2018
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August 1st, 2018.
I dreamt that I was watching my parents. They were lying in bed. The bed was in the dining room – where we’d set my father’s cot up while he was dying. I was watching them breathe – my mother crying and upset but finally setting down and they fell asleep next to one another…
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July 29th and the week before….
Open mic night at Teavolve… Not much story here… just was on my camera game! Gratuitous cat pic. July 25th at the Rooster and Hen. Just a good night playing music with friends FOR friends. A small night – but in the face of more torrential rain, better than expected. July 26th at Sparta Inn….…
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July 22nd, 2018.
July 19th found me two-timing, maybe even three-timing my own open mics… Indeed, I really ought to go out and visit other events more frequently. It’s a failing. I’ve been seeing advertisements for the Baltimore County Artists’ Guild open mic for months, but the day-of the thing is generally more or less invisible. So this…
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Just an update.
Damn. And of COURSE WordPress inserts it all exactly INVERSE to my intention. Bah. Mike Duck “Not For Coltrane” opening for ilyAIMY at the New Deal Café on Friday, July 6th. ilyAIMY (sans Heather) soundchecking at New Deal Café. Wonderful night with a lot of people remarking on how passionate we were as performers. Met…
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July 4th, 2018.
It’s July 4th and I’m thinking about the national anthem. Heather’s reposted her version from a couple of years ago when our gig was canceled (thunderstorms?) – this year she writes : “No gig this year at which to sing the anthem. I think most vocalists do not have a deep personal connection to this…
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6/28/18/8/10
Good times had – Kristen, Chuck the Madd Ox and I performing at the Monday night open mic at Teavolve in Baltimore, MD. Last night we played the 8×10 for the first time in a LONG time. It’s still got one of the best sound systems in town (and has obviously seen some upgrades since…
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Sunday Sound Day.
Michelle Murray and I at the George Washington Masonic Memorial in Alexandria, VA. She was the opener for the night! I kind of Love running sound. Load-in can be annoying, and load-out, after an evening full of paying attention, playing or not, is invariably drudgery (though it’s the drive HOME that’s usually really exhausting) but…