Tomorrow I will take part in the Bix7 race around Davenport for the second time. I ran it last year because the Momster made me. I'm repeating the effort again this year (again because the Momster is making me) but I've gotten more training in since last year and I want to see if I can better my time a bit.
So, aside from annoying everyone within earshot with my bombarde (there is a post about this new toy, see the one called "Bombarde-ment"), I haven't had too many musical revelations. I am preparing for my Wisconsin adventure, during which I will look out for interesting musical things to tell you about, and have been doing the usual work/teach/perform daily routine (last week, during a gig, the band I was playing with was caught in a severe downpour/thunderstorm. Next time I will remember to close by car windows. My car has just recently dried out. But, the saxophone and clarinet were saved from too much damage, and I think most of the band gear was rescued.)
When I go out for a long run, I usually take my MP3 player. I find that I need to distract the mind while I run, so I don't get too hung up on how much I want to stop (I'm not really a runner, but I try to be. It's good for me.) I plan to add some new tunes (Cee Lo Green, Gnarls Barkley, Katy Perry, and Elvis), but to date I have music from the following: DMB (duh, are you really surprised?), Paul Simon's Graceland, The Police, Joanna Newsom, Black Eyed Peas, Stevie Wonder, random assortment of recent Grammy nominees, Lady Gaga, Vusi Mahlasela, Benny Goodman, Smash Mouth, Modest Mouse, and some others that I know I'm forgetting.
Hope it isn't too hot tomorrow morning...
(Incidentally, the race is named for Bix Beiderbecke, the famed cornet player (and there is a jazz fest in his honor around this time every summer). Bix wasn't a runner, but somewhere along the way, a race was started, in his name. Odd, that. Unfortunately, this makes it possible to still run into people who think that Bix was some famous runner...)
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