MAKE BEN FAIR

Tom called me the other night to inform me that Wilco has canceled the show in Austin. This stinks! The lead singer went into rehab...I am all for him going to rehab, but couldn't he have waited until after they played the Austin show? Ok, I realize that is just alittle selfish and I wish Jeff a speedy recovery so he can get back to making great music.

Tuesday was a fun day. I went to Mississippi with the Crowder band. They were opening for Delirious. I have always enjoyed Delirious so this was a fun trip to go on. It was very eye opening, i mean who doesn't want to be a rock star...it looks like such a glamourous lifestyle but wow!!!! It is hard work. You get up at 6am to go get on a bus for 8 hours. Then you arrive, set-up your stuff, deal with total nut jobs trying to run sound(they didn't have a clue on Tuesday) Then you grab a fast dinner, play for 45mins and then pack it all up and load it back on the bus. Then you wait for the main act to finish playing, you sign some autographs and try and sell some merch... and then back on the bus for another 8hr ride. Now don't get me wrong, i had a blast but i was really tired the next day. I also know that without getting to get on the stage and play (to get the high) that would be a rough life. So i want to take a minute and salute the crowder band.. "you guys are awesome, you make great music and work your butt off touring and it is tough. keep it up! because getting to see people's reactions to being around you guys even to just shake your hand, was a really cool experience! thanks for letting me tag along!"

well easter came and went pretty fast this year. I finally made it around to see "the passion" movie on wednesday of last week. It was something...not sure how i feel about the movie yet. everyday my opinion changes. at first i just thought it was too graphic, then i thought about how if i wasn't a christian that movie would have meant nothing to me. the story didn't do a good job of setting up the story or giving any pretext to what was going on. i knew because i have read the story a million times but for someone who hasn't, they would be as lost as all get out. Then i remembered how powerful the flashback scenes were and couldn't get them out of my head for the whole easter weekend. We went to the Maunday Thursday service at my sisters church and as they told the story i couldn't help but think about the movie and the images became very powerful for me. anyways... i don't think I will be buying the Dvd or anything.. but i am glad that I saw it.

Congrats to Tom McCarty! He is a very proud Missourian and always pulls for Missouri teams to win. They never do and it is sad! BUT the tides have changed... the new MISS USA is from Missouri! So way to go Tom!

Had the wonderful pleasure to be able to spend the weekend with my mother, sister and my brother in law in dallas! We went shopping in Frisco and man is that a cool mall. there is some pretty exciting news that i need to share about my sister but i will save that for another post. mom was good and we laughed alot, especially when playing this game called, "hear me out!" My mom was asked to name three people that were radical thinkers... she puts " einstein" which is a good one, then she puts , "Papa" my granddad... great guy, actually an amazing guy but i don't think i would call him a radical thinker. And finally she puts "larry bird" and I am the biggest Bird fan of all time but i would not call him a radical thinker. It made for a good laugh. Going on a one day tour with the Crowder band tommorow. getting to ride the bus and go see delirous in Mississippi! I will tell you about it when I get back. cheers