A few things...

First of all, yesterday we packed into the car and drove to Beaverton to check out a potential rehearsal space for the BtJ House Band. Though the space wasn't right for our purposes (much too small to rehearse our big show), I would highly recommend it to anyone with a band who needs a place to rehearse. It's a 10,000 sq. foot warehouse partitioned off into rooms for bands. It's open 24/7, the prices were great, the location remote yet right by a Max stop, and the owner Chris is a good old boy. It's called Bongo Fury, and the number is (503) 970-0799. I mention it simply because it's hard to find good, clean, respectful spaces to rehearse in, and the owner of this place was a really nice guy and I'd like to see him succeed at this venture.

Secondly -- Rick, Aaron the Geek, Chris the Musical Director and myself conducted a four-hour call-back audition yesterday with vocalists. And ya know . . . I just gotta say . . . those guys blow me away. I can't believe how much talent is just walking around out there. And it's so exciting when a vision you've been carrying around in your head for so long starts to take shape and come to life. Things are happening!!

Thirdly, we stopped by Mt. Tabor late last night to catch a few songs from TV:616, the drummer of which (Brian) belongs to that big, incestuous group of musicians who came on the air a couple of Thursdays ago to close out the BtJ auditions. They were a damn fine loud and rocking group of cats. Check them out at http://www.tv616.com/

That's all for now!