thank you

i wanted to thank all of you tonight


thank you for another
"best producer" observer award
to put on top of my piano
i truly appreciate everyone that's ever
come over here
to make a record with me
i love you all
this city has an absurd amount of world class musicians
i'm lucky to be here with them all

it was so great to see so many friends
last night at the granada
all recognized for their boundless talents
much deserved awards and nominations
given to most of them
the noise alone had 3 nominees for musician of the year
eric
daniel
and chris
i was so proud of the guys
seeing chris take home his third
"musician of the year" DOMA was a perfect way
to close out the night
absolutely fitting
he is an amazing talent


snowing in my heart also hit texas shops yesterday
the big cd release show with johnny lloyd rollins
the slack
and radiant
is going down next friday
at the granada
(that's august 24
in case you're in to numbers)
i've been looking forward to this night
since i finished the record
in may
the good records in-store party
is planned for the next day
the austin cd release show follows
at bend austin
with bexar bexar and the ashes
on september 1st

then it's off to europe
hamburg
bonn
aachen
schwerte
buchen
frauenau
paris
karlsruhe
st. gallen
vienna
norderstedt
krefeld
back to hamburg
then back to texas
the old 97s will be knocking on pleasantry lane's door
a week later
for 6 weeks of recording
i can't wait
we're gonna make another classic old 97s record
i promise

after that
thanksgiving in CA
disneyland with G and his cousins
snowing in my heart slated to hit the rest of the states
just in time for christmas (fitting, huh?)
thanks to the fine people of secretly canadian
but mainly thanks to brian s.
and tapete

ok
i'm tired now
just thinking of it all
time to sleep

love


s