Regular readers and/or subscribers may notice that I didn’t post anything last week. I was on a much-needed vacation with my wife in San Francisco and Sonoma, CA. I had considered prepping something before we left to be published while away, but then I would have had to have logged in regardless to pimp the new post via social media. I decided it would be better to just stay offline and away from a computer as much as possible. And it was well worth it…
A couple of things worth mentioning here happened last Tuesday (the usual day for MTH-V posts), which made me laugh. The first actually had to do with my recent MTH-V post on the Grateful Dead. We were hanging out in the Haight-Ashbury district and found the famed Grateful Dead House. Of course, my picture looks far different from the classic photo…
Shortly before taking this picture, I wandered and drooled through Amoeba Music. There are few things I love more than browsing through and shopping at a great independent record store. I walked out with Skala, The Seven Words, Nyman: Concertos, and Harmonious Breath. Lovely. (Of course two of the four are ECM titles…) The Nyman disc has been on my “must buy” list for years, and this was the first instance in which I’ve seen a new hard copy for sale in a store. I could’ve purchased it via Amazon years ago, but I much prefer “the hunt.”
It was refreshing to get away from the horns, computers, and all work/responsibilities for a week. But now, game on…