Greetings,

On June 19th, I was able to attend my very first Les Claypool concert, this one at The Catalyst in Santa Cruz, CA. All I can say is that the show was sick! It was perhaps the best performance of any musician on their prefered instrument that I have ever observed live. Les is an amazing bassist, and played some great songs, many of which I was unfamiliar with. He also played an upright bass with and without a bow, a whamola, and a banjo bass. Incredible! I highly recommend seeing his show as he is now on tour for his latest album ‘Of Whales and Woe’, which I highly recommend. I would write more, but this is a site about birds, so I’m stretching my love for bass guitar and music a tad too far perhaps. Anyways, check him out if you ever get the chance.

~Chad (07/01/2006)

Greetings,

This past Tuesday (May 2nd), Pearl Jam released their first studio album since 2002. Simply titled ‘Pearl Jam’, the album as expected is incredibly tight with great energy and is well worth the listen. Today I finally had a chance to break away from my world of birds at the field station to pick it up at Borders in San Rafael (yes I do have other interests besides birds; music is my 2nd ‘world’ if anyone really wants to know). I’ve listened to the album 3 times through already, and there is still time for one more before bed. To Ed, Jeff, Stone, Mike, and Matt…keep layin’ it down… (more…)

Yesterday it was sixty degrees and i was driving with my car windows open.  Today it is thirty degrees and is blowing snow after several hours of rain.  My car windows are still down.