madness i tell you

madness i tell you
sorry for anyone hoping for a profound entry today... i am referring to march madnses. one of my favorite sports times of the year. i look forward to going onto espn.com and filling out my maximum available brackets and trying to best the competition of millions who do the same... iwo ke up today in wichita, ks. played at a school there yesterday afternoon. one time years ago, I was crusin through kansas, and didn't have anything going on that night... and i stopped at wichita state to use some internet in their library. (must have been pre-laptop) and i discovered just minutes later that they would have a big basketball home game going on, so I decided it can't be that hard to get a ticket. so I walked down to the arena, where the hords of people were headed. then to my surprise the game was sold out. so some guy sold me a ticket for like $5. So I went in. by my lonesome and just observed the game. the Shockers started off very strong against northern iowa this night. they were up 10 at halftime. it looked like I was going to witness a sure victory. the shockers sustained their lead well into the second half, but as most sports go, there has to be a comeback. northern iowa started surging and got within 2 points with under 3seconds remaining. but they had to inbound the ball from halfcourt. so as I started my descent from my nosebleed seats I ended up in the corridor area trying to beat the rush nad the place was buzzing. all of a sudden, I just heard complete silence, and masses of people filed quietly out of the various sections. northern iowa hit a miracle halfcourt 3 pointer to win the game by one. at the buzzer.

i was never really into college basketball when I was at WMU. I did go to a few football games. and those were always fun... in retrospect i wish i would have been a better supporter of WMU sports and gone to more games. especially the D.1 hockey games. I played for the club team, and we got to play most of our games at lawson arena, but we didn't get much of the crowds.

side note: if you notice a ton of typos, it's not me, it's this wierd delay of the internet. I'm accessing my home computer remotely right now. anyway.

but i love watching all of these bball games, the NBA doesn't really do it for me, i love making brackets on two different websites, and getting into pools with my friends. (i don't have a workplace pool to enter, cos I don't really have an office).

after i get home asturday iw il lhave over a month off (of travelling) before i get back to my final string of shows in late april-early May. i'm thrilled to have a break from driving, but not thrilled to have a break from playing shows.

Also, in toher news. I may possibly be getting the ball rolling on a new CD. i know i have not put one out since '04, and it's about 3-4 years overdue. but i'm hoping i will be able to do it, and not only that, but do it with a producer for the first time... more news to come on that as things develop. but if you visit this page you will know that i have been putting up tons of songs over the years that are post-Low Carb. i probably have over 40 songs which i would have to narrow down and really put some thought into including on the next album, as I expect a new recording, with a producer to be epic.

also if you've seen a show in the past 2 -3 years you may have heard a bunch of the songs that may be included on the next future record. so i'm pretty psyched about the prospect, but much needs to be worked out in the meatine. m

see that last typo? crazy... that M was wayyy late...

all right, I'll be in des moines playing tomorrow, playing in hays, ks tonight and then back by the weekend...

rockin rolla coca-cola.