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Well, so...the band rehearsals have wrapped up and all that lies ahead of me is a single show, which is a strange thing to say after the 110(ish) shows I did with the The New Constitution over the past few years. I was going to steal an idea from Bob over at The City on Film and do some sort of countdown of the Top Five Best band moments but I decided against it. Maybe it's all too much.

Communication has been scant. I admit, I haven't been asking too many questions either. And I don't know what the future holds for my other 3 band mates or with the continuation of the record that was put on indefinite hold half way through the tracking. I do know that my little batch of songs will see their final live performance tomorrow night. I'm going to shake hands with those songs (firm grip), use my best smile, eye contact, and let them spin into the club's environment, having a last laugh and hopefully watch them follow some people out the door and into their beds for a solid night's rest. They can't stay with me any longer. They're cool with it. It's ok to let go; dare I say healthy? Call it cleansing or tell me I'm making a mistake. It's good to have an opinion.

I ran into a close friend while I was out the other night. We talked about the upcoming show and my departure from the band, along with plenty of other stuff. But what stuck with me was when he turned and said, "Well, you had a good run. I loved that shit. You guys were the soundtrack to that summer. We were all in the same place; we were all grilled."

It's going to be tiny conversations and comments like that which I will carry with me when thinking about this section of my life. The negative aspects of what's gone down in our band world are going to simply fade away as the millions of positive seconds I experienced in and around everyone involved hopefully scatter themselves throughout my life.

Details on the show can be found here.