Everyone knows how much leeway we give him and he is eternally grateful for it, too (as a computer tech, really, you need as much leeway as you can get sometimes) even if he is in too much of a hurry to show it sometimes.
[size=8pt]Well, that gig was still in the Northwest, but it was in Gresham which meant I'd have to drive in Oregon traffic, pay Oregon gas prices, pay Oregon taxes, drink Oregon coffee, vote for Oregon politicians and live in Oregon housing. Not exactly the most optimal (or even feasible!) of working conditions. Oregon's a nice place to go for vacation (especially the rural eastern and southern parts of the state; in fact, the farther away from Portland you get the better it gets) but I wouldn't want to live and work there.
By the way, the sound on the Band Camp sampler discs was mastered on the hi-fi tracks of my VCR, in SP mode. Certainly not the most advanced of setups especiall by today's standards, but it beats having to haul Robin's tempermental 150-pound portable Tascam 8-track 1/2" reel to reel deck over there!