I've been busy busy busy lately doing bicycle advocacy in Dallas. The advocacy group is called Bike Friendly Knox-Henderson and its goals are to improve cycling infrastructure in Uptown and parts of East Dallas, raise awareness of bicycling in the area, and get businesses and neighborhoods to support our endeavors. We've gotten some traction in the community and we're looking forward to improving cycling and transit options for people in our area.

I've also been hard at work building a commuter bike. It started life as an early 80's Raleigh road bike. It will complete its transformation as a one-speed road bike purpose-built to not break down, not be expensive, and be totally fun to ride. Details coming soon...

In other news, I learned how to ski (yay!) and I now wish we had skiing in Texas (boo).

If you're a fan of In Utero, and you've wondered why some of the tracks sound a little different than the others, find yourself a copy of the original Steve Albini mix of this album. You will find your answers, and you will also notice that Krist's bass tracks are much higher in the mix while the vocals sound a little bit lower. The album as a whole sounds "bigger." If you felt like the album started out as an "I'm in the room with the band" kind of record, the Steven Albini mix will take the earplugs out of your ears.