I'm leaving Los Angeles this weekend for good and all.

I've lived in LA for a bit more than 5 years now and it's been good and bad. You can't beat the weather. You can see just about any film ever made, even when they don't play other cities. Every band plays this town.

But in the end what tipped the scales was that it's just too damned expensive. Last year I was on tour for five months, though not consecutively. I paid LA rent for all 5 of those months and my takings on tour did not add up to nearly enough to cover rent alone. Another year of doing that and I would be broke. And since it looks like this will be another year of extended touring, I'm getting out.

I'm gonna try to post more on this blog. I've got my own personal blog at http://hardcorezen.blogspot.com that I keep up with more regularly. Maybe I'll figure out a way to repost that stuff here.

Thanks, Los Angeles. See ya later!