2012
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September 28th, 2012.
Zoe Mulford appeared out of nowhere at the shop, and I invited her to my open mic for the night. She popped in and incited that rarest of all things: a fun pre-open mic jam with Matt Holsen, Frank Cassel and Paul Loether! Good times were perpetrated. Doing my thing. We’re headed out 70 to…
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September 27th, 2012.
The H Street Festival in Washington DC. September 14th Kristen’s other band 50 Man Machine were booked to perform at the H Street Festival in Washington DC. Because I’m a goooood boyfriend I went along – and honestly 50 Man put on one Hell of a show – it was well worth it. Above, Collier…
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September 19th, 2012.
It was weird to run across posters for my old open mic, apparently still going strong. It’s a shame the new owners were so obnoxious. I kind of miss the place! Weird to have it hosted by someone who worked at the coffeehouse while I was hosting the open mic there… it’s awkward because though…
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September 13th, 2012.
For my third Edith May’s Paradise open mic I was joined by Heather! And about a billion ukuleles. About 8 to be exact. Which is less than a billion, but when it comes to ukuleles in an enclosed, eight can feel like a billion. It was apparently an entirely spontaneous invasion. It was a great…
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September 15th, 2012.
Shopping is always dangerous for me… I like to grab too much food, more than I can carry, more than I can shove in my equipment-laden Saturn, more than I’m sure I’ll eat… but this shouldn’t have been one of my problems. Good thing I’m fit enough to climb in from the other side of…
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August 28th, 2012.
Just admiring my bathroom. I’ve now been at an MVA for about three hours. This is after having been at my first MVA for two hours only to be informed I need a copy of my father’s death certificate in order to complete my transaction. This wasn’t mentioned online in the instructions for what I…
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August 27th, 2012.
Israel Dempsey at the Capital City Cheesecake open mic in Takoma Park, MD. “We need to talk.” There’s plenty of variations on this, but they’re very rarely good. In a relationship it’s usually the run up to a breakup. At a job it’s probably because you’re underperforming. For a regular gig, they’re probably going to…
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August 25th, 2012.
We wandered around the campus of a college in Chapel Hill, NC and checked out their art cows. Unfortunately, one had their bowtie stolen. It was very sad. Oh that was delicious. Hard, pummeling, almost to the point of stinging. Hot and steamy, almost to the point of scorching. One of the best showers I’ve…
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August 23rd, 2012.
Where the Hell did August go? I guess we’ve still got another week. More than a week even, but our next show in Maryland is September 1st and that makes the schedule feel a little more compressed than it is. Fortunately the weather has kind of calmed down and it’s not HIDEOUSLY MOTHERFUCKING DISGUSTING outside…
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August 17th, 2012.
Juels Bland at Capital City Cheesecake’s open mic in Takoma Park, MD. Last night I had one of those weirder dreams… I was with the crew of the Serenity on the bridge of the Heart of Gold (the new one) but with the computer from the old. If you’re with me so far, awesome, we…