Me, David Copperfield and other disappearing acts

I've turned into a bad blogger. Again. The four people that actually care to remain updated with all things Long deserve better. But, it is what it is. Sorry. Again. 

I was just talking about this with the wife. The thing is, I'm going through a non-caring phase right now. Not that I don't love writing or sharing or whatever. I really do. However, my time is totally consumed with other things. Namely, my guitar. I started learning to play in April of this year and have become completely obsessed. I tinker constantly. I'm playing on Sunday mornings when I lead worship. Just today, I played in front of a room of relative strangers. And it wasn't even remotely embarrassing. Seriously, I'm an absolute addict when it comes to my dedication to all things guitar. 

So, blogging and pictures of the day and the such have completely taken a backseat. Actually, they were probably shoved from the car while I was cruising down the interstate at 90 MPH maniacally laughing as I high-tailed it to the nearest Guitar Center to lust after that Breedlove I'm hoping will soon be mine. I'm sorta not kidding. My 40th birthday is coming up and I accept PayPal. 

My guitar obsession will more than likely recede a bit in the next few months years decades.  I'm learning so much and loving it so much that I know it will permanently be part of my DNA. But, I'll find a way to get my groove back. If Stella did it, so can I. Maybe. Maybe? Right? Riiiight. 

I will, however leave you with this. A shot of the beach behind the Tradewinds Beach Resort where Friends of Giants played a show tonight. It was fun, albeit very poorly attended. Oh, well...at least the chick in the band is hot. 

103/365...Radio

Friends of Giants were interviewed on the Grassroots Groove radio show on Bulls Radio (WMNF) here in the Tampa market. The cool part was that a couple of us non-band members got to tag along and watch. I wish more of the pictures I took had come out better, but this seemed to be one of the best ones of the bunch.

097/365...Friends of Giants

OK...so no picture tonight, but I have something much cooler. My wife (and brother-in-law's band), Friends of Giants were featured by tbt* (which is the entertainment paper for the St. Petersburg Times). I'm just so incredibly excited for them. Below is the video as well as a link to the article. Please do check them out, they'd love to hear some feedback and "atta boys".



Here's the link to the article:

Friends of Giants: Faith in their music pays off

077/365...Unplugged

Tonight Friends of Giants played an unplugged show at Smiley's. Yeah, it was good.