November 2003
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November 30th, 2003.
Right from the beginning, we knew that travelling out to the midwest wasn’t going to be the smartest business plan in the world, and the fact that we’ve played half-a-dozen gigs and twice as many open mics belies the fact that we meant this was almost as more of a vacation than an actual part…
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November 29th, 2003.
I”m feeling bad because the last week or so has been filled with very little activity. Of course, I’m not sure how much activity one can expect out of a musician with a head cold and a sore throat, but – well, there’s so much to do that doesn’t involve singing. At the moment, I’m…
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November 27th, 2003.
It’s Thanksgiving morning and we’re going back to Jennie’s feeling pretty good about ourselves. 10 CDs sold tonight – almost a record. Friendly people, including a guy who’s giving us a two page list of every venue he’s found in Denver, Fort Collins, Boulder and Colorado Springs. A good night indeed. And a waitress who…
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November 26th, 2003.
Approaching Boulder today in the dark was like mirrored stars climbing the sky. There were rivers of light that fountained up from the horizon, and it take a moment for our perspective to shift and realize that we were seeing towns on the face of the mountains. A beautiful drive tonight – lost on the…
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November 24th, 2003.
Jennie has caught microbes. Virus beasts and germ laden sneezes are hovering just out of vision, surrounding us at every turn. We’re taking care of her, and avoiding sickness ourselves, with doses of vitamins and sleep. At least sunshine is now in abundance. For a few days it was grey and downy, like the inside…
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November 22nd, 2003.
Sloth Day doth continue. Snow has dropped on us from over the mountains, and we had many big plans, but a lot of them involved driving around. It’s beautiful! IN the meantime, of course, we really DO have to get out and brave the weather, as we need to get new CDs to CDBaby.com –…
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November 21st, 2003.
Today is Sloth Day. The last week has been full of stress and agony and emotional insanity, and so today was declared Sloth Day. First, we ran about finding food and snacks and “munchies and crunchies”, movies and pomegranates. Then… then we made a clever strategic decision to burn some popcorn. We needed to burn…
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November 20th, 2003.
Erf. Another sort of nothing night. Playing to five people. The Java Lounge recently placed a cover on their open mic, and saw their attendance drop from the full house they had two weeks ago (and this place is BIG) – to tonight’s turn out: 6 people at it’s height. And the owner’s irked at…
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November 19th, 2003.
Tonight we played the Java Lounge, and I’ve got conflicting emotions upon our return. On the one hand, we saw… well, I think she’s the most spectacular singer/songwriter I’ve ever seen. There were no unneccessary words, nothing missing from the chords. Incredible guitar playing, and a beautiful sounding guitar. Her voice was exquisite, and she…
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November 18th, 2003.
Gosh, I can truly embarass myself some nights. We come, we play, we kick ass. That’s a standard, but sometimes I’m just not funny, and I know that, and sometimes someone gets offended. Last night was awesome. We played at Lucky Joe’s in Fort Collins, and I think we played particularly well – the sound…