2024
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October 27th, 2024. The Music City Music Open Mic.
We do this every Sunday 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 doors! (the other entrances are straight to the bar side and Boba Fett won’t always point the way!) For information about the photos and videos…
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October 24th, 2024. Riding.
Tonight my job’s to record Kristen’s CLASSY band, Anthem, doing spooky Halloween songs. I caught cool stuff. Anthem at a church in Sterling, VA. I’m worried that all of my stories are past-tense. On the other hand I have a lot of fantastic past-tense stories. It seems to imply a good deal of good Living,…
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October 22nd, 2024. The Takoma SPARK w Anna P.S.
Woe is the slow night. Last week was so great in Catonsville, and apparently a huge night at the SPARK too, but tonight is slooow. Woe is the slow. And man do I hate it when it hits one of my favourite features. Anna P.S. deserves a huge audience and I know she’ll get said…
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October 21st, 2024. Deep in the AM
It’s 4.12am on the morning of my 7th wedding anniversary and I’m on the couch downstairs because I’m tossing, turning and buzzing. So many things crisscrossing my mind and I’m tired and just want to sleep to have a beautiful day today. It seems like after a certain point you should tip into some level…
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October 20th, 2024. Music City Open Mic.
A beautiful day in Catonsville. I was sleepy and greeted with a slow day at the open mic. And a moody one. A night missing a lot of my regulars, and a night where I got to be a little righteous as one regular didn’t recognize another and really waxed poetic about how much they…
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October 13th, 2024. A much needed Music City Open Mic.
Charlie’s got the drums set up. It’s time to start the music. It’s time to light the lights. Etc. Man, last weekend was amazing. Thursday night was amazing. Why do I feel so BEATEN by Sunday evening? It doesn’t matter, cause tonight’s open mic pushed ALL the right buttons! Genuinely, how hath the world come…
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October 12th, 2024. Numerology.
I’m obsessed with numbers. You probably know that. We just did the 235th VOM. This week will be the 234th Live from the Lair. I’m about to turn 50. Is this the last time I’ll do x? Is that the last time I’ll see y? The cat’s last otter. Climbing the stairs the last time.…
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October 10th, 2024. Let’s Get OUT Of Here.
Blue Goose Bakery has everything. It smells AMAZING and I-70 you’re a dream road. We deserve more I-70 in our Lives. There’s things I want to go see. Even on short drives on I-70 there are castles and demons and apple cider donuts, venues and shops. Shoppes even. Beauty and construction and rust. We just…
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October 9th, 2024. But then…
Last weekend was BEAUTIFUL. After 2 weeks of rain, the skies cleared for a couple of outdoor shows kicking off with Friday the 4th at Sugarloaf Mountain Vineyard. Beyond even just being a beautiful environment with a great audience, my friend singer/songwriter Greg Svitil surprised us by popping out with an old friend of mine…
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September 29th, 2024. The Music City Open Mic and a Hurricane.
This tomato plant has taken root in the otherwise quite frighteningly toxic Morsbergers parking lot. Joy and Jeni have tied it up and we are all rooting for it. Pun intended. It makes me happy. No way in Hell am I eating one of those tomatoes though. If none of the infamous Baltimore rats have…