I had one of those days. One of those days when nothing worked.

1. Had to drive to Ypsilanti. Connected with a contractor working on behalf of Fentriss.com. He's great, but his doorbell didn't work.

2. Had to drive to the Post Office, stand in line. Took forever.

3. Again, had to visit Post Office. Different guy at desk this time - the kind of front-desk-gatekeeper who takes special pride in being rude to customers. Took forever. Didn't work.

4. Found listing online for Chinese restaurant. Called them - oops! Old number. Wrong location. We switched the numbers - what, you didn't know? Sorry about that. Didn't work.

5. Amazon.com instant video - I tried to rent Fists Of Fury and it would not play. It didn't work.

6. AHA! Finally! Something worked. I called Amazon Customer Service about the movie that didn't work. They took care of everything. They gave me a full refund, plus a freebie rental.

Amazon, after a long day of things that didn't work, you did.

Thank you.

Here's an important update for all of you who have bought, or are planning on buying the Official Steve Fentriss T-Shirt.

I'm very proud to announce that I have just gained a new sponsor, MSW Print & Imaging. Indeed these are the people behind the shirts you've been wearing and ordering from my site.

Be sure and visit their new sponsor page on Fentriss.com, where you can read the whole story of a Steve Fentriss T-Shirt.

Thanks, MSW!

Today, I deactivated all of my social networking accounts. Facebook, Twitter, Google+. Gone.

Why would I do that? Won't it make me unpopular? Doesn't it go against all modern marketing strategy? Doesn't it defy all common sense?

I don't think so.

I had about 1,000 twitter followers and 12 Facebook "likes" at the time I deactivated my accounts. That's NOT a big deal on either of those sites - I think you need about 10,000 likes or follows to even make a dent.

But there are about fifty of you who visit this website, listen to the music and read the blog posts.

That's a big deal - you folks are the ones who buy my music and go to my shows. I'd rather have fifty of you than 1,000 people who just click "Follow" on Twitter (who are probably "following" like 500 other people).

You guys are my real friends and followers. I'm going to focus all of my content here.