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2018

  • December 25th, 2018.

    Christmas Eve eve found Kristen and I visiting downtown Frederick, MD just to see the lights and the boat thing on Carroll Creek. Have NO idea if they’ve been doing this for years or if it’s brand new – but it’s brand new to US!

  • December 23rd, 2018.

    Let’s start with some optimism. Thursday night I hosted a wonderful last-open-mic-of-the-year at the Baltimore Christmas Village. It was a full night with lots of familiar faces and a few brand new ones. It was a rainy, blustery, nasty night – but inside the Christmas Tent, all was warm and friendly-like. What better way to…

  • December 18th, 2018.

    You’re not ready for this post. So give it a sec. Look at this Lovely Christmas tree first! Tuesday night I played the Baltimore Residence Inn for a three hour “stand here and fill space” kind of night. It went okay. I tried out a new approach to nights where an audience is NOT going…

  • December 17th, 2018.

    It was a very, very busy weekend of shows – and every one of them was different, and there was a lot to Love about each of them. Friday night was an artsy, strange and wonderful celebration of the winter solstice. Saturday found us playing a wine bar in Frederick where we have a small…

  • December 14th, 2018.

    A horrible dream last night. Band practice, everyone gathered in the Living room and then a flash of light. We knew it was Washington DC that had been nuked and we knew we probably had about a minute to get secure. We pressed our backs to the south-facing wall, some of us raced to the…

  • December 12th, 2018.

    Ministry came to town. Thanks to Pandora, every time my favourite 90s industrial band came up in my music feed I was made aware that they were coming to town and for months I’ve been poking friends to see if ANYONE ELSE CARED. Finally Rowan cared. Christmas at the mall? YES PLEASE!!! Christmas in the…

  • December 4th, 2018.

    It’s been something of a frustrating day.  Yesterday was mostly Lovely. A little strange. Mostly Lovely. The open mic in particular was mostly Lovely. The strange bit came right at the beginning with a little bit more strange placed right at the end – though the former strange was unsettling and the latter strange was…

  • December 2nd, 2018. Living the Dream. Dreaming Bad Dreams.

    Weird dreams last night. A broad array. After Friday night’s show I needed no break with reality (though Friday night’s show sort of SEEMED like a break with reality) but my brain brought it to me anyhow. Three distinct vignettes that for better or worse are no longer distinctly remembered except for the physical sensations…

  • November 28th, 2018.

    Je suis un exhaustopuddle. Surely you know what it is that I’m talking about. Holy crap, this week is a killer – and what’s more is that it doesn’t have nearly as much to do with my schedule as you’d think – at least not my PLANNED schedule! It’s the lack of sleep. I have…

  • November 27th, 2018.

    So, I joined Facebook to advertise the band and have held out for YEARS on just scrolling through my feed. I’ve fallen into this seduction relatively recently and find myself going down a dark rabbit hole of nastiness. It clings to the fur like you wouldn’t believe. Friday night we raced home from Pleasantville, NY…