Credit Where Credit Is Due

I’ve been writing a lot the past week about my migration to the MacBook. During this migration, I’ve had a lot of help along the way from fellow Mac friends. However, it became clear to me that there was one person that I failed to thank and I need to right this wrong.

During my initial diving into Mac OS, Mike Rohde and Justin Nolan gave me a lot of assistance. Having them both online so that I could assault them with questions was a big help for me. For some of the more obscure questions related to Parallels and Windows-ish questions, Hal-J was a great lifeline. Yet none of these questions would have been possible without the years of gentle council and guidance of my Mac-Zen guru Fred Heumann.

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Holly Live Tonight At Lyrix

Holly will be performing live at Lyrix tonight at 8pm. She’s part of a ladies’ night with an organization called the Women in Music Business Association (WMBA) of which she is a member.

Holly’s performing a total of four songs – three originals and one cover. Her set will include:
» I Wanna Live Like That – by Larry Wayne Clark
» Lost In America – by Larry Wayne Clark and Tom Fisch
» You Don’t Know Me – by Eddie Arnold and Cindy Walker
» What’s Not To Like – by Holly Ashby

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Holly Live Tonight At Dan McGuiness

Holly will be performing live at Dan McGuiness Irish Pub tonight at 8pm. She’s part of a ladies’ night with an organization called the Women in Music Business Association (WMBA) of which she is a member.

Holly’s performing a total of four songs – three originals and one cover. Her set will include:
» Lost In America – by Larry Wayne Clark and Tom Fisch
» I Wanna Live Like That – by Larry Wayne Clark
» You Don’t Know Me – by Eddie Arnold and Cindy Walker
» What’s Not To Like – by Holly Ashby

The first two numbers are from her last demo album and the third one is a cover. The reason for the cover is that it’s always good to throw in at least one song that the audience already knows. New music is good, but hearing the familiar now-and-again helps keep people attention.

What I’m most excited about is her last number, “What’s Not To Like”. Holly wrote it a couple of weeks ago, so it’s hot off the presses. It’s a solid tune and we hope to record it soon. Tonight though, Holly’s being backed up by piano, acoustic guitar, bass, dobro and box, so it’ll be a rockin’ set.

Here’s a list of her backup band:
» Bill Rankin (piano)
» Reilly Gallagher (acoustic guitar)
» Analog Dave (bass)
» John Calzabera (dobro, sax)
» and Me (box, roadie)

If you’re free tonight, please stop by Dan McGuiness Irish Pub. Holly is in the first set, so she’ll be singing at 8pm sharp. We’ve got a small group together and we’ll have a table out on the patio front and center. As always, we’ll be out on the patio enjoying a pint and some fish and chips, or shepherds’s pie.

And as if hearing Holly perform while enjoying great food and beer isn’t enough, you never know who might show up there. Keith Urban has been known to make and appearance on a Monday night with his good buddy John Corbett, among others

Show starts at 8pm. Hope to see you there!

Have Tab Will Travel

I am so green with envy I could spit. A good friend of mine, Chris Dunphy, is currently traveling the west coast in his Tab Trailer. He’s documenting his travels on his blog and recently posted an update.

Personally, I’m more of a bicycle touring person, but I have to say after seeing his trailer, it definitely makes me consider RV-ing. I love the floor plan and envious as hell that I’m not doing a trip of my own. There’s just something about being that portable and compact that I find so appealing.

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Note To Family & Friends: We’re OK

Based on reports from people I’ve talked to, Nashville has been all over the news regarding the deadly tornados that ripped through Middle Tennessee yesterday. I’m happy to report that we’re fine and sustained no damage in yesterday’s storm. Although we did get plenty of wind, rain and M&M sized hail, the worst of the storm was to the north of us. We were very lucky and VERY thankful that we dodged this bullet. Our thoughts and prayers go out to everyone affect by this horrible storm.

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Live From New Orleans

Mike Rohde just sent me a link about a guy who is still in downtown New Orleans and he’s blogging and hosting a web cam. He goes by the name of Interdictor and from reading his profile he’s a bit extreme, but I guess you’d need to be in times like this. To quote is synopsis of his blog:

Now you might be wondering just what the hell this guy is doing staying in New Orleans. Well, it seems he works for a company called DirectNIC, which hosts hundreds of thousands of web sites and their data center is located in downtown New Orleans. He’s on the 10th and 11th floors of a corporate high rise on 650 Poydras Ave right near St. Charles. They are running a diesel generator to keep power going and the police have been using their building as a staging area, so that’s good news.

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