So the fourth week of our nine week run is over. We're almost half-way through. Playing the same songs every night is starting to wear on me but I'm still having fun when the crowds are good, which they were this week. Celebrities this week included Joan Collins, designer Chris Madden, Dennis Farina, and Robin Givens.

Thanksgiving was great. Carrie and I went to the Macy's parade in the morning (I hope to have pictures up soon). It was fun ... crowded and cold but fun. Then we had lunch at a great Italian resturaunt on the West Side with the Tyrells and other family and friends from the band. It was really good; pumpkin and ginger soup, pumpkin ravioli, turkey with stuffing and sauce, pumpkin pie with cinnamon gelato. We had to work that night which sucked ass because nobody was there, but it was still a nice holiday.

Carrie had a good visit, it was so nice seeing her again. We didn't do much touristy as the crowds were terrible and I had to work every day, but we did walk up and down 5th Ave. to look at the window displays, have dinner with friends, etc. I can't wait until she comes back.

For anyone interested, I'm going to be on Letterman Tuesday night playing "Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer" with Regis. That's right, I'm playing with friggin' Regis. Steve is his producer so there will be a few guys from the Tyrell band there. It should be a lot of fun so tune in.

Hope everyone had a great holiday.

This is it folks.

After all the hard work, time, energy, finances, headaches, and stress, my debut album is finally out.

I've been so stressed for the past couple of days waitng for my CDs to get here from the replicator. They look great, I really am quite proud of the final product. I sent out a mass email but I'm sure some folks might not've recieved it due to spam-blockers and the like.

You can check it out and order it here: LMbass

Tell everyone you know about it, it's now time for "shameless self promotion mode." I have 1000 of these things lying around!

Not much to report from the third week of our run. No celebrity sightings or anything although I did see Lauren Hill in the lounge of the hotel with an enormously combed-out afro.

The crowds were good this week. I can't believe so many people come to this place. It will be interesting to see how the crowds are over the holiday.

The tree at Rockefellar Center is going up. It's massive and has scaffolds all around it. I'm sure my neighborhood is going to be utter insanity by Friday.

So it seems like my life is hitting a stride here in NYC. I joined a gym and seem to be getting a routine down. And if you know me at all I'm not much for a daily routine so I'm starting to get a little bored. I'm going to start calling some friends and doing different things during the day and after the gig. But all in all things are going quite well.

And things will be going very well next week when Carrie comes! I'm really looking forward to seeing her, absense makes the heart grow fonder but catching up on that fondness can is a lot of fun!

Only days until the CD is released, not long now kids!

Birdland is one of the greatest jazz clubs in the world and my favorite jazz club in NYC to play at for sure. The owner is a fan of Steve's and came to see our show opening night.

Tonight after the gig we headed over to Birdland to check out singer Hilary Kole who is the owner's girlfriend. She sang some on Steve's last record. Well she was incredible. She did the songs of Marylin and Alan Bergman, two of the best lyricists ever ... "The Way We Were," "You Must Believe In Spring," "Theme from Tootsie" ... all great songs. It was a lot of fun. And we were on the geust list and had the best seats in the house. Not bad.

In other news the CDs are finished. Not long now before they are delivered and The Funky Supervillain hits the streets.

Keep your ears to the ground, dig?

The Butterfat Trio is being featured on All Things Considered, so check it out.

And if you don't have the record yet, you best get it!

Today I saw this movie Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic. It's basically Silverman doing standup and it is outrageous, seriously. She says some shocking stuff. It was funny. Check it out if you're interested.

So we flew to Boston on Sunday to give a concert at Berklee College of Music. It went really well, it was nice to play in an actual concert hall instead of the "tony" club we've been playing in (thanks Kelly). I didn't get much sleep Sat. or Sun. night and I've been dragging my feet ever since I got back home yesterday. I better not be getting sick. Nothing worse than being sick on the road, Carrie isn't around for me to whine to! But I'll be fine I'm sure.

It's back to work tonight.

Things went pretty well this week. The band is starting to tighten up and groove and we are getting used to playing in such a small venue. The audiences have been very enthusiastic as well.

Not many celebrity sightings this week, only one. Don King came to the show last night. He was really funny, he kept shouting out things during the show like he does when he promotes a fight "Yeah Steve Tyrell!", "You guys are the best", etc.

I also remembered a funny story about the hotel I wanted to post about. Last week Prince Charles and Camilla stayed at the Carlyle. It was the night we opened, Tuesday. Well there are a lot of impressive photos around the Carlyle of people that have stayed there, presidents, celebrities, etc. I noticed a very nice picture of Jakie O right outside of the club. Well a couple of nights later the picture of Jackie O had been replaced by a picture of Lady Di.

Turns out the folks at the Carlyle didn't want to upset Camilla so they replaced Diana's picture with Jackie's during their stay.

... or I'm gonna get fat, fat, fat. I've been researching and it looks like New York Sports Clubs is going to be my best bet. At $125/month it is the best deal. That's still expensive but what am I going to do? There's too much great food in the city for me to just sit on my butt all day long. And I bet getting to bed before 4 AM and cutting back on the post-gig brewskis would help as well.

The weather started getting cold. I was chilled to the bone heading to the gig and I know this isn't nearly as bad as its going to get. Southern California has spoiled me.

The Colts have exorcised the demons. They FINALLY beat the New England Patriots after years of losing to them in hearbreaking fashion. What a game. I made dinner for a couple of the boys in the band and sucked back some beers while enjoying the victory. A good night for sure.

Yesterday was fun. I got to see some good music during the day and had dinner with a friend of mine in Brooklyn that night. It's been a good "weekend" for me. Back to the grind tomorrow.

Well the opening week at the Carlyle is finally finished. This is the first day off I've had in well over two weeks and it couldn't have come at a better time, that's a lot of playing.

The week went well, the only downer was Steve's scathing review in the New York Times. Actually, the guy does have some valid points. The review in Variety was much nicer (of course yours truly got no mention in either, when is the bassist going to get love?).

There were celebrities abound this week; George Steinbrenner, Robert Wuhl (actor from Arliss), Katie Couric, Regis, Frankie Vallie, and Frankie Avalon got up and sang with Steve (something tells me he might've been "overserverd" at the bar if you knowutumsayin). Its been a fun week.

One down, eight to go.

-Grocery stores are a pipe dream. They don't exist around here. I guess I'm going to have to shop online or catch a cab to buy some friggin' eggs and bananas.

-There is constant noise. Nothing loud or disturbing, but it's never serene, fo' sho'.

-The falafel guy on 6th Avenue is great, I've never had better food from a cart at 2 AM.

-Laundromats are about as plentiful as grocery stores.

-Walking down 5th Avenue in the middle of the afternoon would be great training for NFL Runningbacks.

-I love it, but I'd certainly never have the money to live here on my own means.

Well so far I'm digging my situation here in NYC.

Our apartment is great, really. It's big and we both (that is Jon the keyboardist and I) have our own bedrooms with plenty of privacy with a nice living area and kitchens. We're going to be throwing a Christmas party for sure.

Last night was opening night at the Carlyle. Before the show we had gruelling rehearsals the evening before and the day of. The Carlyle is a small room and I mean SMALL. They usually only have trios in there but there are seven guys in Steve's band ... It's tight and uncomfortable when I'm playing, hopefully something can be figured out, I'd hate to play the entire run like this.

I'm "living" right by Rockefeller Center and all of the expensive shops on Madison and Fifth avenues. It's cool but I'm sure we'll be overrun when the holidays start. But it's a nice spot and a nice building.

So there you go. I've been trying to stay away from black and white cookies and pizza ... Hasn't worked so far.