Thank you everyone for the fantastic weekend. It was definitely a hell of a first hometown show of the year, and it was great to see so many familiar and unfamiliar faces. The guys from Scamper were front and center cheering us on (or giving us the finger... I forget which), live reviewers extraordinaires Steve Gisselbrecht and Tom were there, Mike from Harris was there, Richie Hoss from The Drags, ... If I've left anyone out let me know, and I'll edit this faster than.. something fast.

Thanks to FNX and Dave Virr (aka Dave Duncan) for hosting the whole thing and having us on in the first place. The Bon Savants were fantastic as well. This is the second time we've played with them and it was pretty awesome. I have to say Thom has a pretty sweet Rickenbacker/Vox setup. Enviable, perhaps. Yes.

I was speaking to the dudes from Scamper at the show as well. Apparently, they're starting a regular podcast thing on 2/6 with local music, bits, and whatever else comes to mind. I know they were recording a few things at the show, so we'll see if anything blush-worthy ends up on it....

It was fun to go back to Ralph's the next day, too. I was pretty disappointed when Sunday rolled along and there was no show afterwards, and there won't be another till 2/16. We're working on something for 2/2 in Boston, but as of now we're still waiting for a confirmation, so that may not even happen.

Regardless, we're moving forward behind the scenes. We'll finally be able to release all the details on the album that you want next month, and we'll be shooting a video for Beaches as well. Rest assured we will not go the route of absolute cheese and film it on a beach. Or will we? You'll have to wait and see.

Actually, no, there will be no beach scenes that I know of.

Aside from those things, we're planning some very exciting things beyond the album, and beyond the video even. And now that we've got the recording behind us, we plan to beef up our touring schedule this year. Which makes me happy, because playing makes me happy.

You know what doesn't make me happy? Bills, work, and terms like "blog". So touring is a decidedly better route. Though now that I think of it, a tour would undoubtedly spawn more bills, more work, and more blogs. I can't win.

I'll wrap this up with some instructions to you:
- Keep requesting Beaches on WFNX, WAAF, and WBCN.
- Buy Funeral, The Arcade Fire's album
- While you're at it, buy the new Strokes album (First Impressions of Earth)
- Listen to music every day.
- and click on those links, eh?

Cheers,
Henry

Currently listening to:
Funeral
by Arcade Fire