Wasn’t expecting gas to become $100 a tank when looking into doing dates across Western Canada in July. The chess game get’s more confounding but that’s part of playing. I wrote to Feist, Ron Sexsmith and other friends who are stars or managers in the music business and asked if they can recommend anyone at American or European labels. They might have relationships and be able to help, they might not. If you are on a label that has a cool reputation POOF you get gigs with better guarantees and the gas not as prohibitive. I don’t know why it is, but it is. Like you are making a movie and no matter how good the story is, how creative the direction, all interest changes if Scarlett Johannson will say the same lines. Better odds moving pawns into the center and castling early.