NOW we’re in Medford, OR in a Motel 6.  We had a driving day today, and tomorrow is San Francisco.  Or rather, "today" since it’s frickin’ 4:30 in the morning!!  Sure is nice to get a motel room though.  I would be asleep right now but I’m doing laundry downstairs; it’s almost ready.  We have to get up at 9:30 in order to make the 5:30 load-in at the Bottom of the Hill.  Of course I can get more sleep in the van on the way there, but then who’s gonna DJ???


I am dj’ing for the guys, you see.  I’m spinning MP3′s all the time, and nobody’s complaining.  Well, Jason made me turn off "It’s A Small World" but other than that…!!  I’m using a Rio Volt MP3-CD player, and I’ve brought my whole collection of MP3s, 70 CDs on a spindle.  (I have ‘em all backed up at home just in case.) ‘Bout 16,000 songs I reckon.  I’m just flipping through songs with the remote, looking at the display and trying to play only the incredibly weird and/or great tunes.  I’ve been collecting them for a good while now, and I have some really intense trading buddies on Audiogalaxy.  Most all my MP3s are completely wack and out of print, or else songs that I ripped from my own collection of CDs and vinyl.  I’ve gotten some really unbelievable stuff on Audiogalaxy!!

Time to get the laundry!