Jealous much?

While I'm here, doing this, my buddy Daren is in New York in the green room for Late Night with Conan O'Brien.

OK, I'm not really firm on the time line, what with the east coast/west coast three-hour time difference, but his band The Airborne Toxic Event is scheduled to appear on the show tonight.

Before moving to southern California and embarking on rock-stardom, Daren played drums for at least two Fresno bands, including Pinkeye, which I would argue was the best band in Fresno. Until they weren't.

At any rate, that was then.

This is now: