The season of blughhhh!

This is a picture take today from Snoqualmie pass, 45 minutes from Seattle on June 10th 2008. Two years ago we visited a lake near-by in 85 degree weather and caught frogs and baby snakes with the kids. 

Since I started cycling to work in February of the this year, the weather has got progressively worse. Month after month it has gotten colder and wetter, until a brief respite in May when we had a few days of sun in between the rain. June has been the coldest month since records began. 

It doesn't help matters now that the economy is in the toilet, petrol is sky-rocketing, no-body's shooting films in the region and there's no spare money in the coffers. God help me if the car breaks down. Not to mention it is looking increasingly likely that Bush will attack Iran before his term is out. 

Still, Obama's finally the Democratic presidential candidate, summer is around the corner, I'm in good shape cycling 13 miles a day to and from work, work is picking up and my band recorded an awesome demo last weekend. 

The Elks put down 5 tracks and I just have to follow up with the vocals in the next week or two. I'm very happy with how they are sounding. It was the first time I've recorded ANYTHING without old friend Tim Boland at the helm, so it was weird and invigorating at the same time. We worked with a young (23) engineer who came up with some fantastic sounds for drums and bass in particular. This guy's going to go a long way as an engineer if he keeps at it. The studio was cool, Andre from OutKast was in there the week before recording. All the gear was originally owned by Duff McKagen from Guns'n'Roses. In fact they recorded some of 'Yours Your Illusion' there. The tracks will be available on our myspace page in a couple of weeks. www.myspace.com/theelksrule