexas.net tomorrow (Thursday) at 8 pm central time. It lasts for 20 - 30 minutes, and he showcases a couple of my songs. It’s a streaming indie station; check it out!

And by “signs,” we mean “last night he gave an 11-song CD of solo material to Cory, with the understanding that we would master and release it.”

Pat is the Lincoln, NE-based genius behind the band Tangelo, whose Year of Saturdays is one of my top ten favorite records ever in the history of everything.

Neither Cory or I have heard the music yet, but we trust Pat to be his bad self.  -h

Last Friday I picked Scott up from the airport.  He’s back in Nebraska now, after six months-ish playing music on cruise ships.  His cell number and email are the same, so welcome him home, see his photos, and hear his stories if you can!

I played a bunch of new CDs for him, he played me some South American music, and he heard h&s’ “Snow is a Bear” from XMAS for the first time (weird!).  I had only given him written instructions to record a lesser-known carol in A minor, and anything else he thought might fit my description of the tune (which is where is mini-fantasia on “Ukrainian Bell Carol” came from.  You can hear it during the song’s bridge).

Are you guys ready for another recipe?  I’ll try to post one (or more?!) this weekend.  -h

Update - Thursday, 9:43 AM - The new jams are UP at myspace.com/fiftybearsinafight 

Hey all - just quick - Fifty Bears in a Fight, including Drew, made a five-song practice tape tonight just so we can hear what the hell we’ve been up to. I’m dropping it into ProTools as I type, and will have it up at our myspace this weekend. It’s pretty rough and out of control.

In a few spare minutes, I’ve also started tracking bass and keys for my upcoming There is Something and not nothing. That’s pretty wild, too, I think. I’ll probably have to do an acoustic version, just to prove it’s me.

5*Matt told me that 5*Joel has a gig this weekend playing guitar in the studio for a girl who’s going on America’s Got Talent! or some such show (I have a TV now, but no cable or even bunny ears, just DVDs). So he’s had to learn a bunch of Hannah Montana songs, but he’s getting *paid*! How rad is that?

Speaking of Hannah Montana, I’ve been arguing with my cube-mate at work about whether her music is great art or not. In the process, I’ve come up with a new way to talk about how I think aesthetic value works. Remind me to tell you next week; tonight I’m not feeling well, so I’m going to bed and read “The Golden Compass” while the practice tape continues to play through. -h