2019
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August 6th, 2019.
Today I went by my friend Art’s place of employment – the Maryland Sound Institute. I’ve been there once before, and it’s an immense warehouse of sound technology with endless rows of speakers and subwoofers and mics and DI boxes and racks where they build them and tables where they REBUILD them and trucks where…
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August 5th, 2019.
The Teavolve open mic – always fascinating. Had a wonderful night with featured artist Robin Bingham, who, like the artist who’d introduced us and featured the week before (Danah Koch) has an absurd voice packed into a tiny body. She’s a stunning performer, though seems a little more surprised to find herself all alone on…
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August 4th, 2019.
Prince is in a full out snoof-snit. Trying out a new-to-us venue called Tony Locos in Woodbine, MD. They spell the name right, so it’s a good start! It’s a long gig and begins kind of rough, but by the end of the stormy, stormy night we have a small collective of very, very focused…
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July 30th, 2019.
Building the open mic in Takoma Park continues to be an uphill battle. Tonight’s challenges include : continued absence of the open mic from the Busboys and Poets mailing list (they don’t even bother sending out a mailer on the weeks of the open mic, generally, despite the continued insistence that they totally do…), and…
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July 29th, 2019.
When was the last time we had a beautiful day? July 29th, 2019 at Teavolve’s open mic. A great night, fabulous mix of music and poetry with an incredible featured artist to boot. Dana Koch’s The Dead Pens put on a great show, and I’m overly stunned by her. So grateful to Eric Scott for…
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July 27th, 2019.
A beautiful day on our friend Debby’s farm out in Woodbine, MD. From the beast that greeted us, to the family and friends that came to hang out – had an absolutely wonderful (if slightly over-heated) time. It seems like full-band format is getting rarer and rarer, so many thanks to Debby for giving us…
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July 24th, 2019.
You know, it’s shit like this that is NOT helping! A LOT of my friends seem to be posting pretty introspective things on the various social medias today – I guess it’s just a day for it. We’re all gasping in collective relief with the sudden break from the heat wave and thinking about how…
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July 21st, 2019.
A pool in Silver Spring, MD – hot, but breezy! Ish! We had a great show here last weekend. Oh, venue owners, forsooth and verily, let’s work together on this. Sky Stage was absolutely exquisite last weekend… once the sun went down! Cause holy crap, it’s hot. And it’s hit the weekends, which really has…
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July 13th, 2019 – Sky Stage
Our sweltering but beautiful stage takes form at Sky Stage in Frederick, MD. Sky Stage in Frederick, MD is a treat. It wasn’t a smooth easy-going treat – indeed, just about everything that COULD go wrong DID go wrong today, but the show itself was just so joyous – such a celebration of everything that…
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July 11th, 2019.
July 8th – Monday at the Teavolve Open Mic w Shawan Rice. Just another Monday with friends and music! Sort of – I’m definitely feeling a little burnt out on the open mic crowd recently. There were truly AMAZING acts tonight (a couple of poets just blew us all away) but I am tired of…