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April 2009

  • April 18th, 2009.

    Pittsburgh is like the model train layout in the basement of a man who’s obsession has outgrown his floor space. And so he builds up. Thousands of tiny houses stacked one upon the other, clambouring up the mountains, clamouring for space. Vertiginous stairways are never used but exist like crosshatched waterfalls and tiny switchback streets…

  • April 17th, 2009.

    Dane Cook is the comedian of The Trip. For about a year people had been telling us tails of this man, quoting things from his bits… finally someone gave us some discs a couple of years ago and we tittered mightily. Sometimes we guffawed. And indeed, much of it was very funny. rob performing at…

  • April 16th, 2009.

    The art outside the Big Car Gallery reminded me distinctly of A Softer World – but sans graphics. In-between setting up and playing, Kelly Zullo and I had a great time just reading through and relating. The Big Car Gallery was an interesting venue. Painted passionately – a beautiful stairway took us to our destination.…

  • April 14th, 2009.

    Setting up for a great day at the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis – a Star Wars exhibit, a Lego castle exhibit, dinosaurs, the last days of their show on comic books… I’ve long heard great things about this museum (apparently the largest children’s museum in the country), ever since I worked at the Science Center…

  • April 12th, 2009.

    It’s the first of the long drives East.  We left the Saint Charles Coffeehouse at around 11pm, right as they closed.  We took our time loading out – the gig was fantastic, but exhausting.  We started early to give people a really full show, but it meant we played for about 2 and a half…

  • April 11th, 2009.

    Over the years many people had referred to me as having an “old soul”.  An intense gaze, someone who thinks, I’ve been associated with wisdom, with someone who has perhaps Lived previous Lives.  And because it was flattery, I would take it to heart… A beautiful photograph by Kevin from April 3rd at the Rocheport…

  • April 10th, 2009.

    Once again we’re rubber to road on I-70 eating little bunny-shaped cookies sent from home.  The grey is closing in but the rain’s let up and after tonight we’re 100% east-bound, headed home. It’s absolutely impossible for me to describe how exquisite the last 24 hours.  My words fail me.  Collectively we took 498 photographs…

  • April 11th, 2009.

    Oh sweet water. We just got off the stage at the Cherry Street Artisan and for some reason, the 45 minutes there felt longer than some of the 3 hour shows we’ve played recently. The two guitarists of Stone Sugar Shake Down performing at the Cherry Street Artisan in Columbia, MO. They were both absolutely…

  • April 7th, 2009.

    Saint Louis is the most Bladerunnery of any city I’ve ever been to. They have huge digital video screens and neon and rain clouds looming low over the buildings. Old rusted girders and concrete off ramps that on a foggy day give the impression of flying cars. It’s a great city – I like the…

  • April 6th, 2009.

    The naked people will not have us. It makes me sad. I mean – the naked people have had us before – and have asked for us again, but they will not have us THIS year. My sadness is palpable. As in, it is able to be palped. It’s been a frustrating non-day. I got up…