I’m always afraid someone will ask me to make one, because, honestly, I don’t pay nearly as much attention to what’s going on around me as maybe I should. But I’m glad other people pay attention! Phillip Sherburne, a cool guy and very well respected writer, apparently thought enough of Airships Fill the Sky and Mark Templeton’s “Standing on a Hummingbird” to include the as numbers 2 and 1, respectively, in his 2007 top 50 list for Pitchfork. Pretty cool!

Last saturday’s event went off as well as we could have hoped. Good turnout, cool people, great performances. In an attempt to break out of my computer box a bit, I composed a two-saxophones-plus-accordion end for Josh’s and my laptop set. It felt really good to perform using instruments, not computers. There’s something wonderful about unamplified sound. I hope I have a chance to work with it more. Here are some photos from the night:

We’ll be doing Fine Diving 003 some time this Spring. Get in touch if you make music that might fit in. We’re looking to expand the pool we draw from for these things.