started the recording last night. pretty cool. until about 10 minutes ago when the leaf blower guy showed up in the middle of recording. i am kicking off my west coast tour next friday, beginning at spaceland (see profile picture). spaceland has always been a little hit and miss for me as far as performing goes...but they got nice sound. then up to the make out room in s.f., then oregon...wow...if i dont move back to l.a. in june then i am moving to new york city in august. acutally i have already agreed to move into an apartment in williamsburg, brooklyn. i have never been there. to the apartment or to brooklyn. i love l.a., but...i never been to ny. so why not, eh? i miss the northwest so much but i know if i move there i will be bored out of my mind. i love l.a. but i want to see ny. all in all really all i care about is ellies dog, i will miss him the most. thats the only thing making me hesitate on the east coast thing. in the mean time me and anthony (the engineer) are waiting for the gardeners to leave, they are being way to loud to record. and the take they inturrupted was golden...john and emilys cat was making all this noise in the background. we are mic-ing the guitar with a vinatge nueman ksm124 small condenser, we are using neve pre-amps, and an old 48 channel api mixer. also we are using a big plate reverb unit, its about 8 feet long by 4 feet tall. its in emilys bedroom. pretty cool. i have to give an official shout out to emily kokal and john frusciante for providing me with one of the most amazing opportunities in my life. em i know you will probably read this (better watch what i say...) so i will thank you again. i will thank john later.