May 2023
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May 30th, 2023. Columbus, IN. Out.
Holy crap Steve. You’re even an engineer of DELICIOUSNESS. Steve is trying to impress us. We are impressed. There’s a midwest approach to breakfast that involves stacking. Steve builds UP rather than out. And, yes, we are impressed. We tour for the food. S’truth. It’s a little strange to come through Columbus IN and NOT…
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May 29th, 2023. The REAL Memorial Day.
After all the hiking I was NOT inspired to take on anything more physical and SORT of thought we were going to go back to Steve’s place and crash! But Steve really wanted a COOKOUT and Allison said she wanted to drink and break rocks. This didn’t immediately appeal to me, but then I got…
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May 29th, 2023. Memorial Day.
Visiting Steve in Columbus, IN means visiting what has long been one of my favourite road cats : Mac and Cheese! And Sally. Sally’s a good dog. Except she ate my pretzel. Steve’s current home project. He’s an engineer for Cummins and rebuilds things like this for fun. After our rambling in Columbus, IN, exploring…
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May 27th, 2023. Indiana on the Rocks.
Sound checking at the Big Woods in Franklin, Indiana. Post gig. I somehow didn’t take any photos of this beautiful country club. The sun going down as me and Bulldog (Steve) sampled the various rocking chairs here at Big Woods Franklin was perfectly idyllic. The last couple of days, making good on some bookings held…
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May 26th, 2023. The Joy of Friends.
The Rambling House in Columbus OH is pretty serious about their joy. I drank … four? Ginger beers? Our new friends Luke and Eddie performing a freakin ADMIRABLE Pink Floyd cover of “Have a Cigar”. Last night in Pittsburgh was so fly-by-night. RACING into the city, setting up the Lair (in Brad Yoder’s Living room)…
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May 25th, 2023. Happy Ohio.
Okay, this is before we hit Ohio obviously. Happy Pennsylvania! Wednesday morning we headed out and up to Pittsburgh and pursued our happiness. Brad Yoder’s Hospitality House is an immense sprawling thing on the edge of Pittsburgh. We didn’t have too much time to admire the view though. Had a webstream to set up! Happy…
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May 18th, 2023. The Slightly Chilly Open Air Open Mic.
A beautiful night in Ellicott City. We’re at that perfect couple of weeks where it’s not too cold and it’s not too hot. I’m so grateful to be here tonight. The next couple of weeks we’ll be on the road and I’ll wish this spot unto my friend Brennan, and he’ll take good care of…
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May 16th, 2023. The Spark with Know1Else.
T’was a pleasure to have Jay Keating and Kelly Diamond in the house as Know1Else, featured artists on Tuesday’s Spark. We had a small but great list, giving me the opportunity to have awkward interactions with people who I totally knew I knew but who I didn’t know I knew till a little later into…
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May 12th, 2023. The Illuminati.
I think the Illuminati were enticed by our absolutely epic night at Dark Horse in Annapolis. Full band show. Rocking was perpetrated. Speaking of things to rejoice over, FINALLY got invited to join the Illuminati. For the last decade or so, having slowly joined the ranks of being an Old White Guy, there certainly ARE…
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May 10th, 2023. HVAC.
This is Orfeia. I ran sound for them on Sunday at Sandy Spring Museum, and this has absolutely nothing to do with the post below. Though they did some really cool discordant singing at points during their performance, their vocal harmonies were amazing and have very little to do with the power tools I’m about…