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jenny & i stayed overnight in lee’s summit recently to spend time with our godson, nicholas. he’s almost seven years old, and still wants to emulate goofy things that i do… like wearing a football helmet backwards.

i did the mondo beep thing at first fridays again this month, this time in two locations: the usual spot and then with another artist at the base gallery. tim harte knew he was gonna be playing electronic beats for the exhibit, and asked me to join him ahead of time. it was a little after 7pm when i plugged in my gear and made sounds on the drum tee while tim did his thing.

i’ve been watching the ricky gervais show on DVD and comedians in cars getting coffee online. the first show has been around for a couple of seasons, the second one is new. both shows have people talking about unimportant yet very relatable stuff. i can see myself geeking out on these shows already. speaking of geeking out… tomorrow night is first fridays at the crossroads again. in addition to playing in my usual spot, i’ll be joining tim harte after 7pm at the base gallery.

last saturday i drove to international paper on clary blvd to teach a first aid class at 7am. on the way there i passed an old stone bar and went under a railroad bridge that looked frozen in time.

jenny & i purchased a kia soul two saturdays ago and i just figured out how to operate the bluetooth feature. i spoke to the car, and for the first time it talked back. i felt like george jetson or michael knight.

danny williams came over tuesday morning for the first time since the reagan administration (ok, maybe not THAT long ago), and showed me the way of the synth. in the past i have shied away from midi keyboards that only work through a computer, but this was an amazing experience. when danny played this thing, he made it sound like a really good movie score. when it was my turn, i made it sound like pong.

telstar was a communications satellite launched over 50 years ago. it was also a hit in 1962 for the tornados, a british band. i figured out the chords a few weeks ago and recorded this.

it’s a challenge to get the drum shirt synced just right so no one can tell the beginning of the loop from the end, but i am making progress. here’s something i recorded a couple of days ago using the speak and math for an intro and outro.