Day 181

Today, I:

• Had Maybenauts practice.
• Had a band meeting with NoVo.

Day 180

Today, I:

• Made some pentapi.
• Learned Detroit Rock City.
• Had Slutter practice.

Day 179

Today, I:

• Cross-checked browsers on the new Maybenauts website and realized that I am not, in fact, finished with it. URGH.
• Clarified some info for our Summerfest show.
• Updated SBSF tour calendar.
• Updated Sonnets website.

Day 178

Today, I:

• Finished new Maybenauts website!
• Updated SBSF tour calendar.

Day 177

Today, I:

• Continued working on Maybenauts website.........
• Played a karaoke gig.

Day 176

Today, I:

• Continued working on Maybenauts website...
• Created a Facebook page for SBSF/CZ tour dates.
• Played a karaoke gig.

Day 175

Today, I:

• Continued working on Maybenauts website.
• Saw our friends the Handcuffs play downtown.
• Made some business-y advances re: karaoke.

Day 174

Today, I:

• Continued working on new Maybenauts website.
• Had Maybenauts practice.
• Saw a great singer named Amy Cook from Austin.

Day 173

Today, I:

• Continued working on new Maybenauts website.

Day 172

Today, I:

• Booked a Maybenauts gig opening for Spacehog!
• Updated Maybenauts event calendars on various sites.
• Started working on a new Maybenauts website!!

Day 171

Today, I:

• Learned six songs I've only heard once and performed them with Solo Per Adulti at Quenchers!
• Took our European guests on a drive-by tour of Chicago.
• Watched a quartet of guys out to party interact with my 70-something grandmother and eat Jewfood for the first time. Hahahahaha!

Day 170

Today, I:

• Cleaned the fuck out of our apartment for nearly 5 hours straight.
• Partied with Solo Per Adulti and watched them play at Phyllis's.
• Worked on setting up our Chicago stop on the August mini-tour.
• Confirmed Memphis dates with the Sonnets.

Day 169

Today, I:

• Caught up on work.
• Updated Maybenauts websites/calendars/EPK/et cetera.
• Am going to bed early to catch up on all the sleep I missed at SBSF.

Day 168

Today, I:

• Spent all day with Vee plotting future exploits.
• Cooked pork chops all by myself!
• Made some killer fish tacos. Yay!

Day 167

Today, I:

• Started working on my relationship and learning not to be an asshole.
• Updated Maybenauts accounting and sent out a band business e-mail.

(Recap post, some info may be lost.)

Day 166

Today, I:

• Played a show with the Maybenauts at Beat Kitchen.

(Recap post, some info may be lost.)

Day 165

Today, I:

• Rode home from Sturgeon Bay and lost my fucking mind.

(Recap post, some info may be lost.)

Day 164

Today, I:

• Spent a lot of quality time with Vee.
• Performed our new song "Talk to Me" for all the Construction Zoners at the Hitching Post in Valmy.
• Offered to come up a month early to help organize the festival next year.

(Recap post, some info may be lost.)

Day 163

Today, I:

• Helped break down and move the Beach Harbor studio.
• Played a Maybenauts set on the Bridge Stage on no sleep and a killer hangover (but it was still awesome).
• Played a song I wrote with Dustin Welch & Dixie Jacobs from CZ4 on the Bridge Stage with Dustin, Jeremiah Nelson, Wally Ingram and Vee.
• Played at Red Room to a crowd of crazy drunks, most of whom are our friends.

(Recap post, some info may be lost.)

Day 162

Today, I:

• Played an acoustic set at The Company Store with Leilani & Vee.
• Played an acoustic set at Poh's with Leilani & Vee.
• Ran around trying to see all our friends perform again!

(Recap post, some info may be lost.)

Day 161

Today, I:

• Recorded vocals for the song I wrote with Vee.
• Ran around trying to catch all of our friends' shows at various venues.
• Played bass in a ridiculous drunktacular jam session.

(Recap post, some info may be lost.)

Day 160

Today, I:

• Wrote two songs with Vee (including the one I started myself yesterday).
• Tracked bass on a song for Pete Ress & Travis Ksaperbauer.
• Started recording one of the songs I wrote with Vee.

(Recap post, some info may be lost.)

Day 159

Today, I:

• Tried working on songs with various people but failed and eventually started something by myself.
• Had crazy explodey times.
• Sat in on other peoples' writing and played some flute.
• Tried to repair my relationship from the stupid mistakes I've made.

(Recap post, some info may be lost.)

Day 158

Today, I:

• Recorded a song with Ruby James & Lumberjack Cash.
• Played bass on a song written by Leilani, Dustin Welch & Pat Bohan.

(Recap post, some info may be lost.)

Day 157

Today, I:

• Drove to Sturgeon freaking Bay!
• Wrote a song with Ruby James & Lumberjack Cash.

(Recap post, some info may be lost.)

Day 156

Today, I:

• Played a karaoke gig.

(Recap post, some info may be lost.)

Day 155

Today, I:

• Played Cactus Club with the Maybenauts!
• Made new amazing friends called Ekko Galaxie & the Rings of Saturn who I will bring to Chicago to open for Slutter.

(Recap post, some info may be lost.)

Day 154

Today, I:

• Took the Englishman to a baseball game!

(Recap post, some info may be lost.)

Day 153

Today, I:

• Picked up our dear friend Chris from the airport and showed him around town with Vee.

(Recap post, some info may be lost.)

Day 152

Today, I:

• Had Slutter practice.
• Applied for ASCAPlus awards.

(Recap post, some info may be lost.)