15 Minutes

Andy Warhol said everyone will get their 15 minutes of fame.

So far, I've been on a nationally 4th ranked athletic team at a major university, and I have won a photography award at a National Park.

I was in the NYE midnight drum parade at a String Cheese Incident show.

I've met Bob Weir, Vince Welnick, and Bill Spooner.

I write for a small Red Sox blog that gets over 100 hits a day.


I played at The Summer of Love 40th Anniversary in Golden Gate Park.

Not a lot, admittedly, but more than some folks.

My next bit of notoriety? I have been laying down percussion tracks on the forthcoming CD by Stackabones, a band which has been around for quite some time, with 4 or 5 CD's out already.

Lead guitarist Jimmy Brighton of that band is also our lead guitarist in Leadfoot Betty, the Dead tribute band that Tom Dibell and I have put together.

I never really thought of myself as any sort of accomplished drummer, ykwim? I just did this for the fun of it, never expecting to see my name on a commercially released CD. Not only will my name appear on the aforementioned CD, I may even be playing with them this summer, as their regular drummer is currently working with David Grisman. Not only that, Stackabones has been known to perform with 2 drummers, a situation I am very familiar and comfortable with. So I won't be rich and famous, but this is far more than I ever expected.

(-: GRIN :-)

So yeah, I'm in a good mood today. Something else very nice happened today, but that'll have to be another post. (grin)