On other more musical notes, all the drywall's up, the cleraning crew comes in tomorrow, the electrician Wednesday, and the equipment starts rolling in Friday, so soon, my long silent night will end, music-wise.  In other words, my studio's about three weeks from completion, plus maybe two weeks of trouble-shooting and screwing around. 
I heard once that you maintained a studio in LA even when you were down in Austin. I guess that is not the case. I hope you were able to sell the house. Housing market here pretty down. I look forward to some of those 50 songs you were talking about

In other musical notes, Will Sexton has just joined Michelle Branch's (!) band, joining my good friends Kevin Lovejoy and Kenny Aronoff in what will apparently be a year-long tour, starting out opening up for the Dixie Chicks, those well-known Commies.  I suggest buying front row tickets, and rudely shouting "NFU!!" during the quiet numbers.
Good for Will. What a great guy. Kenny Aronoff wow what an awesome drummer. I saw him with John Fogerty about 4 or 5 years ago. I guess his days with John Mellancamp are over.

The question is whether or not you would do gigs up in LA. I'm sure we could round a few of the regulars on the board and possibly make a trip. I'd even buy Peter T a drink and talk medical plans with Eugene.

Thanks for the update

--Pat