“We Brought a Pedal Steel Player with Us”

This past October I toured with the New Amsterdams from Lawrence, Kansas for six days. It’s been a few years since I’ve done anything like that since now I have a jobby job that I like. But since I was a hired gun I for the trip, I was able to take unpaid leave from work. That’s a rare thing.

Because I’m vain, I’m posting a youtube video from that tour (this one’s from a Boston church) by a New Ams fan.

New Amsterdams myspace.

flickr images of the tour.

April in Chicago

Go here to see picts.

My mom, my sister, and myself met in Chicago for a few days. My sister is a grad student at the University of Chicago Divinity School (soon to graduate and then pursue another graduate degree in education). My mom is in town for her professional association’s educational annual conference. And I come to town to see them both and gawk at (and take pictures of) the architecture.