Tomorrow I’m going to upload The Long Way Home to my website so everyone can see it.  My reason for keeping it hidden this long is I wanted to leave some element of mystery but its irrelevant when no one is even looking for it.  I submitted it as my portfolio for Grad school and it got me a scholarship.  All I wanted was to sell 100 copies of it so I could break even, I guess I came out on top.

I took this shot on the side of the road somewhere in Arizona.  I was driving to the Grand Canyon and a snowstorm came out of nowhere….in May.

On Wednesday I’m getting my 16th surgery, a core decompression and scope of my left knee.  They drill holes in the knee where the AVN has taken over then clear out any debris from the drilling.  I had the same procedure less than two years ago and in 2001 as well; that batch of surgeries is why I had to leave Santa Barbara.  This surgery has convinced me that this body is just a vessel and I’m just occupying it while I carve out a life for myself this time around.  We know so little about this disease, it makes no sense why its come back 10 years after the prednisone brought it around.  If anything its taught me to let go and take whatever life gives you, I can control nearly everything in my life other than this disease.  Six surgeries in the last 2 1/2 years is nuts, I remember thinking I was going to die during my 10th surgery.  Now I’m so desensitized that surgery has become a regular part of my life like making records. The reality of the situation is the world doesn’t give a fuck what you’ve been through.  You have to create a great piece of art regardless of your circumstances, great art stands on its own legs over time.

I’m putting together a new collection called Lost on the Horizon.  Its a different set than the one I mentioned of a couple days ago.  The theme came to me today while sitting on the Beltway.  Apparently Black Sabbath and 100 degree heat can instigate some great ideas.  Instead of going solo like I did while creating The Long Way Home I’m using Demetri and Benj’s feedback.

If you’re thinking about Tommy Lee Jones driving across the plains looking for Javier Bardem then my job is complete.

The new Autolux record, “Transit Transit” is out, I’ve been waiting for this record for a loooooong time.  Watching Carla Azaar last September was one of the best drum lessons I’ve ever had.