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2006

  • December 3rd, 2006.

    It’s the black print again. The darkness comes. If our words were little ants, then rob’s must be fire ants and I would be … well … regular ants … Camponotus pennsylvanicus. That’s what this font would be called. Once in California, PA we had to engage in some typical PA behaviour – shooting dogs…

  • December 2nd, 2006.

    It’s a frustrating world. I’m reading the news, and maybe that’s a mistake. Maybe that’s always a mistake because there’s never much in the way of good news out there. That’s overstated – I know – I’m just truly horrified by some of the stuff today. More bombings in Iraq, the existance of the movie…

  • November 26th, 2006.

    Tonight we played at Iota in Arlington, VA. Always a fantastic venue, but it was the Sunday of the Dead (the Sunday after Thanksgiving – a hideous travel day) and one that most venues and bands dread as destined to be a loss. We picked up the show at the last second and didn’t expect…

  • November 25th, 2006.

    My first day at HMT was terrifying. I was frightened of the learning curve, but now I’m realizing how big it truly is. I can answer phones and I can ask Rowan for assistance, but I didn’t know anything about bagpipe chanters, and about how to string mandolins, or what a banjola was, or that…

  • November 24th, 2006.

    I spent Thanksgiving with Heather’s family. We spent the day playing on their new Wii system and even trying a little bit of Xbox Guitar Hero 2 action… we had the obligatory huge turkey dinner, and a little bit of non-obligatory tofurkey… it was a good night. My mom was in Houston with my brother,…

  • November 18th, 2006.

    Last night, Heather and Keren and I all played at Helios in Raleigh, NC – a tight show to people clustered firmly on the couch in front of us. A good night full of excellent banter. We didn’t record it. Damn. Keren was particularly taken my “stalker song” in which I talked about how I…

  • November 17th, 2006.

    Heather and I looking high and low for food on the streets of Asheville, NC as Keren Lee documents. (Yes, Heather’s using a tricorder while I use the ole “visual scanning”) Tuesday night, after playing in Asheville, we raced back to Gastonia to stay with Ben one last night, and ended up jamming with them till…

  • November 12th, 2006.

    Ugh, my stomach progressively got worse over the course of the night, and though I’m taking a whole lot of pride in the fact that everyone was saying I was coming across as even MORE comfortable than I was at our friend Lori’s last house concert, I’ve got to admit it was kind of a…

  • November 11th, 2006.

    I just got a couple of photographs from other friends, so I’m going to throw them in now… here’s the band in Viper Squadron regalia strapping in for Halloween at the College Perk in College Park, MD. It was kind of neat being in uniform and brought an interesting extra sense of solidarity. – Thanks…

  • November 10th, 2006.

    Christmas carols on a warm day in North Carolina. As Johny Mathis sings of the slow fall of snow, the sun sinks slowly to the horizon as we round Chapel Hill, headed towards Concord. I do Love my Christmas songs – and though it’s totally inappropriate for November to hit us with such warm 70…