I am too much of a gentleman to go back and look up the echoes of fedupness that rattled through these hallowed halls exactly one, two and three years ago, for example. "I've had enough of this!!" must be the most common sentiment in the whole Northeast every February/March.

What was that definition of madness again? The one about doing the same thing and expecting it to turn out different?

My mother-in-law once confessed to me that as a child she would sit through second showings of a movie hoping to catch the actors out in a mistake, doing something different than the previous run, even though it was the same movie.

Reminds me of some of our conversations.

Just let me say that, despite some economic hurdles, there is PLENTY of space for good musicians here in Southern California.


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