We were way too early for the show so we walked around Pacific Ave., eventually settling on Pacific Thai for supper.  I had the fresh spring rolls which were great.

After a nice meal, we headed back down to the club and met up with Ron, unloaded his gear and discovered we had a gigantic free pizza from the kitchen at the Catalyst.  I had to turn it down because I was already too full.

The rest of the band started arriving and we all sat around the pizza, chatting and chilling until it was time for the show to start.

Ruby Red was up first.  They sounded really good and I was surprised to hear later that they’ve only been together for a few months.  Katy was telling me later that night that she thought Amanda, their singer has a fantastic voice.

We were up next.  The stage setup is shallow, so we did our best to get all eight of us up there, but Nick got by rockin out on the floor while I spent most of the set worried about taking a dive into my bari which was on the floor in front of me.  Katy only tripped over my tenor stand once   Despite that, I felt pretty good about the set and definitely had a blast playing.  I think we all did!

Blaming Johnny was up next.  They’ve got a tight sound and a ton of energy.  I really enjoyed what I heard and I hope we’ll get to play with them again.

All in all a great Friday night and well worth the drive to see friends, share a meal and make some noise!

Sunday was spent visiting family for Easter.  It was nice to slow things down and visit.  The highlight was an impromptu recital of trio pieces written by Angela’s uncle and performed by her Dad on flute, her cousin on bassoon and his girlfriend on oboe.

This Saturday the 29th is the CD release party for the Phenomenauts.  I’m thinking of going to check out the show at Slim’s.  Earth Hour also occurs on Saturday from 8-9pm in your local time zone.  People around the world will be turning off their lights for the hour to raise awareness about energy conservation.  So, I could choose to go to this show or sit in the dark

Manah Manah! Thanks Meg!

This is totally awesome!!!  From what I can tell so far this evening, the library is extensive and all the neat qualitative suggestion features you get from Pandora.

Once again, I’m undoubtedly the last to know about this stuff, but you can count me as a happy user!