2004
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February 3rd, 2004.
Well, any second now, we’ll be heading off to Philadelphia, but in all honesty, we’ll probably put it off for another day. I worry that this means we’re getting lazy. But on the other hand, we recorded TORCH, Letters from the Front, and new versions of both Matador and Save Berlin over the past few…
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February 2nd, 2004.
For those of you concerned – my Father’s surgery, which was supposed to take place several weeks ago, has been postponed and postponed. Tomorrow morning at 5am I’ll be driving him into Washington D.C., allaying fears if I can. Some snow. I’ve Loved all this, certainly, but I am getting a little tired of it.…
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February 1st, 2004.
Got to go out and see a show tonight. Finally. For the first time in forever, I got to go see music and not play myself. Did that sentence make sense? I assure you it did. Anywho, tonight Heather picked me up from Amy’s new house and took me out to the Vault to see…
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January 30th, 2004.
Last night was incredible. For many reasons. There was the swirl of late night snow, and the swirl of people, and beautiful people at that. There was Nefrit El-Or, who’s band is the first creation since Underfoot to really stir me in person. There was an almost perfect show, there was a beautiful dream. Nefrit…
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January 29th, 2004.
Erf. Dumb night at the Iota’s open mic. So much time for bed. Dan Zimmerman at Iota’s open mic. The next morning leaves me strange with dreams. I’m a little anxious about the gig at Iota’s tonight – moreso than I should be. We rock, that’s what we do. I’m annoyed at myself for not…
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January 28th, 2004.
We’re sitting in a gas station parking lot – we’re going to Iota’s… any second now. A lot of my Life is taken up by waiting, and by not using that time adequately. I sleep too much, watch too much television, listen to Heather practice guitar. But there’s the feeling that I still don’t get…
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January 23rd, 2004.
Played Puddinghead’s last night before leaving for Home. Fantastic night, though perhaps best described in pictures…. an open mic that at first was slightly discouraging. A bit sparse in patronage upon first sight – the guys who were playing had been playing for a while, and KEPT playing for a while – and kept saying…
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January 22nd, 2004.
Very quickly, we’re home again, with Mari being forced to try on hats. Poor pup. We played Chopstix last night with Chelsea and Beau – and had a spectacular time. Though the venue itself was kind of… unfortunate (they paid $80 to play there? the place wouldn’t let us into set up for a 10pm…
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January 21st, 2004.
It’s 1am, and I’m lactose intolerant. I depend on Chelsea practicing guitar loudly, I depend on Nat playing Zelda loudly, I depend on Conan o’Brian’s audience screaming loudly. I’m sorry for my body, but the worst part of the Trip is … small houses and bathrooms that aren’t in any way separated from the rest…
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January 20th, 2004.
Sunday started with an excellent practice session – despite ice and snow, ilyAIMY came together and worked out some hairy spots on LooseN, Choke Cherry, and a couple of other tunes – just jamming around for half the night as well. We spent the night at Alfred’s in preparation for our trip south the next…