Whoever decided to call it (and the title track) “Surf’s Up” either is pretty far out of his mind or has a pretty dark sense of humor. Turns out, it’s both.

We’re about to head out on the road again, even braving the wild and woolly Canadian border. Hopefully, this time our papers will be, as they say, in order. As we all try to get our fill of homemade meals and real beds before we leave, we’re also getting excited to see our friends in [...]

The problem with recording is always that the live energy and the ‘vibe’ that a live performance creates, gets squashed and sucked dry until you’re left with some barely recognizable artifact. It’s like translating something into Japanese and back into English: something gets lost.