happy friday!

last night i took jack to see "unwigged and unplugged" -- it's christopher guest, michael mckean and harry shearer touring with unplugged versions of their songs from "spinal tap" and "a mighty wind". it was awesome. the music itself was great, and the guys are much better musicians than i'd realized (and you haven't lived until you've seen a bluegrass rendition of the rolling stones' "start me up")... but some of the best stuff came in between. they showed clips of tv gigs they'd all had when they were younger, the first appearance of spinal tap 5 years before the movie, and did a dramatic reading of the NBC censor's notes from the first time spinal tap was going to be shown on network TV (the notes were several pages long and said things like "40 minutes in - song 'sex farm woman' - remove entire song"). really, really fun show.

and now, tonight is OUR show! jack took a vacation day today to get the house ready for the mark erelli concert... eeeEEEeee!

in other great news -- i got an apologetic voicemail from my landscaper yesterday, promising that my work would be done next week. cross your fingers.

uh, little change of plans.

so, that house concert tonight? not happening. meh. got a call from mark this morning, the poor guy sounds horrible... he got a cold the other day, and after 4 stright nights of shows, he has no voice left. so we're rescheduling.

it knocked me for a bit of a loop this morning, 10 minutes before a work teleconference i hung up the phone with him and had to scramble to send an urgent cancellation e-mail to all the concert attendees... now i'm a bit calmer and still looking forward to the evening. sure, there's no live music happening, but i have wine! and tasty snax! and a beautiful 70-degree evening that i can take advantage of out on the deck with friends!

so, yes i'm bummed that i don't get to hear mark tonight... and that i'm out some cash on the chair rentals and the food. but it forced me to clean my house (always a good thing) and i'll still get to have a nice time... and then i'll have another few months to look forward to the concert. :)