2010-03-05: Los Angeles

LA's fine. The sun shines (most of the time). And the feeling is laid back. Palm trees grow, rents are low but, you know, I keep thinking about...

uh oh. my apologies. I thought I was Neil Diamond for a second there. But I am indeed in LA for a few days. And, despite living here for the first 34 years of my life, I find myself in that New York state of mind (even worse! I slid into Billy Joel quoting for a second) and being amazed to see sunshine in early March. And I'm not complaining. Oh no, I am not complaining

But a clear sign of impending Spring is impending baseball. Spring Training is here and if the time may not be right for dancing in the streets, it is certainly the time where the imaginations and metaphor-filled pens of The Baseball Project are coming to life. And not only are we in the middle of putting together our follow-up to "Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails" but we are also going to be writing songs throughout the baseball season, sort of a musical blog if you will. But only if you will. Quick. Let me know.

We're doing this series in cahoots with ESPN and you could/should/must drop by my chat/press conference/confab on their site next Tuesday at 2pm EST--here's the link: ESPN Chat.

Ask anything. Quiz me, stump me, ask me to predict CC Sabathia's ERA. I'm ready.

In the meantime, here are some recent faves:

• I'M NEW HERE--Gil Scott-Heron (CD)
• FAIL SAFE (movie)
• WWW.BRIGIDPEARSON.COM (friend's website and great food diary)
• TRANSFERENCE--Spoon (CD)
• SMOKED FISH PLATTER AT MAXIE'S (Restaurant midtown New York)