Eden's First Rock Show

I mean it wasn't exactly a rock show. I was playing the acoustic guitar. But there was a drum set and Jacob shattered the hot rods he was using. So that's something.

We played last night at Eclipse Records in St. Paul. It's a total hole. It reminds me of some of the places my old band Sequel played. It's a record store and about a quarter of the store is walled off into a black, brick room, complete with a stage and sound system. It's not as bad as some of the places I've played and, in all actuality, the sound is pretty stellar. It was a fun night. Jake and I played first and I think I managed six songs in 35 minutes or so. I did a lot of blathering. If you didn't come you missed out on some sweet philosophizing (including the totality of my last blog post). Parachutes Fail (www.parachutesfail.com) also played and they were sweet as usual. They have a new ep out that you can get just be email Josh at josh@parachutesfail.com. It was their last performance of their long running set - they're working up a new one for the near future. I'm not entirely sure what it's like to have one set that you play almost every time. I don't actually know what my set will be until I play it and it usually changes in the middle. Sometimes in the middle of a song. Also, if you love vocal harmony and sweet, simple pop songs check out Sleeper and the Sleepless (www.myspace.com/sleeperandthesleepless). On top of being stellar musicians Heidi and Jess and Jimmy are super nice human beings.

I am working on a record. I promise. In fact, I'm getting together with Josh and Jacob to discuss how to tackle it. It's songs that I've been writing over the last three years and the farther I get from the songs the harder it is for me to put them to tape. I'm usually not one to feel any pressure about this sort of thing, but for some reason I do and it's been a little paralyzing. (Side note: Can something be a little paralyzing?) But we're gonna get the ideas right and then we're gonna get the actual songs right. You'll love it, I promise.