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I was disappointed to see Jason Kottke abandon his goal for the year. He writes that what initially sounded like a fun project became more like a second job, and lost its appeal thereby.

Oh, do I know what he means. I set several aggressive goals for the year. Now half the year is up, and I’ve accomplished only one.

But, it was the best one.

The goal was to perform on stage, preferably with a few other musicians around me to distract the audience somewhat. (In all my music career, I believe I’ve played two drum solos, and only one of them was intentional. The other one happened at my wedding — I got talked into playing Wipeout without realizing that everybody would naturally conclude I was really enjoying performing a monotonous, cliched drum feature at my own reception.) So it’s a good thing I managed to join a band before the deadline on this goal came up.

We played at an open-mic night last month — a 25-minute set, including an unexpected encore.

Speaking of unexpected encores, I’ll be doubling up on this goal in a few more weeks. My band will be performing two sets in the square, downtown Sebastopol, on Thursday August 6, part of the summer concert series. Bring a blanket, a burrito, and a beer for the drummer. I promise I won’t play Wipeout.