January 2020
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January 30th, 2020. Can’t sleep won’t sleep.
I think I managed to fall asleep pretty early. By 1.30 or so. But I was up again by 5. My mind’s kind of whirling and troubled. People are truly awful creatures most of the time, and perhaps at their most awful when trying to prove that they’re less awful than the next one down…
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January 29th, 2020. The El Golfo Open Mic w Emma G.
Joey Jenkins kicking off the list! Okay, in all honesty two open mics might be a bit much for me nowadays. I know there was a period of time where I had even more – but this week I was FEELING the outlay of energy. Collide. Unlike a gig, where your symbiosis with the audience…
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January 27th, 2020. The Teavolve open mic with Katie Callahan.
Mai actually got off shift… and then stuck around to read for us! Monday night was an inspiration. Though it seems to be a new thing that people are simply rolling in later (I have even talked to Sunni, the owner, about starting later… but she gave me a LOOK) and that always makes me…
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January 25th, 2020. One World Coffeehouse is better than the Universe.
Getting set up for the big shew. I had a short conversation with a friend the other day, she’s more spiritual than I, talking about how the universe often provides what you’re looking for. I’m not really a believer of that, as I know I’m just a small cog in a vast machine… I’ll eventually…
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January 22nd, 2020. Mike P Ryan at El Golfo open mic III!
Heather AND Joey in the house! A Lovely night of new artists, Mike P Ryan showing why he wins award after award, and introducing Heather to El Golfo. Oh. And duck. New-to-me artist Quinn Kay kicking off the list. Holy crap. The duck. Joey and Jimmy! It was a quiet night. Kind of moody, a…
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January 20th, 2020. Martin Luther King, Karter Jaymes, and a party of 30.
Karter Jaymes performing to a packed house at Teavolve. Wow. Last night was a lot. In a good way. In a bad way. It’s the extremes of everything that make Life interesting though! This mic. This mic is open. Martin Luther King Day is a big deal in Baltimore. And it should be. I wish…
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January 19th, 2020. The Band is Home.
So grateful that we can get the band together. Grown-up Lives, children and “real” jobs, not to mention five disparate gig schedules, means ilyAIMY doesn’t get to get together NEARLY enough… but late last night Kristen Jones made band breakfast and put it in the fridge, then at 5.30am Joey Jenkins rolled in from his…
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January 15th, 2020. Annette Wasilik at the El Golfo Open Mic.
Well – the second El Golfo open mic was smoother than the first, a little bit smaller turn-out wise, a little bit bigger tips (for the feature) wise and all-in-all probably reflected pretty close to how I’d like the thing to run. Figuring out how to make my breakdown a LOT swifter would be great…
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January 14th, 2020. The Dead of It.
Art is long and time is fleetingAnd our hearts though stout and braveStill like muffled drums are beating Funeral marches to the grave. In the midst of all the madness, a moment of brief, still beauty… I hope this isn’t ALL the snow we’re getting this year – but I think it’s the first snow…
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January 13th, 2020. Ashleigh Chevalier at Teavolve’s Open Mic.
One of the rarest of all beests, a solo singing bass player! Mark James! Tonight was a slow night, but it filled in, but it filled in slowly, but it filled in with the perfect people. No offense to all y’all that weren’t there, but it really was a Lovely night. A couple of new…