We've all collectively played with so many great local musicians that if you come to a Driving Reign show, you might see somebody you haven't seen onstage for five years. But we've kept in touch, and we invite them up.

We're seeing evidence of Utah households responding to higher fuel costs by driving less, heating less, and being more efficient. And if oil prices stay high, we should also see more enduring efforts to explore alternatives, like tar sands and oil shale.

Ali and Easy Street have been phenomenal supporters of my driving, and I'm glad we can put our combined Subaru experience together to race in SPEED World Challenge.

I wouldn't be surprised to see it start come down slowly, ... I think market trends are going to start driving prices down. I think when prices got to a $3.29 and $3.39 rate, everybody was calling me, saying, 'Why is everyone pricing like that?' The market has never been through anything like this and I think a lot of people didn't know where to price.

I compare notes with my two sons, who are in their mid 20s. That keeps me abreast of the latest thing. For instance, my oldest son told me about a guy named John Mayer.

It's been a perennial problem for Christian musicians. Traveling hundreds of miles to minister at a church, coffee house, or concert, and then playing your heart out for a meal and maybe a small offering.