2008
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March 9th, 2008.
Would you LIKE the story that begins with playing “It Ain’t Unusual” by Tom Jones and ends with slaying the black widow in Daryl Hannah’s El Camino’s engine block? Enticing, no? Let us begin on Friday night then. We’d driven many an hour, abandoning our comforting Cary, NC home for the uncertainty of Tryon, half-an-hour…
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March 8th, 2008.
Not having a place to be is always the hardest part. We’re in Asheville, NC which is usually quite pleasant – except we’ve been in town for too many hours and have a gig an hour and a half away. We’ve had to buy too many cups of coffee to be in any one coffeehouse…
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March 6th, 2008.
A great combination of virtuosity and “fuck you”. I vote that THAT’S a pretty flattering endorsement. Last night we ended up at an open mic at a place called the City Beverage. It was a nice enough place, cool people. Hideous acoustics, but that just means you stand closer to the speakers to get your…
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March 5th, 2008.
A long day, a long night. Wet on both counts, good on both counts. Heather and I got up late and got moving late. We drove out to Chapel Hill to have a work day with our computers and their internet before it was time to play, but we timed it poorly and ended up…
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March 3rd, 2008.
So, sometimes it’s pretty hard to be me. Not for any decent reason. Not because I’m colourblind or left-handed in a right-handed world. Not because I’m poor or because I had a good upbringing with good parents with good parenting skills in a world where it’s so much cooler to have a lot of anger…
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February 8th, 2008.
It’s been nice being home, I’ve gotten to make some new friends and be a REGULAR at the College Perk open mic. Behind me Janelle and Heather are just supremely Lovely. And have good hands. Mmm… backrub chains are something that should NOT have died after high school. My birthday was Lovely. The day before…
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February 6th, 2008.
I admit. I am a glutton for my birthday. Often my plaintive cries of “MY DAY” have been expanded into “MY WEEK” and on one memorably occassion “MY MONTH!!!”. Fortunately for the rest of the world, Heather wasn’t having ANY of that and beat me down with something big and wrapped and heavy and the…
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February 5th, 2008.
Ah, the Perk. OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Help save the Perk! Well, there are two sides to every story and I’m glad that I’ve got a friend who I trust who is a member of “the Establishment” because it’s funny when “the Man” is, well, yes – white and male but also gay and trustworthy. Sigh.…
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February 3rd, 2008.
Holy shit. Last night was our best show ever. I’m sorry we didn’t record it. And damn, one of the most beautiful, intense and giving audiences ever. And I got swept away and didn’t take any pictures. Damn. We did two encores – and these weren’t “We sort of feel like playing another song and…