reports of my demise have been greatly exaggerated

I think that's a misquote.

at any rate, since we announced on the blog that I was in fact leaving, I feel we should announce on the blog that I am not, in fact, leaving, so Skipper needs to stop fantasizing about this new clarinet player he found who's way better than me and knows stuff about Middle Eastern music and gypsy jazz and all this cool shit. You hear me? calm it down there, Skipper. I ain't goin' nowhere.

-j