We're nearly in the throes of the summer TV season, and I'm expecting to cover at least three shows: So You Think You Can Dance, Nashville Star and Big Brother. Heck, one of those has already started, and I'm behind the proverbial 8-ball.

However, there's a reason for the recent absence.

For the first time in three years, I'm embarking on a night of live music. And, for the first time ever, it will be me alone.

*** This Saturday from 6:30 to 10 p.m. at Othello's in Norman on Campus Corner. ***

I've played with bands. I've played some jazz quartets, a trio and even a cabaret duo. But this is just me, and you can expect a ton of standards and jazz classics as well as a few pop tunes and some originals. It'll be kind of a mix between dinner club music and a piano bar show.

I'd be lying to you if I didn't acknowledge some anxiety about the whole thing, which could lead to even more entertainment. Imagine if I pass out at the piano. Or keel over from a stroke during a song. Seriously, you may see something you've never seen before.

But hopefully it's merely the beginning of me playing live across central Oklahoma way more often than once every three years. Feel free to drop by anytime, but be sure to tell the folks at the bar what a punk, er, talent I am.

Blogs will resume next week. Ciao.