For the first time since 2004, I can now genuinely say that I am putting effort and priority into my music. It started over this last Christmas holiday, when I was playing around with Mariah’s dad’s electric guitars and amps in the basement.  Then, when I returned home to Durham, I started picking up my acoustic for more and more hours each day.  Weeks went by, months of solidly playing, and then...

Tomorrow night Mariah & I have a sitter, and we’re both going to a benefit concert.  The people organizing it are friends of ours, and in one of the bands playing (the Pistils).  Moreover, it’s to raise money for some seriously cool women’s issues causes, including Planned Parenthood and a Rock n’ Roll camp for young girls. It’s called Pick n’ Bitch How cool is that?...