Mic Check

I've dismissed occasional requests to revive this site from friends, family and strangers over the past few months.  Personal problems- don't ask!- have made public navel-gazing seem hopelessly indulgent.  Besides, I've been perfectly content antagonizing the Kansas City's jazz establishment at Plastic Sax and revealing way too much about myself at There Stands the Glass.  Yet in a moment a weakness I publicly relented.  Here goes nothing.