2019
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March 3rd, 2019.
I truly despise social media. I think it’s at the root of a LOT of today’s ills, normalizing the most disgusting among us because intelligent, kind people are too “cultured” to shut down the evil among us. I count myself among them – I think of myself as smart and moderately moral – and I’m…
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February 24th, 2019.
February 18th, 2019 at Teavolve’s Open Mic w Marc Evans. A pretty spectacular night at Teavolve. Though plenty of people came out because they knew Marc Evans, it didn’t seem like the majority of them had come specifically to see him. I’ve got theories about how social media contacted different audiences than normal, but really…
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February 16th, 2019.
It’s the nature of the job at our level – or maybe at any level? I mean one day you’re playing stadium gigs for sold out arenas and ten years on you’re playing country fairs, right? Well – on our level it’s even MORE of a roller coaster. Thursday night it was a two thousand-seat…
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February 14th, 2019.
Valentine’s Day saw ilyAIMY performing at the 5th Annual Frederick Showcase – a yearly presentation of local musicians at the truly spectacular 2000-seat Weinberg Center for the Arts in Frederick, MD. We were partnered with J Berd (hip hop), Mr. Husband (an Indie rock, slightly country-ish act) and local singer/songwriter Luna. Sound check. The sound…
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February 12th, 2019
Some upDates… February 5th found me taking my entire day to drive down to Falls Church, VA to play at JV’s as their open mic featured artist. Previously I’d been exposed to this as being a primarily singer/songwriter-oriented event – but tonight they had BOTH kinds of music : Country AND Western – and I…
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February 11th, 2019.
Competition and Music I shouldn’t REALLY read the Washington Post. A bastion of good reporting, after the Trump election I feel like it’s spiraled in on itself as a self-referential, liberal echo chamber that can have five articles on their front page about how Trump’s media coverage allowed him to run for president, media coverage…
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February 5th, 2019.
I had a friend ask me last night if I thought we were going to hit our country’s “eat the rich” moment soon – she expressed hope that she wished we would. I asked what brought up the question and she was like: “reddit?” Eat the rich? Or release xenomorphs on the poor? Having more…
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January 27th, 2019.
BIG ASS DATA Or – Facebook probably knows EXACTLY how big my ass is. So, this is just a “let me think this through” kind of Journal entry. Because sometimes you’re not quite sure WHAT you think, but writing it out helps… I saw a couple of little arcs of paranoia over the recent “10…
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January 25th, 2019.
Just catching up. January 21st, 2019 at Teavolve with Chuck the Madd Ox. January 21st was a great night at Teavolve with a couple of new faces – like this new-to-Baltimore artist Trenton who has moved here from Albuquerque, NM to further his non-profit Full Battle Rattle’s goals : rehabilitating veterans by helping them learn…
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January 24th, 2019.
I sort of want to put together a quiz to try to gauge empathy and willingness to participate as a member of society. There’d be questions like : You are asked for guidance from an acquaintance. Do you : Answer the question to the best of your ability? Apologize for not being able to answer…