2023
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June 8th, 2023. Smokey.
Wednesday saw us setting up Live from the Lair from our friends’ Chris and Joylene’s house in Erie, PA. Tuesday we drove ALL DAY to get from Susan’s house to here, and Wednesday we made magic happen. Chris Ehrich : magic. Brownie : sits on the magic. The Canadian wildfires are filling the skies with…
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June 6th, 2023. Eastbound.
Feels good to mean THAT again. We’re eastbound and down, except for the down part. My head’s a little full of thoughts of the NOW and I’m conscious of the Journal NOT getting filled in as I go. But the NOW is enough. We’re in the very beginnings of a LONG long drive day, still…
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June 5th, 2023. Of course we do that.
Driving through Oklahoma listening to Joeboy’s album, heading from VOMling to VOMling. Over the past three years Rowan and I have hosted a virtual open mic every Monday. It started shortly after COVID really hit us – but I must admit, I took a little convincing. The moment my Monday open mic was canceled 2…
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June 3rd, 2023. House Concert in a Tree House.
Dave claimed a couple of times that this was the last time he was going to have a house concert, but he’s got this awesome sign… Tonight we got to play at our friend Virgin Dave’s Treehouse! No-one else calls it that, but we think it’s hilarious. Incredible night of music (us) and food, with…
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June 2nd, 2023. Meet me in Saint Louis. Finally.
Not a water tower, technically – there’s just a couple of these still standing in Saint Louis – apparently a gravity-controlled relief pipe – for if the water pressure in Saint Louis got too high, water would go up this tower (or the others like it) as opposed to, you know, exploding pipes. This is…
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June 1st, 2023. ilyAIMY at the City Museum.
The City Museum in Saint Louis MO. Bob Cassilly’s masterpiece. One of the coolest places on Earth. The City Museum in Saint Louis, MO. There’s no way I can write about this place and give it justice. It’s just something that has to be experienced. Whether it’s climbing through rebar steel tunnels or sliding down…
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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…