Good morning! Just at ten o'clock on this sunny Monday. Martin Luther King's birthday is celebrated today. I always remember Chris Rock's comment that MLK is honored, as he should be, in practically every city across America- but it's always in the poorest, most dangerous part of town. Still, a great reformer- not unlike the 16th century German theologian whose name he took. King's real first name was Michael, like his Father before him, also a minister. For what that's worth.
Domestic news. In changing the batteries on my remote, something got butt-dialed and I ended up with most of my TV programming in Spanish. The news channels were fine, but practically everything else was in espanol. Tried to change it in the Settings, but no soap. Groundhog Day and Shallow Hal are both awesome in Spanish though. Spongebob would be completely over the top. Finally realized it had more to do with the remote itself, and was able to navigate from there. Nothing like technology to make you feel like an imbecile. But at least this old brain figured it out...
Music news. Starting 2021 with a bang! My newest CD, The Sam Crain Quartet, is supposed to be here sometime tomorrow. 50 copies, which doesn't sound like much, but will probably be well enough. This one, I think, has all the 'fixins' of success: a live recording with vocals and recognizable tunes. Years ago I tried to add a vocal tune or two, one of which is the great old tune Only You. And I used to sing Love Boat, kind of a Bill Murray/Nick Rails rendition. But for the most part, I leave the singing to someone who's good at it.
I do have some of my Nick Rails vocals on an album called Fast Food Automaton. The title selection, and another thing I wrote called Big Bang. It's the only album of mine that has vocals on it, except for this new one with the quartet.
And still working on the guitar. After the comments on it, I dusted off my archtop yesterday and did some playing on it. A bit of culture shock readjusting to an instrument of much more girth than my other guitars, but it does get a great sound.
Skimpy as it may be, that's my news for today. This may be a hell of a week, especially as we get closer to Wednesday. The only saving grace of this past year, besides the legalization of 'recreational' cannabis, is that it got me to finally start paying attention to the news. I used to assert that I was interested in everything but politics and opera. Now we're down to opera.
Time to wrap this up. Other morning duties to tackle. I do Lumosity games every day, to make sure my mind gets some exercise. Fun but sometimes exasperating. I'm often my own worst critic here, just as with the guitar. Anyway! Happy Martin Luther King Day! Thanks as always for stopping in and reading. For now, ich bin outa here. More later. 
PS Today's pic goes back to 1982 or so. Me and Jim Lanier, playing in the Hinds Bros Band. Haven't seen Jim in years, still friends on here with Perry(Zubeck)and Tim Beck.
PPS Today's tune has a title I borrowed from John Lewis, the senator from Georgia known for his role in the Civil Rights Movement. Let's us get into some Good Trouble.