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Thanks! That's a great quote, by the way. I really like it, and may try to incorporate it into something sometime. Do you know for sure it is "original" with Hellmut Hattler? If I quote him I would want to make sure I was correctly attributing it. As for me, my fingers healed **enough** to play adequately (I think). I had to perform with plastic bandages on my fingertips on Friday (and still tore open a blister or two). I performed again on Saturday and did so with bare fingers. For a variety of reasons I did not feel my Friday duo performance with trumpeter Jeff Kaiser was "up to snuff" (although Jeff played extra-wonderfully to cover for me) but I think the Saturday trio spot with Jeff and master percussionist/showman/creative-whacko Rick Walker went quite well -- and seemed to be positively received too. I was happy with it at least. Krispen Hartung MUST be commended for putting on a fabulous and extremely well organized show. He also gave a Saturday afternoon performance which was superb. Highlights (for me at least) were Jeff Rice and Ted Apel's set of capturing and processing signals from cosmic rays. Rick Walker's solo set. Lumper Splitter, and (of course) Krispen's own set with drummer Jared Hallock. It was a fun time and the venue and staff were all terrific. It was great to hear and perform with Jeff again. He always kicks my behind. Anywho, I am back from Boise, Idaho, safe and sound to my wife, kids and little home in Medford, Oregon . . . all in one piece. Next weekend I travel to Ventura, California to play in the annual Ventura New Music Festival (VNMF) that is organized (again) by none other than Jeff Kaiser. It's always a pleasure to play in my old home town (I lived there, and in nearby Santa Barbara) for several years. I still consider that area "home." A lot of great musicians will be playing there and it will be my first chance to see Nels Cline play in nearly a decade. I'm looking forward to it. I get to share a spot on the schedule callled "First Meetings" where I perform with a musician named Bill Harrington, whom I've never even met before. It should be interesting. I love doing this sort of thing. BTW, I send out a big thanks to everyone on the list for all of the positive **energy** they were sending my way with their e-mails and kind well wishes. I was "touched" and very grateful for every single one of those e-mails. Thanks, tEd ® KiLLiAn On Apr 28, 2006, at 12:38 AM, Stefan Tiedje wrote: > I just want to chime in and wish you a fast recovery, > > I just came across a quote of one of my alltime favorite bass players > Hellmut Hattler which seems to fit perfectly... > > Musik ist der Rauch, der entsteht, wenn ein Musiker sich verbrennt. > > It translates to: > Music is the smoke which emerges when a musician burns (himself). > > In German both meanings (with and without brackets) are included > within the same words. > > Too bad I can't be in Boise