Avalanche (a company with a bunch of investments in vape equipment) apparently wants to acquire Suhr and take it public. It's been a long road, and Avalanche seems to have had a couple of issues raising funds. However, I don't know if this is a bad sign, a really bad sign, or an "it depends"...

Another browse in the usual pawn store and I saw this dirt cheap. So I went and grabbed it. New Guqin Day. For those who don't know, the Guqin is a Chinese variation of the zither, this time without the moveable string trees. It uses silk or nylon strings (in my case the latter), tuned to...

A friend of mine asked me if I was free to help her do some jazz/bossa trio shows over the next few months. Since I really wasn't doing much gigging wise, I'd thought sweet and jumped in. Plus I owe her as she's gonna be singing on a song on my album. However, this is a jazz trio gig and...