08 05 09 11:51 |Only one comment Do You Need the Service?

I'm appearing on keyboards with Do You Need the Service? on August 18th at King-Fu Necktie. Mercury Radio Theatre is on the bill as well. Should be a nice evening of instrumental denting. Rehearsals have been going very well. I'm looking forward to our recording session at Gradwell House at the end of August. EDIT : the show was an attendence success but a playing failure. I thought we sounded loose and not committed to the music. Commitment to a moment is something I've been thinking a lot about recently. Especially while doing my re-hab for my leg. I've been asking myself if I am fully invested, committed, to what I'm doing at the time.This came up recently in a meeting I had with some creative associates. As a creative, are you investing your time wisely, are you committed to your goal or project? Seems a simple thing, but it's almost too simple. I certainly don't ask this enough of myself. My commitement to re-hab and a successful return to cycling have energized and motivated me in other areas of my doings as well. BTW : a band, 'The Paver' a trio from Chicago opened for us at Kung-Fu. Check them out. They brought the bass driven rock. 

Also, should it be more expensive to be unhealthy?

08 02 09 1:27 |No comments yet Gentle Johnny Way Jingle-Oh

So I built a $200 Linux PC for our living room. Installed Ubuntu and Boxee. Hooked up a $40 MSI Wireless keyboard and we are off to the races. Discovering the latest in French indie music from La Blogotheque. Amazing HD nature footage on Earth-Touch HD. Also enjoying my flickr stream and pandora on the big screen. And finally able to playback YouTube content on a TV. Everything looks and sounds great. It took some doing, but it was well worth it to have access to content w/o having to use a real computer for it all. I think these very specific, well curated, media outlets are the future of entertainment. Despite our whoop-ass Comcast cable package, I can't remember the last time we watched broadcast TV.

My recovery is going well. Slow and steady will win this race. I'm sleeping through the night and haven't taken a pain killer in weeks. Looking forward to seeing my surgeon on August 18th and hopefully getting upgraded to advanced weight bearing. Funny phrase, upgraded to.  I've been cycling 6 days a week for the last 2 weeks. On the trainer, don't worry. Going nowhere slowly, but feeling great about being back on the bike. Using a newly acquired PowerTap Comp power meter to chart my progress back to riding strong. 

Enjoyed a killer dinner at XIX lastnight. Atop the Bellevue Hotel. Oysters we're perfect and the fish dishes were stunning. Glad to be able to welcome Anne Schaefer and Aaron Hedley back to Philadelphia after their long road trip.