October 2023
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October 29th, 2023. Sunday is as Sunday does.
Nope, no idea how you go from yeast ring to donut. Prince is thinking about a nap with a Loth Cat. Sunday morning. How’d I come back to the stereotype of lazy Sunday mornings? I’m grateful for it though. We had a good weekend of shows, full-band romps that were marred by Heather and Rowan…
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October 24th, 2023. The Spark w Mike Bragg.
We do this every Tuesday. Signup before 7. I start at 7. 7112 Willow Avenue in Takoma Park, MD. robsopenmics.ilyaimy.com for more information. Tonight we were joined by featured artist Mike Bragg. Singer / songwriter Mike Bragg is based out of Baltimore MD where he creates Loud/quiet, happy/sad music. Mike has been coming to my…
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October 19th, 2023. Music City Open Mic.
I’ve been trying to so hard to put posters together for the open mic – and then what’s happened – my printer died! Sigh. We do this every Thursday night at Morsbergers at 713 Frederick Rd, Catonsville, MD, 21228. Signup at 6.30, music at 7pm. Enter through the back at the LARGER of the two…
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October 16th, 2023. Folk Music Ontario.
Kaia Katar’s song “Strange Medicine” was affecting in a way that almost nothing else was over the course of the conference. Though I had a LOT of feelings (positive) about how broad the musical, racial, ethnic, genre and … almost EVERYTHING’S spectrum was, most of the politics on display tended to be a little saccharine.…
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October 14th, 2023. FMO Day 3.
My Son the Hurricane Mitchell was one of the Campfire Hosts, and a cool performer in his own right. This took me a sec to get! Good morning to Shanna in a Dress! NOW we’re ready for the day! Shanna in a Dress kicking off Saturday! Quote the Raven ilyAIMY ready for our shwocase. Les…
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October 13th, 2023. FMO Day 2.
Though generally only passing through, I really enjoyed what was coming through from the Campsite. I also met a couple of people that I wouldn’t have encountered anywhere else, as this is the one place where non-officially-selected artists could perform. On the one hand, this keeps the whole conference pretty exclusive, on the other, it…
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October 12th, 2023. FMO Day One.
Waking up the next morning at Marty’s place in Hamburg, NY – there’s worse things than regaining consciousness beneath the banner of Hell… In the rHKR I’m generally first up, which leaves me plenty of time for uninterrupted exploration before band wrangling. And so I found this hairdryer… I’m up, I’m up. After an easy,…
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October 11th, 2023. Let’s go to Canada.
Before we head out this morning I figure it’s time to go retrieve my steed from wherever I parked it last night… I meet this creature along the way. They don’t call it CATonsville for nuthin… Drivin’ drivin’. Yep – KRISTEN is driving!! Her car has a LUGGAGE RACK!!!! Northbound. MUCH more Northbound than we…
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October 10th, 2023. The SPARK w Anna P.S.
A new release from the auther of ye olde Calvin & Hobbs. This is no doubt a different animal and I’ve been waiting eagerly for it’s release since I read about it early this year! Before I could head to Takoma Park for my open mic, I had to pick up some gear and meet…