Hi. Sorry for the lack of updates – not that I think anybody is hanging on my every word, of course, but as long as I’m paying for this thing I might as well use it, eh? The thing is, my sleep schedule is still out of whack from being off for a week and a half. I was able to slip back into my body’s normal pattern: in bed between 10 and 11, up anywhere from 6 to 8. Now that I’m back working swing shift, my l’il brain has decided that it doesn’t get sleepy until, oh, three or four in the morning, and it wants to wake up after about six hours of sleep, which is two short of what I actually need. In other words, I’m all fucked up on sleep dep, and not in a good, productive way.
Enough about me. Science Girl is progressing nicely; in fact, she’s out having lunch with a friend right now. That would have been unthinkable just a week ago. I was gonna write about all the BS we had to go through regarding getting her dressings changed by a pro, but I’m way too wiped to even attempt that. Suffice to say that it’s under control now, and they want her to try out some sort of vacuum-powered healing gadget which I don’t understand but which may speed up her already-fairly-speedy healing process. Huzzah for science.
Musically… well, I’ve still got the same stuff on my plate and am no closer to posting anything than I was last time. Between keeping things running here, working, and attempting to decompress, I just haven’t been able to get that aspect together.
I will throw in a quick note, though. I picked up a copy of Wayne Shorter’s 1964 release, JuJu, the other day. I have the vinyl (somewhere) that I picked up back about 20 years ago & was wanting to hear it again. What struck me this time out is how thoroughly pianist McCoy Tyner mops the studio floor with young Mr. Shorter, which is saying something. Shorter sounds great, but Tyner runs rings around him. If anyone can recommend a solo Tyner disc, I’d be much obliged.