June 2022
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June 26th, 2022. Beat the rain.
Dave Benham joins Kristen and I as we kick off the night. Kevin Schoch kicking off the list at the open mic. Oh man. It was way too hot. Right up until it wasn’t. Had to ask Steve Hung to come back next week so we could break down and get out from under the…
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A Fine Summer Day.
A fine summer dayFor picking fruit and consequenceA fine summer daySun shining down on swollen lipsA fine secret wayA muddy trip down to the riverbankA quiet angry dayDirt on my thighs and down my back Driving down to TexasIt’s where I learned to Live againThe road gave me religionOr at least some faith in my…
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June 21st, 2022. WHY DOES IT HAVE HANDS?!?!?!
Yesterday we rolled up to Delaware to play the above series. I wish we actually WERE playing at the tower. That’d be pretty freakin’ cool. That’s our friends the Honey Badgers on the billboard. Just a beautiful day in the park. Weird dreams last night. I’m not really reassembling them very well. After such an…
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June 20th, 2022. Slow movin’.
That Other Rob kicking things off at the Ellicott City Open Air Open Mic. A number of my Sandy Spring peeps are beginning to find me out here. I was expecting a slow day because of Father’s Day, and maybe a contentious day, because of Juneteenth – but it was actually a perfect day. Roisin…
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June 18th, 2022. The Best Day.
Don’t mind me. Just having a good sock day. Squid and Yoda day. Friday I got up and drove down to Sandy Spring Museum to help them with a video project for their Digital Folklife Lab. My socks, alas, were not part of the project. The weather was a bit rough this week. Too hot.…
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June 15th, 2022. I wish you were smarter.
This is a totally unrelated image solely included to lighten this post. I get the idea that the Democrats want to demonize the gas companies for “gouging” but I think that if you want to have progressive environmental policies driven through Capitalist mechanisms, the way you reduce demand is to increase price. The way you…
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June 13th, 2022. Haven’t we been here before?
Setting up for Live from the Lair (from the Living room) on Wednesday June 8th. It was just getting waaaay too hot in the basement for guests! SONiA disappear fear playing Live from the Lair. This week’s been a back and forth, kind of frenetic, followed by hurry-up-and-wait kind of week. I’ve had them before.…
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June 12th, 2022. Clearing the Air at the Open Air Open Mic.
Kristen and I kicking off the night at my open mic in Ellicott City, MD. Steve Hung kicking off the list with a number of tunes including some Nintendo. I could NOT sleep last night, mostly because I was full of the ShouldaSaids. Open mic nights are back – though how strong that claim is,…
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June 7th, 2022. Shh. Recovering.
Wednesday’s Live from the Lair at Rowan’s place was a deliciously good time. AND air conditioned!!! But we DID have to spend a lot of time dealing with Luna, who is NOT a good cat. Trying not to think about the future too much. I’m enjoying the act of craft right now, but not terribly…