I write this Thursday evening, my first day back at the day job after spending the weekend playing rock star with 85,000 of my closest friends at Dragoncon in Atlanta. We had a pretty good weekend, all told, playing some great shows and seeing some good friends, and hell, making the Syfy Wire web page, getting mentioned by name!

It was very nice seeing so many friends, however briefly. I tried my best to be engaged and friendly, but as I said on social media earlier this week, I’ve been kind of “off” the last couple of months, and not my best self, so if you’re reading this (and didn’t see the social media post) and saw me this weekend when I wasn’t my best, please accept my apologies.

But even if I wasn’t my best self, I still had a great time, seeing lots of great costumes and drinking some surprisingly good beverages (props to Scofflaw Brewing Co, Max Lagers, and Viking Alchemist Meadery!) along with the other stuff.

It’s always fun making music for people what enjoy such things.

Today was my first day back to work after getting to be a semi-famous rock star for several days, and the many, many documents I had to prepare to make the bureaucratic sausage today to get my projects funded and awarded really brought me back down to Earth. Oh well.

Not a whole lot on for this weekend; do some laundry, do the grocery shopping, and see about watching The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, because I’ve been, frankly, too tired to really digest it.

Oh, and the kids went back to school this week, and the eldest managed to get cast as Titania in the college production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, which is cool. My kid: Queen of the Fairies.

Anyway; the usual week’s playlist, harvested from the hard drive. Lots of friends, and a tune I wrote there at #15, as performed by my former band, Dimensional Riffs. Sweet.

Have a great weekend, my handful of readers!

1. “TMZ” – “Weird” Al Yankovic
2. “Being With You” – that dog.
3. “The Owls (demo)” – Jonah Knight
4. “Michelangelo” – Emmylou Harris
5. “Road Movie To Berlin” – They Might Be Giants
6. “Crocodile Smile” – Innocent Nixon
7. “St. Andrew (This Battle Is In The Air)” – The White Stripes
8. “8 Bit Love Song” – Mikey Mason
9. “Me and You (Drum Solo) (live)” – Van Halen
10. “Landing Party” – Jeff and Mya Bohnhoff
11. “Caliban’s Song” – Valentine Wolfe
12. “Love Like You” – Sunnie Larsen
13. “No Conditions” – Bishop Allen
14. “Voodoo” – Rusted Root
15. “Root Access” – Dimensional Riffs
16. “It Just Might Be A One-Shot Deal” – Frank Zappa
17. “The Burden of Being Wonderful” – Steel Panther