This is my newest profile photo on Facebook. You’d know that if we were Facebook friends. You should know that I treat my FB friends almost as well as my real friends. (Sadly, I don’t have nearly as many real-life friends as I do on FB.)

Sometimes my Facebook friends (or my Twitter followers) get a secret invitation to join me in the Carter Subaru Mountain Music Lounge — an invitation that you don’t hear about on the air. Since we have quite a few sessions in the weeks ahead, you might want to get in on it by friending me. Sometimes I also tip you off to last-minute giveaways before I do them on the air. I don’t know about you, but to me, concerts just seem a little better when the tickets are free.

So let me hook you up . . . stare into the candle and join me!

Here are my links:

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/john.fisher1
Twitter: http://twitter.com/johndfisher

And FYI here’s the schedule for upcoming MML sessions.

Another cool ride from this year’s Seattle Auto Show . . . . . it’s the Vette of the future, maybe. Mark Cutshall of the show took me around the car.

The Seattle Auto Show runs through Sunda at Qwest Field Event Center. Find out more here.

At their Friday appearance in the Carter Subaru Mountain Music Lounge, Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers talked about creating, shooting, and even choreographing their own music video, with the help of 400 members of the U Mass marching band. Check it out:

And listen to their full live session here.

I’ve already spent too much time at the Seattle Auto Show, which runs through Sunday at the Qwest Field Event Center. Here I am checking out the cars you and I will never be able to afford, but we can drool over the velvet rope that separates us from the exotic rides:

And then there’s the good old-fashioned American muscle, updated for the 21st century. You can take this guy out of Detroit, but you can’t take the Detroit out of this guy . . .. or something like that:

Find out more about this year’s Seattle Auto Show here.

This guy, that’s who. I’m covering a lot of ground over at the Qwest Field Event Center this week. Here I am finding out more about one of the Northwest’s favorite car categories — hybrids:

And here’s a little bit of info on cool crossovers, like that wicked Cadillac behind me:

The show runs through Sunday. Read all about it at SeattleAutoShow.com

It’s a big week for me, because I like cars, and this week the Seattle Auto Show is at Qwest Field Event Center from Wednesday through Sunday, November 11-15.

It’s one thing to visit the show, inhale the new-car smell, check out the concept cars, and sit behind the wheel of all the new models. But I managed to pull a few strings to get a pre-show drive in a car that really caught my eye — the Tesla roadster. It’s one of the fastest cars in the world, it looks wicked, and the coolest part is that it’s totally electric — it’s just about as green as a car can get. So naturally, I had to get my hands on one.

My first stop was Seattle’s Tesla showroom on Westlake in the South Lake Union neighborhood, where I met Jon Taylor, who gave me a tutorial on the car and a quick — and I mean quick — ride. Watch what happens when Jon floors it at a green light:

After Jon handed me the keys and sent me on my way, I immediately headed for I-5 to see what would happen when I turned up the juice on the Tesla. As I get onto the freeway under the Convention Center, notice how I start going a lot faster than the cars in the adjacent lanes:

The Tesla spent the night in my garage, where I charged the batteries using a plug that works in a regular old wall socket. You can also upgrade to a more robust plug that’s like the kind on a washer or a dryer, and you can even get a super-cool charging station from Tesla that completely charges the car in 3 1/2 hours:

And here’s a look at the outside of the car, at rest and in motion:

The Tesla’s probably the coolest car at the Auto Show, but there’s a ton more to see, so, I’m going to sneak in early and do some more blogging from the show later this week. Rubber side down!

David Gray did a fantastic session in the Carter Subaru Mountain Music Lounge on Thursday afternoon (which you can listen to here. ) Then he did an even more fantastic show at the Paramount on Thursday night. Here’s a rather lame Blackberry shot:

I noticed two very distinctive moves that David makes throughout his live performances — maybe you’ve noticed them too. I forgot to bring my trusty video camera to capture the action, but using an ordinary piece of promotional swag I found in the Mountain control room, I was able to recreate David’s signature physical moves. Watch and learn:

I’ve got the tickets, and maybe you can win them this Friday (November 6) when I hang out at the AT&T store at Northgate Mall between noon and 2pm.

The AT&T store’s going to have sweet deals on the new HTC Pure or Tilt 2 — you can actually enter to win* one of these phones during the celebration, plus you’ve got a shot at those Devo tickets. (They’re at the Moore on Sunday and Monday nights.)

And you get to spend some quality time with me — see what it actually looks like in person when a DJ speaks. Ask me questions about The Mountain. Show me pictures of your dogs. Share an Auntie Anne’s pretzel if things really get nutty.

See you Friday between noon and 2!

*The fun-loving lawyers want me to remind you that certain restrictions and other charges apply. See store for more details. While supplies last. Must be 18 yrs or older to enter. AT&T. Your World. Delivered.

Okay, so maybe that’s not very enticing. (That’s my Facebook profile pic.)

But you should also know that sometimes my Facebook friends or my Twitter followers get a secret invitation to join me for a private, intimate performance in the Carter Subaru Mountain Music Lounge. (An invitation that you don’t hear about on the air.) Since we have some good sessions coming up in October, you might want to be in the loop. (Here’s the schedule.) Seating is limited, but I can usually sneak at least a few FB friends or Twitter followers in.

Here are my links:

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/john.fisher1
Twitter: http://twitter.com/johndfisher

Here’s a little slice of life from a typical morning at my house. When my dog Zoe sees me pull a certain pair of pants off the hook she knows it’s time for a walk. Yes, it’s true — I have magic dog pants.