What a busy little day this has been. Had a nice chat with Juliana about her show, which she felt went well but not as well as The Federal, mainly due to it being such a different kind of venue - had I been able to go up there with her, I could have made some adjustments and helped her, but alas, I could not, all due to the outrageous air fares to Oakland. Terrible. I'd had my sandwich and no fries prior to that, so then I picked up one package and came back home. Then my pal David Wechter came by and we had a nice chat, and then Shelly Markham came (he's the musical director for the singer) and brought a surprise visitor with him - my friend Gene Castle. We all had the best time yakking - David hadn't met either Shelly or Gene so he had fun, too. Then the singer arrived and we still yakked on. Then David and Gene left and we began work, which more about in the notes.