A Day In L.A.

Yesterday, Bobby Hartry, my brother-in-law, Myke Harrison, and I spent a day in L.A. having lunch at Venice Beach, hangin' out @ TrueTone (a boutique guitar shop) in Santa Monica, and taking in the musical genius that is Jon Brion. It was a great night. Jon was on the top of his game which, as those of you who have witnessed it know, is amazing. We decided to stay for the second set, which featured guest appearances by Fiona Apple and Robin Hitchcock. Their performances were outstanding and were followed by Jon's finale of "Here We Go" from the Punch Drunk Love soundtrack. It was Myke's first time seeing Jon and he was pretty much in awe. He described himself as "giddy" which, for a soft-spoken Canadian, means that he was grinning a lot. We crashed at Bobby's at about 2:30 a.m. and then I dropped Myke off at LAX @ 5:30 a.m. for his trip back to Toronto. It was sad to see him go, but we had a great couple of weeks with him here in California. Hopefully, he'll come back to stay next time.