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March 2009

  • March 31st, 2009.

    We’re wending our way home from the Venice Cafe, curving from interstate to interstate on a route we know by heart by now. Saint Louis is almost one of the cities I could navigate sans instruction – I could get in and out and through it easier than Washington, DC, certainly – though that has…

  • March 31st, 2009.

    We’re counting down exits on our way to Columbia, Missouri after playing the open mic at the Saint Charles Coffeehouse in Saint Peters where we received one of our best introductions EVER. As we were entering the room, attempting to be quiet and unobtrusive at the back of an open mic obviously well in-progress, the…

  • March 31st, 2009.

    Yup. Fred’s dead right. And so my home city, Baltimore City – Charm City – appears to be somewhat under attack. Apparently spurred by a couple of disgruntled denizens of a neighbourhood in Baltimore who’ve decided they don’t like having Live music at their local bar, the Baltimore City Council has decided to float a…

  • March 30th, 2009.

    The Shanti – far from being the difficult show I was expecting, was absolutely fantastic. More fun than Columbus, actually. There’s nothing like coming into a bar you know and having it filled with people you didn’t expect to see. Susan (ilyARCHangel of the Midwest) and Jeff Wheeler (of KOPN) and Firedancer all the way…

  • March 29th, 2009.

    As we drive through Western Indiana, passing cows who are no doubt scientifically pointing in the wrong direction, we are optimistic in the gentle snow.  Last night’s show at the Columbus Bar was everything I’d hoped it would be – a lot of fun, lucrative, exhausting and satisfying.  The people there are great, fans and…

  • March 28th, 2009.

    PLOJ XL – March 7th? Not entirely sure when this occurred – alas, though photographs were in the original Journal, somehow the exact date is never given… and the photos are spread out on a couple of dates… but my GUESS is that PJOJ XL (40?) was happening at Brennan and Tori’s house (where I…

  • March 26th, 2009.

    Baltimore’s already nothing but a brief glow behind us, catching the clouds on fire and blending into the taillights of those headed East-bound in the rearview.  Heather and I are listening to Gretel in the growing darkness of Western Maryland as we head out on our first leg of highway.  Wet pavement whines and 18-wheelers…

  • March 16th, 2009.

    Ah, 7 Eleven, you provide me with much in the way of people-watching opportunities.  Not that I generally do so much in the way of observation outside of what’s required to satisfy my “where’s my coffee” based mission… but you do look at the people around you and if you’re anything like me, you generate…

  • March 13th, 2009.

    Another interesting night at Java Mammas.  As the weather gets warmer we have more and more Incidents outside and I fear for my little coffeehouse sometimes.  I find it such a shame that a place that has been so kind to so many and especially the open mic, which is attempting to be a haven…