Last evening's solstice, the heat wave, cold drinks on the deck. Summer's definitely in full swing.

But actually, for us at HQ, it officially kicks off tomorrow night when Wilco takes the stage at Colorado's majestic Red Rocks. We've been looking forward to that for months. A week in the Mountain West follows with gigs in Salt Lake, Boise and Missoula, all under big western skies and starry nights. Will we see you out there twinkling with the stars?

For those of you further south and west, we've also just announced more September shows including Santa Fe (at the Opera House, no less), Redding, CA and San Luis Obispo. Most are onsale tomorrow. Info here.

Fact is, we'll spend the next few months criss-crossing America (and some of Europe) -- from Colorado to Cooperstown and from Newport to the Netherlands. While you're out there with us, check out the voter registration program we're working on with our friends at Headcount and Patagonia: it's called Vote the Environment and we think you'll find it worth your time. Info here.

Thanks as always & see you out there on the range. Or the plains. Or somewhere.

the HQ astronomy team