As I mentioned before, I

As I mentioned before, I am going to be recovering from surgery for the remainder of the week and will be out of the office for a few days starting tomorrow. If all goes well I will be at home with lots of time and enough energy to blog a bit (even get that CO in E Major post polished and up). No matter how well things go in surgery, however, I will not be in the office. So, it was with mixed feelings that I greeted the boxes of promo copies of The Best of Clifton Chenier that arrived this morning. I have been anxious for these to arrive, but I will not be able to supervise the mailing myself, and that makes me nervous. I am not the best at leaving instructions (I tend to assume that everyone thinks exactly as I do, I mean, why not, it works?).

I listened to the CD, and it is a great record (and there were no obvious replication problems), so come July, be sure to get out to your local independent record store and buy it! Even if you are not normally a zydeco fan, this is a title to have. Zydeco fans will probably grumble the standard, "but I have these tracks, and now I have to buy a new record to get the 15 minutes of interview and the unreleased version of 'Les Zydeco sont pas Sale'"

Well, yes, but it will be worth it. The alternative is for us to not release this material.

Anyway, I am as relaxed as I can be, fairly sure that things will be comprehendable to my coworkers, a little nervous about the surgery, and not looking forward to what sounds like a painful recovery. If you don't hear from me for the next few days it probably means that I am not feeling up to it, not thinking in coherent sentences (OK, say it together. 1.2.3... "that hasn't stopped you before!"), or not up to sitting in my rather monastic chair in front of the computer. I should be back to somewhat normal and blogging by Monday at the latest. Ciao!