for any of you who have tried to buy a digital copy of “the color suite”—or individual tracks from the album—since it was released, you have surely noticed its nonexistence in the selection of most digital distributors. this was due to a technical glitch with the audio files CD Baby had, but it's all straightened out now and “the color suite” is available on iTunes and other digital music providers. ♦ it’s hard to keep track of these “minor” details of my music career with all the exciting academic projects i’ve been occupied with lately. i am currently planning 5 months of anthropological research in bolivia next year on christian women's religious experience—if you’re curious to know more, i’ll send you my research proposal. for real! ♦ on january 9th at the trinity house in livonia, mi we are putting together a big show that will be made into a live concert dvd, so everyone needs to come and create a joyful din and help us create a beautiful musical memory together. my father, doug brown, will be playing a set of his own soulful r&b ballads that won him a hit single in detroit in the 80s! ♦