It is 2007…
Here is what I liked about 2006…
-A sold out and ravenous New Years Eve Show at the Middle East. I am still
missing some items from that show but I don’t care.
-Everyone voting for the Boston Music Awards which = a lot of people because
I won. Up to that point in my life I had won a hot dog at a baseball game
because my uncle had told me the answer to a trivia question.

-Releasing Back Flipping Forward to critical acclaim and the warm reception from
a loyal fan base.
-Signing with CBS records even thought it took a long time and I had to keep it to
myself until December. Now it is out of the bag.
-New Orleans & the Voodogooders
-Neil Young with Cult of Point Break Society
-Colorado (74! Soccer team)
-and other things

Here is what sucked about 2006…
-Not enough shows on the west coast.
-Cancellation in AZ.
-Baghdad
-the further decline of the English language through the growing popularity of
text messaging, IM, myspace, email, abbreviated lists etc.
-and other things

Some movies that blew my mind
The Corporation

Occupation: Dreamland
The Ground Truth
An Inconvenient Truth
Why We Fight
Orwell Rolls in His Grave
Paradise Now
James Bond: Casino Royal
The Departed
Mail Order Wife

When the Levees Broke

Here are some books that blew my mind
East Of Eden
Shakey
The Kite Runner
Giraffe
The Ballad of the Whiskey Robber
The World Is Flat
The New Yorker (The Magazine)

And some music too…
Songs:
Let Down: Toots
Post Cards From Italy: Beirut
Feb. 14th: Drive By Truckers
Unemployable: Pearl Jam
Hoist That Rag: Tom Waits
Plenty For All: Hot Snakes
Bandit: Neil Young

Albums:
Orphans: Tom Waits
The Greatest: Cat Power
We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions- The Boss
Post War: M. Ward
The Obliterati: Mission Of Burma
Begin To Hope: Regina Spektor

Here is what I hope happens in 2007:
-I play ever major US city, re-release Back Flipping Forward on CBS records and

later a single called Peace of Mind/ Down the Drain.
-George W. Bush decides that the only way to solve the disaster he created in
Iraq is to go there himself and open a cowboy shop that sells cowboy boots and
pink plastic water guns. He brings Cheney to handle the books.
-We care a little more about New Orleans.