Au revoir, master

I have sent the Don Dixon master on its merry way to our manufacturer in Virginia. I'm hoping the discs will be ready in a month or so. Don may actually be visiting the SF Bay Area next month along with his wife Marti Jones, who is in a new duo, Cynical Girls, with Amy Rigby. Hey, it's just a few hours up the coast! I see they have a show scheduled in Southern California, so it would be great if they came up here, too. It would be mighty sweet to present Don with a finished copy of the CD in person.

Here's a thrilling piece of news. I didn't want to say anything until it was definite, but it looks like 125 will have another spiffy new release this summer: Gil Ray's I Am Atomic Man. He's set up a MySpace page and is planning to add a song or two. Now, it would be fabulous if Gil's CD came out at the same time as the Loud Family disc (which he also plays on), but as I've learned all too well, you don't rush genius. Gil's been working on the thing for something like three years now. I think this disc will surprise and delight a lot of Gil's fans.