Happy 2025. That “Happy” being said, this year has been off to a rough start so far: fires, flooding, deaths, and political upheaval. It seems like everyone I know has been touched by both sadness or madness. Me? My cheerful heart wants to celebrate gladness. This is part of the drummer’s place in the cosmic scheme of things: we do our best to make rhythmic sense of everything. THAT said, the universe is really challenging us at the moment. I began the new year early in the morning, departing our Las Vegas hotel room to make the drive back to Los Angeles in the hope of beating whatever New Year’s Day traffic there might be on the 2-lane highway back to LA. Turns out our timing was good, but a 4:30 a.m. leave time will do that for you. We counted ourselves fortunate getting out of town before the EV […]

April 2025 Issue