Snap Bracelets Are Back!

Reflective sports “snap band” recently photographed in the sports section of a big box retailer. Umm… I think we called these snap bracelets when I was a kid. Back then they were just fashion accessories in a passing gaudy trend, but apparently they’ve been repurposed as safety apparatuses (apparati? apparatusi? apparatusesses?). So I guess it’s time to dig up those glittery old snap bracelets, dust ‘em off, and give them a second life. They’ll certainly have a little more dignity now with their renewed sense of purpose.

Windows 386 Is On The Attack!

Remember that awful Hasselhoff video I posted a few months ago? Well, every once in a while, something comes along that totally redefines the concept of bad. For me, that moment was this morning and the redefiner is a Windows 386 promotional video made by Microsoft in 1987. They actually sent this out, voluntarily. The video is fairly boring (and obviously 80′s), but around the 7 minute mark things start to get interesting.

DISCLAIMER: You will never get this 12 minutes of your life back. I’m sorry. Please use this as a learning moment. Also, FYI, I use a Mac.

It’s My Party And I’ll Cry If I Want To

Today is my birthday. What does that even mean? Time to assess the past year? Time to make plans and set goals for next year? Who knows?

My mom sent me an email today:

“Just a little note to say Happy Birthday. You were born at 12:53
a.m. on the 27th in Ball Memorial Hospital. The nurses brought you
in to my room after they washed and combed your hair. It was frosted
blonde. They parted your hair down the middle and just had to wake
me up to show me!”

Last night, we played a show for a lot of really nice people at EHBC in Fayetteville, NY. It’s so good to make new friends and see the world get a little smaller. We’ll be hanging out here for a few days and then we’ll end up in Buffalo this weekend.

November Is Always Complex

I find that November never fails to be busy, complicated and beautiful. A year ago, I was on tour in Northern Ireland with my old band Rudisill. Today, I’m in Nyack, New York on tour with Katie Nelson, playing my solo stuff. The tour is going well and yesterday I was able to pick up my Somewhere Between Nicaragua & New York CD’s at the DiscMakers factory in Pennsauken, NJ. I’m excited for everyone to get a copy of it. The packaging really turned out nicely.

The last few days have been a blur of new places, faces and pavement. We’ve been in 9 or 10 states and seen almost every major city in the New England area. There’s so much I’d like to do and see while I’m out here, but time is not permitting a lot of it. We drove up the coast of New Hampshire and a bit of Maine, enjoyed an evening in Boston, and spent a half a day exploring lower Manhattan. While in Boston, we ate at an Irish pub called The Black Rose. The warm atmosphere and traditional food and music made me feel like I was actually in Ireland. Makes me miss my Irish friends. Can’t wait to see you all again. Thanks for calling us!

Anyway, today, we’re headed up to Syracuse to spend about a week at my sister Kelly’s house, playing music, celebrating Thanksgiving and several birthdays. Tomorrow, most of my family will be coming out too, to celebrate Thanksgiving with us. Can’t wait to cook that meal! My nephew Trey, who turns 1 on the 28th (the day after my birthday), recently fell and broke his two front teeth. He had to have them removed, so he won’t have any front teeth until his adult teeth grow in. What a bummer. I know what song he’ll be singing every Christmas for the next few years!

Well, I have to go soon, but I hope you are all doing well. Please let me know what you are up to, how and where you’ll be celebrating the holidays and what you think of my new music (once you have your copy).

Talk soon,

Scott