In terms of my daughter's summer break, the season is nearly at an end. Back-to-school time has become something of a bittersweet ritual in the eight years that I've spent at home with her since being relieved of my graphic design career in 2001. I've been trying to ease my pain by listening to new album releases from Pictures of Then, The Hooters, Cale Parks, Walter Trout and Julian Plenti.  

If you've got any ill-conceived drummer jokes, you can rest assured that they don't apply to Cale Parks. As a current member of both Aloha and White Williams, there wouldn't seem to be a whole lot of wiggle room in Parks' schedule.