Hello, shoot, I am busy and I'm sorry I don't have more time to record my thoughts. I'm making it out to a few shows here and there, but doing the writing and webbing is kinda not happening as much as I would like. GG posts should be better in April.

I did get to sneak out and catch Karl at Velvet. I did not get to hang and schmooze after the show, as I am preoccupied at the moment with ROBOTS which you will hear more about later. I hope the KSC went away appreciating the show as much as I. The intimate atmosphere of this club showed me a new level of emotion in Straub's "Little Johnny Spotlight" and was also the perfect setting to hear "Autumn Leaves"-yum.

On an administrative note, and something I look for to write about, this show was interesting because for once the club system really seemed to work. I was perched in a group of 'scrappy' fans left in the audience from the previously performing bands, and for all their hootin' & hollerin' I saw the fans that stayed on undergo a conversion, get quiet for the most part and listen, then quietly at the break between songs whisper "this guy is really good" to each other (any situation where men whisper to each other must be like the freakin' annunciation right?). I give this audience credit for being able to recognize what someone REALLY playing a trumpet sounds like (ie. the fabulous Kevin Cordt), considering their exposure to the band that went on right before Karl.

And speaking of the multi-talented Mr. Cordt, be on the lookout for Spottiswoode & his Enemies 'en concert' where ever you can find them. My sources tell me they have a 'rehearsed' production now with theatrical mood lighting extraordinaire, let's hope DC can take on this cabaret style performance that is already a hot commodity in NYC and LA. It's not for everyband, but Spottiswoode is far from everyother band. I can't wait to see this.