Ramblings...

I'm always behind in my blogging, but I thought I'd write about my last gig... Ugur and I played the Koinonia Koffeehouse in Campbell, and it was really great. We played about 45 minutes... a mix of old and new... debuted our new song called "Over Me" and had a lot of fun. We opened for a guy named Bard Sherman... He is a trip! Very experimental stuff. Jazz/blues/newage stuff. Spoken word. Some Prog-like stuff. He had played for an hour almost when we realized he had only played four songs!

One of the more interesting things about his band was his bassist... San Francisco 49er and former Notre Dame Fighting Irish player Bryant Young. He was playing live for the first time. Very cool. He's a nice guy, very down-to-earth and friendly. It's funny... I'm not a sports fan at all... Wouldn't have recognized him. But some of my friends are really excited that I got to meet him. I'll have to watch a game now and then and check out my new friend.

The Matt Nightingale Band is coming together. This summer's incarnation includes Moi on keys and vocals, Ugur Taner on guitar, Brad Ciraulo on guitar, Steve Young on bass, and Geoff Anderson on drums. It's really fun to play live with a full band! We are leading worship tomorrow night at Recovery Rocks in San Carlos. Then we're playing Koinonia again July 21 and then opening for Sara Groves at PCC the very next night, the 22nd! Should be awesome...

My summer interns are here. Melissa from Iowa and Justin from Michigan. We're still in the "get-to-know-you phase," but I think it's gonna be great.

Have you checked out La La yet? I heart La La. And I still have eight invitations left if you'd like to join before it goes public on July 4. The first 8 people to email me at matt@mattnightingale.net will receive special invitations to join...

Hmmm... What else? I've been listening to a lot of Dar Williams lately. What an amazing writer and singer! I had some of her CDs before and got rid of them. Now I'm on a hunt to get them all back. I have them all except her latest, "My Better Self."

Went bowling with the kids today. Then swimming in the afternoon. That was nice. It was 100 degrees in Redwood City today...

You should meet our new pet Spike. He's a bearded dragon. He's only four inches long, but he's supposed to grow to at least 20 inches long in the next few years. He's awesome.

OK, I'm scraping the bottom of the barrel here for things to write about. Peace out.