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Day Forty Five (Year Two)

Short chat with B. tonight.  I got off work late, and she goes in early.  Seems that she's been working on other stuff this week too.  That being said, I'm glad to have tomorrow (and Friday) off, because it will be nice to get back to the band.  I know it's only been a few days away, but somehow it feels like an eternity.  Guess tomorrow begins the balancing act between the band and the rest of the music rattling around inside of my head.

Picked up another record today.  Elsie by The Horrible Crowes.  It's Brian Fallon's side project.  Everything I'd read about it in advance of the release date said that it was a slower burning, darker record than anything he had done with The Gaslight Anthem.  The reviews were right.  It burns very slowly.  I like it though.  It feels like a good record for driving late at night, not because it inspires the desire to get out on the open road, but because it meshes well with the night itself.

Still working my way through the book I've been picking through this week.  Feels like it's going well.  I've been free to pour over it and go at a speed that lets me really focus in, which is good.  There will be much more of that the next few days.

Also, I talked to the boss about the dates in for my crazy concert run in the beginning of October.  Wilco & Brandi here I come!

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