A new year! And my G3 starts getting a bit too finicky. Time to move on. The power supply died while in Spain for some promo work with Mercury Rev.

The 1/8″ audio out has been broken for ages, the plastic tab on the cd drive is completely broken, the screen is not what it used to be…

So after some research and talking with PowerMax in Oregon I find myself purchasing a brand new Powerbook G4.

The hardest part really was to say “goodbye” to the sticker decorations on the G3.

(as of Apr 6, 2006) – The G3 is still working, sits at home closed up using a usb keyboard and external monitor. Tiger is installed and seems to work better than panther. It spends most of its time calculating Seti and Einstein. (Retired in 2010!)

Here’s the new one, a 1.5 Ghz Powerbook G4, 1Gb of memory, running OS 10.3. The glowing keys are the bomb along with the scrolling track-pad.. Not anything bad I can say about it really.

The start of the year found me working with Mercury Rev more. Some radio promo in NY and Philadelphia (Sirius studios in NYC shown on the right).

And more radio promo in France and Germany, with our second visit to the Black Sessions in Paris.

When not on the road and in the upstate NY area with Mercury Rev I find myself spending allot of time at their rehearsal/recording studio.

A conglomeration of gear based around a 24chn mackie, some good outboard mic pre’s and a ProTools LE rig on a G4 tower.

A coffee shop in either direction out the front door, and some free high speed internet, what more can you ask for. 😉