Today was a pretty good day. Well, it started off a little (a lot) too early, since Ella is now getting up two hours earlier than she used to. After that, though, a couple of the neighbors and I planted a tree in another neighbor’s back yard. All together there were ten […]

I’m here in the Velvet Eagle today, trying to catch up on email and write and record more tunes for the EP. I’ve got three songs finished now, and a couple more started. I’ve had the most success with tying in single words and phrases that you guys have sent in, so feel […]

- Why do clothes for infants have so many buttons? Not snaps, but actual buttons? And why are they always on the back? I assume the designers of infant clothing have never actually raised children.
- Why does the man with the yellow hat continue to tell George to stay put and not […]

Wow, thanks so much to everybody who has left comments and sent me emails regarding my EP idea. I’ve gotten so many already it’s going to take me a couple days to get through them. And I’d love some more. Please keep it coming. I’ve already finished one tune and started […]

Ok, I have an idea. I was talking with some friends the other night who were telling me that they think people seem to really like my solo acoustic stuff, like the Souvenirs and Postcards EP. They threw out the idea of releasing another EP like that since it will be a while […]

So yeah, yesterday some big Caedmon’s news broke. We signed with INO Records, which has so far been fantastic, and our old buddy (and former member) Derek Webb has rejoined for the project. A couple links for those with time to kill:

- CLICK HERE for the “official” press release. (I had the […]

Tonight I’ll be playing a little last-minute gig with my good friend Jason Feller. We’ll be playing at the 5 Spot and we should go on around 8:30.
For fun I’m going to play the whole show on my Elloree electric baritone. I’ve never played this guitar live, though I’ve used it […]

…and because Sadie finally fell asleep in the car on the way to church today, I dropped Alison and Ella off and drove around for an extra twenty minutes or so. Our church meets in the more “industrial” part of downtown Nashville, right between the car-tow lots and the homeless shelter. And that […]

So I just caught the tail end of a PBS special about the Vietnam War and I realized that I know very, very little about it. Can anybody recommend a good book or two that can serve as an overview of the history there? It’s ridiculous that so much of the music I […]