September 2004
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September 29th, 2004.
Okay, so the journal has been a little dull, in my opinion, which warrants an explanation, I feel. I’ve been sick for the last week or so, ducking out of a couple open mics to make it through last weekend’s gigs and to prepare for the onslaught of this weekend’s. What was nose-down is now…
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September 24th, 2004.
Well, as much as I hate to admit it, I’m watching MTVs (or is it VH1? Same station anyways) – 22 Greatest Bands. Pretty frequently I’m pretty much just horrified by their decisions. What Oasis and Nine Inch Nails is doing on such a list is beyond me. But I’m being reminded of the greatness…
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September 20th, 2004.
An ilyPile. Last night was just… unimaginably wonderful. Dan Blakeslee was Audrey’s RA in our freshman year of college, and I spent so much time over there, he might as well have been my RA too. He was a beautiful, crooning voice ricocheting off the Commons walls, a spectacular fixture of the stairwells, inspiring us…
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September 18th, 2004.
We’re making our way through rain and weather and wind, returning from “Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow”. I haven’t been this satisfied with a movie since the last Harry Potter flick. Add in a decent open mic full of familiar faces (though just enough new ones to sell some CDs) and a group…
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September 17th, 2004.
Man, I just had the musician’s equivelant of the “going to school naked dream”. Ugh – we were playing in some sort of auditorium – big stage, lights, et cetera… but for some reason, we ended up leaving set up till the last second… (I felt really bad too, because I kept telling Brennan to…
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September 15th, 2004.
Dreams and wheezes. Go see the movie of “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” that I dreamed in my head last night. Go see Resident Evil 2, which was NOT in my head – despite the fact that the choice for jarring blaxploitation humour was entirely unneccessary and the choice to hide from…
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September 15th, 2004.
We won the Takoma Park Folk Festival, which I have to admit I am still giddy about. The win was really secondary to how good I felt based on the response of the people at the festival. We sold a bunch of CDs, and it seemed that every person walking up to us expressed genuinely their…
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September 13th, 2004.
The Traditional Music Songcircle at the Takoma Park Folk Festival. From left to right – Rachel Cross, Brooke Parkhurst (of Tinsmith) and Zoe Mulford. Today has been a torture of allergens. My eyes are reddened and tired, and my head is full of the cushioning, gurgling feeling of mucus, and my voice is nasal and…
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September 12th, 2004.
Tonight we went back to Cafe Florian. I haven’t been there in forever, it seems. People were amazed, when last they saw us, Heather and I had been playing together for three weeks, and now it’s been three years. Keola joined us and we played a really Lovely set, including Heather’s new one “Illinois is…
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September 11th, 2004.
It’s strange to think that three years ago I was driving home from Glovia, listening intently to the radio, horrified at what I was hearing. I had to pull over to cry a couple of times. I was sure that every day was going to bring something new and terrible. I’ve been dreaming, which I…