  Allright. For those that did not know, I shaved my head. Why? I had a unfortunate incident when I "got my haar did". Who knew my buzzed head would look rock star. I love it to. SEE NEW YORK part 1 for my first day story. Part 2 Velvet Jones (me) a.k.a. Velvet Head, have discovered that New York costs more than my kidneys. The ol' saying I heard fom Eduardo the Magical goes something like this. "You can't step on the sidewalk in New York City without spending $20".
Well it's true, cab's are of the devil and so are restuarants that won't split the bill. My budget quickly dwindled into, out of money for the rest of the month. I ran out of clothes. I bought new ones. I lugged my guitar all over that city. I never knew gig bags were so wonderfull. Next time I'm taking a picture of a guitar with a cd containg different sounding chords. I'll just hold the picture and press play.
Played a fun little gig at O'flarrety's with starsky. Jason, The chef, The intern, Martha, Rick, Laney, special Ed, Eduardo, James, Maury Povich, and the barkeep were all in attendance. Made 2 new friends, Whitney and J.D. And the 3 blind mice. I saw nothing really touristy. All I saw in N.Y. was cabs, jersey, stores, pavement, urine, street vendors, rich people, poor people, people, more pavement, a few trees, central park, John Lennon's memorial, my money disapear, Elvis Costello, the red head from CSI Vegas, vomit, dogs, buses, and so forth. Got a new ASCAP rep Jason. Cool guy, about the same mental sarcastic wave length as myself. Went to a lot of meetings, wrote some songs, and spent way to much money. The drip on the air conditioner, oh so much fun at night. :( Why do other people not bathe. the b.o.
smell was dreadfull. I loved it. I hated it. I can't wait to move there. I am ready to move out of there already. Good food. Great people. Bad smell. Places I'm gonna go to and write eventually, Austin, TX. the home of Stevie Ray Vaughn, one of my heros. And eventually L.A. home of, well, really weird people. For those that went, please post a comment. Hasta Mananna, Adam 
