Back from rehab

This past week, for the first time in six years, I've been DAT-less. My portable DAT had been acting a little finicky lately, making tapes that wouldn't play back on any of my home decks. So with a slight sense of dread and nervousness, I packed it up and sent it off to the repair wizards at Pro Digital and just waited. Today I finally heard back from the surgeon and it appears that all is well. Heads are realigned, screws are tightened, inputs and outputs are tested...all for one hour of labor plus shipping costs. So my D8 should be back from rehab by Tuesday, just in time for Guster's Big Gig in Boston at the FleetBoston Pavilion. What a relief.