It sounds like the Diaspora Conference got some mixed review. Better have one than not is my opinion on that. Anyway, here in Boston things have been interesting. I hung out with a friend of mine that just got back from the Peace Corp in Armenia last month and it was great to see him. Aaron Stayman spend a few years in Ijevan, Armenia serving the Peace Corp. Along the way he made a few recordings while in Hayastan. Most notably Gor's albums (Yeraz being one and the unreleased Godfather Tom the other) plus a six track demo of his own tunes. Over the weekend he brought his guitar over and I pulled out the oud and we starting jamming a bit over a couple of Coors Light's. It's been a while since I have practiced. We pretty much played some of his songs along with some of Gor's from Yeraz and it sounded half way decent. We gave Gor a ring in Armenia from Boston and chatted for an hour or so. It looks like Gor's big concert in Yerevan will be above the Rock Club on Pushkin Street on June 8th. I'll have more details as things are confirmed. There should be about 200 or so people at the concert.

There are a lot of Armenian functions going on here in the Boston area and in New York as well. There is this HyeList that is great as it keeps you up to date on Armenian things happening in the area. Also, the Armenian Network sends out emails periodically letting people know of functions in the area. A new church has started here in Framingham, MA USA to serve the Metro West Boston community.

That's all for now...