July 2023
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July 25th, 2023. The Spark w Patty Reese.
We do this every Tuesday. Signup before 7. I start at 7. 7112 Willow Ave. in Takoma Park, MD. robsopenmics.ilyaimy.com for more information. Tonight we were joined by : rob David Potts-Dupre Tony Denikos ToneDrivers Charlie Bryant Susan Rowe Patty Reese Dan Kenny John Seibel Zander Dan Robinson Juels Bland
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July 24th, 2023. Gosh we rock.
Set up and ready to play at Worman’s Mill in Frederick, MD. Monocacy Brewing in Frederick, MD. It’s Monday morning and I’m bone tired. I do NOT deserve to be. The rest of the band has some form of work this morning, and though I had a meeting and some office work yesterday, I really…
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July 23rd, 2023. They Cloned Tyrone.
Storytelling is dangerous. It’s important. It’s filled with wonder and wisdom and responsibility. I feel bad that I often can no longer JUST appreciate a STORY. Tales have WEIGHT. It’s taken some of the joy out of going back and rewatching the X-Files. I Loved it, I Love rewatching the overarching mythology episodes, I Love…
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July 20th, 2023. Music City Open Mic.
She doesn’t look like much, but she’s got it where it counts! Oh. And the penis. Yeah, slightly different culture. (Sorry, Star Wars jokes are also too easy here) Weirdly, a LOT of Star Wars parephanalia floating around. A good night. Friends really turned out and made it something special. Hoping to keep a good…
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July 18th, 2023. The Spark w Juliet Lloyd.
A great night – I got to play with Juels on lead and with Zander on sax, closing out the night with an intently rockin’ version of Elephant Joke, and the whole night was filled with pretty amazing music, not least of which was our fabulous featured artist, Juliet Lloyd. We do this every Tuesday.…
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July 17th, 2023. This is your Life now. Just life.
I warn thee. This is probably an “old man” post. I’m frustrated with spam and scams and the general preying off the incautious or overly optimistic and I simply don’t know how the average person navigates the world. I think of myself as clever. I barely survive. And I’m not talking about doctor’s appointments and…
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July 17th, 2023. Little r, big L.
I had this weird moment of giddiness just now. A moment where my body went through a couple of motions and on some low, animal level my mind thought it recognized what was about to happen and was so very grateful that even now it doesn’t understand that no, that’s not what’s happening at all.…
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July 16th, 2023. Thunder.
All set up at Dance Exchange in Takoma Park, MD. This weekend, ilyAIMY was one of the special guests for Mark Rooney’s celebration of 50 years of Life and 25 years of taiko entitled “Ma”. Unfortunately, I’m STILL not entirely sure what “Ma” IS since I was running around back stage and retuning when he…
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July 14th, 2023. Henson.
Come visit. And offer money. We’d planned to go visit the Jim Henson exhibit at the Maryland Center for History and Culture here in Baltimore on Kristen’s birthday, but now that my open mics no longer run on Monday there is NO art, history OR culture in Baltimore City on Mondays. So it had to…
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July 13th, 2023. Maybe thoughtless that I am I am pretentious.
This isn’t really my kind of place. But I bet we’ll change that. 24 hours after I wrote this it turns out I might well be right to worry, but a bar from 7-10 can be a VERY different place from a bar after 11pm… It’s 9pm and it hasn’t rained. It’s been brutally hot…