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For about a week now I've had a list of eight ways to stop procrastinating open in my browser, but I haven't gotten around to reading it yet.

Meanwhile, other people are getting things done, and some of them lead bands I'm in, so I get a free ride! Kate's posted new songs (or new versions) on the DeatHat page on MySpace--for the first time, they feature the whole band, kate and Qarly and me. Except "Ghost," which is just me and Kate, and is sort of accidentally great. And Vermillion Lies has been posting songs from the forthcoming CD. ("Come Down", available now, features me on accordion.)

Speaking of the CD, this Sunday is the first Vermillion Lies CD release party! We'll be at The Attic in Santa Cruz, apparently with burlesque dancers. It sounds pretty exotic. It's the last of three shows I have this weekend, with three and a half different bands.

Continuing in reverse order, Saturday night there's a Tin Cat show at Mission City Coffee Roasting Company in Santa Clara. There's a new guy there trying to turn it into a real destination venue for acoustic music. He's going to be buying a fancy new PA, doing construction work on the room, the whole nine yards. Meanwhile, we've got the run of the place for a night. Tom and Dave will be backing up Cameron De Palma for an opening act.

And on Friday at the Ugly Mug in Soquel, I'll be playing a double bill. First, Tom and Dave and I will do a stripped-down acoustic set, mostly Tin Cat songs with a few new and old songs that haven't yet made it into the repertoire. And then Kate and I will play a DeatHat set. Since Qarly can't make it, I get to play the bass drum! At last!