2019
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September 18th, 2019 – Get OUT.
THIS is the way the best days start. Coffee at the Joint in Bethlehem, PA. The day has been downright idyllic, driving north from Bethlehem, PA – one of my favourite cities – via a pretty leisurely route up through NY to where we’re playing tonight in Egremont, MA. We hit up a jam at…
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September 17th, 2019 – Get Nupped.
(above, Sunday found ilyAIMY performing at a wedding in Frederick, MD – actually we were probably more a product of the bride’s father than the bride…) (below, just a stunning day for Love to get officialized!) Dulaney’s Outlook’s signature nupmobile. Kristen’s all fancy. A fine ceremony. ilyAIMY’s first barn of the week! Not a popstand.…
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September 15th, 2019 – Udvar Hazy.
I think that I’m having difficulty maintaining my sunny disposition. There’s a number of things going into that: the unending summer, sarcastic second-hand clients, the weight of social media negativity, the sleeting ferocity of the bad news from the world at large. Saudi Arabia and the Amazon have finally joined one another in flames, the…
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September 10th, 2019 – the Apocalypse is Now.
Last night I had a dream that was funny right up until it wasn’t. I dreamt that I was at my mother’s house with Kristen and a bunch of musicians (I don’t think they were my bandmates) and we were wandering around the house picking up things and looking at them, we were looking at…
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September 8th, 2019 – Takoma Park Folk Festival.
Sunday September 8th, 2019. It’s time for the Takoma Park Folk Festival! The 41st festival… possibly the 42nd year, it’s all in how you count. It all seems to be in dispute. It’s all okay though, cause I haven’t been here that long and it doesn’t matter to me at ALL. (pictured above, Conor and…
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September 7th, 2019 – TPFF Set Up.
The run up for the Takoma Park Folk Festival is a bit of a beast, though it seems slightly easier this year than previously. By the night of the 8th it would become apparent that that’s because of three things : Things are genuinely easier this year. No hurricane so only ONE plan required for…
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September 6th, 2019 – Kristen at the Kennedy.
Spent this morning embarrassingly stressed out. One of my clients (Hell, ALL of my clients) seem to have an unerring instinct for having things that NEED TO BE DONE right NOW at moments when I’ve got zero time and all my cycles are already consumed. For example: On my way to last night’s bar gig…
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September 5th, 2019 – If you like Tool, you’ll like Tool.
Heather and I listened to the new Tool album, Fear Inoculum, as we drove out and back to our gig at Firestone’s last night. It’s long enough that it made a good driving companion out and back, intriguing enough that I was eager to return to it after our three hour bar gig, aggressive enough…
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September 4th, 2019 – A rant.
I hate conflict. I’m not good at it. My voice gets high. I stutter. I can’t see straight. I spend the rest of the day thinking of the “could’ve saids / should’ve saids” and in extreme cases “could’ve dones”. Aggressive conflict resolution figures highly in my landscape of personal fantasy. Depending on the day, it’s…
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August 27th, 2019 – Busboys and Poets w Christian Alfonso.
I really wish the Busboys and Poets open mics were taking off, but they seem to be resolutely “meh”. The venue just seems to be fighting me on the very existence of the event despite their initial enthusiasm when they approached me. I plan to work through the booked features and then let them figure…