A Post from the Other Side

There's a lot going on in the MJP studio, as we prepare for the primary recording session on the weekend of Dec. 11th and 12th, aiming for an album release at the show. The timing is... crammed. Not a lot of room for error. Very excited though - perhaps I enjoy working under duress.

Meanwhile, I'm still teaching the band one or two songs. Got some complex handbell work in one of them - using toy handbells, and lots of them!

I'm blessed with an incredible band full of busy and talented people, all of whom have other projects floating about - Ami Nashimoto, who is playing cello for me, is also now in All My Pretty Ones. We have a show with that band on Nov. 5th at the Makeout Room in San Francisco. Phil Pristia plays with both The Paper Sons and the Phantom Kicks, the latter of whom have a show this very night (Dec 1st) at the Rickshaw Stop in SF.

I'm also beginning to work on some of the more decorative elements of the show. I have two grille cloths to replace and a set of costumes to somehow come up with...