well my summer of excellent music continues. Thanks to Catherine for pointing out the correct date of Projekt Revolution where I was invited to sit in with Ashes dIVIDE last night after getting lost and driving around football-field sized lawns and city blocks 10 miles long, no gas stations to ask directions, just endless freeways and ramps and massive concrete office buildings. ..damn depressing. Thanks to Ashes nice tour manager for reeling me in. For those of you not in California this is the part of the state that the television show ‘The OC’ refers to. But I digress. After locating the right bus amongst the neighborhood of parked tour buses behind the gig I found Billy and was soon enough comfortable and happy in my element, a small dark cool room in a bus with a guitar in it. Wasn’t quite sure of my part so we went over it in the bus (’Too Late’, one I’d worked on with Billy for the record…a beautiful song, I just fell in love with the track the minute Billy played it for me) and it really sounded great. The band is great, really great guys and amazing players. I would have stayed on to Denver today but didn’t know what the hell to do with my poor little faithful truck overnight so I’ll miss you guys, have a good one,look forward to doing it all over again sometime soon. It’s hard to believe it was a year ago next month we were working on the record. According to my calendar, the 52 days before one’s birthday is the Neptune period, the most creative of the year. Art, music, everything watery and dreamy and beautiful..so looking forward to the fall, my favorite time of year. Boo.

Other things: rebuilding www.johnettenapolitano.com; uploading ‘Beds are Burning’ as a digital single; ‘Sketchbook 3 and ‘Sketchbook/Hardcover’ has been postponed to Christmas…too much stuff.

Thanks again you guys I had a blast last night.