Watch This Space!

Well, not the person…the spot you’re looking at…eh, just keep watching

Wow, what a pretty sunset…let’s ride towards it.

Dear Spaceheads:

Hiya!

Well, after much thought and wrestling with Mr. Wrist…he finally won out.  As a lot of you know, last fall I was diagnosed with two separate overuse-of-the-wrist syndromes (basically tendonitis in multiple spots) in my left wrist.  I took a couple months off from playing, but only got a small amount of relief.  A cortisone shot helped some, and the physical therapist, while nice, didn’t understand that it took me all week after an appointment with her to feel better from the pain she caused…then she’d do it again

At the beginning of the year, my position at work was changed temporarily, and my wrist started feeling better, so I started playing inworld again.

Well, at the beginning of last month I started back at my old position, and lo and behold, my wrist flared up pretty badly again last week.  This time the Doctor gave me another cortisone shot and said the next time it flares up, I’m looking at surgery…and there’s a lot of the same repetetive motion at work, so I’m expecting another flare up within the next 4 weeks or so.

As much as I’d like to quit my job and play in SL 7 days a week, Ol’ Spacey’s got mouths to feed (and a family too). Instead of hastening the inevitable and probably making things worse, I’m gonna have to take a long break from playing in SL, and hopefully postpone the next flare up and the knife for a little while.  On the upside, typing doesn’t affect it at all, so y’all will still hear from me from time to time.

I have two last shows scheduled, Wednesday the 7th at 4 SLT (a Relay For Life gig, so bring Lindens (and L$ too!)) and Saturday’s regular slot at Crystal Sands at 5 will be my retirement gig.

Update 5/7 – Had to cancel the RFL show, and I wholly expect to have to cancel Crystal Sands on Saturday.  It seems I’ve already retired

Update 5/9 – Yep…Not even gonna wait til Saturday to cancel…I now have this incredible urge to go fishing and hang out at a Denny’s.  Maybe I’ll see if Walmart needs any greeters?

I’m gonna keep the Spaceheads group alive, so I have something to come back to, but I do understand group space is valuable so I won’t cry if y’all need a slot

I’ll be back eventually, and maybe with pictures of the inside of my arm!

See ya soon!

Not too bad…

Well, the shows this weekend went pretty well. Did the smart thing and only played Crazy Sharks for a half hour. Smart for two reasons; one, to give my back a chance to get used to sitting in a chair again, and two, Dru only had half as much time to be mean

Woke up this morning with my back screaming at me, but I really wanted to play the shows I had lined up, so I fought my way through. It’s actually not too bad until I try to stand up…that takes a while to straighten out. Bluestar Music Temple is a beautiful venue, and I would love to go back. I found it interesting that the host said everything in 3 languages. I have friends in SL from all over the world, but things like that really make you realize that SL is truly an international deal now.

After a hot bath and a little pre-show relaxation, I headed over to Drift’s party. The stage was dead center of 4 adjoining sims, with audience seating and dancing areas all around. Drift was on stage with us musicians, and aside from a quick realization that everyone ‘cept me was in some sort of formal wear, I had a great time. My first weekly gig was at The Lily Pad, and even though I only played there for a few months, I learned a lot from Drift, and I’ll never forget the support she gave. There are probaby close to 100 musicians that can say something like that, and I’m proud to have been asked to celebrate and thank Drift for her work.

Prankster’s is canceled for tomorrow night…they’re having a hard time finding a Monday host that can be there at 5 SLT, and it’s probably a good idea for me to rest my back for a day or two.

The only thing I have scheduled so far for this week is on Saturday. I’m taking part in opening The Sunshine Daydream, a new Dead related club run by Grateful Stryker and the fine folks that run Crystal Sands. Not sure of the time yet, but it looks like it’ll be around mid-afternoon Second Life Time.  More than likely there’ll be more scheduled as the week goes on.

Well, let’s try things here :-)

So I’m moving my blog over to WordPress. Why? I have no clue…it’s not like I post…I guess it was time for a change, and this is as minimal a change as I think I can make. Hope you like the new layout, and that it makes you as happy as the last one did

Shows, shows…well I have a few scheduled, but I wrenched my back earlier this week and I can’t move properly just yet, so we’ll have to see how the weekend goes.

Saturday at 2:30 SLT I have my regular show over at Crazy Sharks,and Sunday I’m at a new club, The Bluestar Music Temple at 12 SLT, and at 4 SLT, I’m playing at (surprise gig that many musicians are taking part in, check SL events list or the Spaceheads group for info). a party to thank Drift Monde for all she’s done to promote and help Live Music in Second Life grow.  Clicky here to get there.  There’s music all day and night, and I get a sweet spot, following the fantastic Grateful Stryker, so come early and stay late!

So…I think that about does it for the move… I hope I didn’t break anything on the way over.