It was a shock to hear about my old friend Chris Gaffney's liver cancer diagnosis. There's a button on the sidebar there if you can make a donation toward his medical expenses. I know that some of you folks have met Chris with Dave Alvin and/or The Hacienda Brothers and would want to be informed. He's a fighter and I'm sure he'll beat this thing. However "land of the free" evidently isn't a reference to waiving the hospital bills If you don't have the right insurance then what's the word again? Oh I guess "fucked" would cover it. So help The Gaff out if you can...
On a more upbeat note, another NBT stalwart, Ms. Laura Cantrell has some new songs on her myspace. I'm away to rassle with my Mudhoney assignment...
Just before that though, not only have I lost my computer address book - I've mislaid my handwritten backup too. So if you could send me a quick e-mail so I can rebuild the lost info, that would indeed be grand.
