Mason's Digressions

No, I don't know what the title means. But I hate trying to put subject lines/titles on entries here. There is no subject, it's just another post, that's all.

In any case, as morbidloren wrote yesterday, we had our 22nd anniversary dinner on Sunday, which was, of course, wonderful. A nice meal and better company, as always. It's been an interesting year so far, with a lot of activity for both of us. A new job for me, a new agent for her, some new releases for me and hopefully a couple of books for her! If only Lenore had gotten into the school of our dreams for this fall, we might not have anything to complain about (though we'd find something, I'm sure).

In music news, the Sloow Tapes label from Belgium will be releasing a cassette with a couple of live Numinous Eye shows, sometime later this year; and a label in China is interested in releasing a CD plus perhaps a re-issue of an old collaboration of mine. I have to say, if that might lead to doing a tour of some sort in China, I'd be thrilled. I'm finally finishing up the edits on a cool recording from over a year ago when Dubmarronics were in town, and I'll be finding a home for it.

Live-wise, Suishou no Fune come into SF on Monday for a couple of shows. Monday night at Bottom of the Hill they'll play with Oxbow and Mi Ami; then Tuesday night at 21 Grand in Oakland with Oaxacan and an improv trio. Then on June 18 I'll be playing at the Hemlock Tavern with Makoto Kawabata from Acid Mothers Temple and a coupla other bands. I'm doing a Numinous Eye set with Frank Grau on drums, and Kawabata will join us for a portion of the set.

The Japan tour planning is looking amazing (see http://www.charnel.com/numinouseye for the dates), including shows with KK Null, Tatsuya Yoshida, Up-Tight, Yamamoto Seiichi, Suishou no Fune, Miminokoto, Oshiri Penpenz, and lots more. The only hitch right now is that plane tickets are about twice their usual price, apparently because Tokyo is in-between SF and China, and I failed to check my schedule against the damn Olympics. Anyone out there a travel agent with tricks up your sleeve? Didn't think so. We'll see what happens. Mike Shoun, my frequent drummer with Numinous Eye, is hoping to go but at that price I don't know if either of us can afford it! Fingers crossed...