Sunday, May 15, 2005
Rockin' Alameda
Well! Friday night's show in Alameda was excellent! Thanks to those of you who attended; if you didn't, you missed some good stuff. We had a good Parrothead section singing along to the Buffett songs, and even a few people singing along to *my* songs! I even managed to get in a few good-natured references to the dry nature of a coffeehouse, which even the staff applauded. :)
I like Alameda a lot. I can't quite afford to *live* there, mind you, but I visit when I can. I've been playing at shows and open mikes often enough that I know most of the local musicians, and I've got good relationships with several of the venue owners there. It's a good place to do a show, and I have an increasing number of good places there to do them.
In the meantime, I've just gotten myself set up on a new computer. I'm changing operating systems and figuring out the mysteries of the Macintosh. I grew to like MacOS back in the days of the Mac Plus - yes, that dates me - but economics kept me in the Windowsverse for many years.
My old Win98 machine is in its decline, and I decided to migrate before it died. I didn't want WinXP - do *you* want Micro$oft notified everytime you tweak anything on your computer? I thought about Linux, but decided I have better things to do with my time than research where to find the software I need for stuff. So I went back to Macintosh. Among other things, it gives me some capacities to work with music that would be harder on other machines.
Anyway, that's the latest. Recovery from my knee surgery is still progressing; I managed to get all the gear in and out of Friday night's gig without hurting anything, and I did the entire show on my feet. I'm off this afternoon to a publication party - one of my friends is Diana Paxson, author of many books, and the party is for her new metaphysical tome, "Taking Up the Runes." It should be enjoyable. Maybe I even have a bottle of mead I could share...
I like Alameda a lot. I can't quite afford to *live* there, mind you, but I visit when I can. I've been playing at shows and open mikes often enough that I know most of the local musicians, and I've got good relationships with several of the venue owners there. It's a good place to do a show, and I have an increasing number of good places there to do them.
In the meantime, I've just gotten myself set up on a new computer. I'm changing operating systems and figuring out the mysteries of the Macintosh. I grew to like MacOS back in the days of the Mac Plus - yes, that dates me - but economics kept me in the Windowsverse for many years.
My old Win98 machine is in its decline, and I decided to migrate before it died. I didn't want WinXP - do *you* want Micro$oft notified everytime you tweak anything on your computer? I thought about Linux, but decided I have better things to do with my time than research where to find the software I need for stuff. So I went back to Macintosh. Among other things, it gives me some capacities to work with music that would be harder on other machines.
Anyway, that's the latest. Recovery from my knee surgery is still progressing; I managed to get all the gear in and out of Friday night's gig without hurting anything, and I did the entire show on my feet. I'm off this afternoon to a publication party - one of my friends is Diana Paxson, author of many books, and the party is for her new metaphysical tome, "Taking Up the Runes." It should be enjoyable. Maybe I even have a bottle of mead I could share...
# posted by Loren Davidson @ 12:11 PM 
