January 2023
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January 31st, 2023. The Takoma Open Spark w Juels Bland.
We do this every Tuesday at the School of Musical Traditions at 7112 Willow Ave, Takoma Park, MD. Signup at 6, music at 7, moderately family-friendly, 2 songs / 10 minutes / 1 pun whichever’s shortest unless we’re feeling generous. A very sparse night which made me really sad. Juels Bland, our feature for the…
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January 30th, 2023. And now we don’t.
My technology is a difficult mix o’ stuff. I perhaps get unreasonably annoyed when people contact me when I don’t want to be contacted. In all fairness, it’s not like I have “office hours” in practice, much less, posted anywhere. I’m a musician and artist by trade and most people expect me to keep odd…
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January 29th, 2023. And now we rest.
I was fearing this weekend. Not hugely. Not terribly far in advance. But I was concerned about it starting on Tuesday when it turned out that some sort of miscommunication meant that we had THREE gigs this weekend, not “merely” two. Now – in the Before Times I’d not have thought twice about this. Hell,…
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January 24th, 2023. Participatory Apocalypse.
A solo Live from the Lair? Here we go…. So, Kristen’s over her symptoms but she’s still testing positive. I’ve never had symptoms and never tested positive. She’s wearing a mask around the house and the house is COLD cause there have been fans going and windows cracked since she test positive and I guess…
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January 22nd, 2023. Grey Day.
Friday the 13th at American Legion in Wheaton, MD. Great show. Great time had. Great recording actually. Friday the 13th is traditionally quite lucky for us. OR is it where Kristen caught COVID? We’ll never know. The next night, after our fabulous Friday the 13th gig, I ran a fun webcast with Kim Moberg and…
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January 17th, 2023. The Takoma Open Spark with Jillian Matundan.
Avi kicking off the night with a beautiful voice and very, very, very supportive parents. We do this every Tuesday at the School of Musical Traditions at 7112 Willow Ave, Takoma Park, MD. Signup at 6, music at 7, moderately family-friendly, 2 songs / 10 minutes / 1 pun whichever’s shortest unless we’re feeling generous.…
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January 10th, 2023. Carole Wise at the Open Spark.
Margaret’s first time at the Spark, a new comer to Takoma Park – though it rapidly came to late that she was a Takoma Park returnee. You could tell. Kristen had just come from a recording session with Bryan Lee here. Or mayhaps Bryan had just come from recording with Kristen? We do this every…
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January 2nd, 2023. Huh.
New Year’s Eve. A grey, strange, Cthonic day. Amy and Nate are coming over soon. Let us feast with the demise of 2022. It’s January 2nd and I feel attacked. Not massively, just like somehow it’s 48 hours into the new year and I’m running behind. I got up, worked out, took a shower, made…
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January 3rd, 2023. The Takoma Open Spark w Annette Wasilik.
Below is the video and photos from the first Takoma Open Spark of the year – January 3rd, 2023. We do this every Tuesday at the School of Musical Traditions at 7112 Willow Ave, Takoma Park, MD. Signup at 6, music at 7, moderately family-friendly, 2 songs / 10 minutes / 1 pun whichever’s shortest…