The Weblog of Daniel Tashian

Walked early, then to the pool. Then to Whole foods, and I got some fun stuff for dad for father’s day. Then to J. Crew because they were having a shorts sale. I’m not typically a shorts man, but these aren’t so bad. Kind of preppie I guess, but what the hell. They put my grandfather on uppers to see if he feels better, and today is the first day he’s on them. I joked with my dad that he would probably call up at 10 a.m. and say “Let’s go bowling!” (Laugh) Went to the car rental place to pick up a van because today was the day Guilty Pleasures goes to Birmingham for a wedding. I said I wouldn’t drink and I could drive back. I hate driving for hours in the middle of the night, but for some reason I agreed to do it. I haven’t been drinking coffee so I figured I would drink some and I would really wake up. We arrived to a lovely horse-farm kind of place, and the sound was amazing.  Outdoor thing. Lot’s of people. About 800. We played until about 12, and the neighbors made us quit. But everybody was dancing and they loved it. Packed up and got back on the road and made it to Nashville at about 4. I drank a cup of tea and 2 red bulls on the way back. Also listened to the whole CD of “Ram” and it’s so quirky and kind of weird. Slightly self-indulgent, but you know, some lovely moments, “Ram On” and “Heart of The Country” etc. I also listened to the entire John Mayer Continuum record, which was good, but sometimes the lyrics would be kind of funny. Then again, though, so are mine. I was suprised by the Jimi Hendrix cover on there. Such a weird cover. The drum sounds are nice and dark. I guess it’s that Steve Jordan guy. Nice bass, too. We listened to the radio for a while, and WPLN was playing Aaron Copeland. Elegant.