August 2025
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August 31st, 2025. The Music City Open Mic.
My last Morsbergers open mic for the next month. And a good send off till it wasn’t. But mostly a really fabulous night. We do this (almost) every Sunday night at Morsbergers at 713 Frederick Rd, Catonsville, MD, 21228. (but not next week). Signup at 6.30, music at 7pm. Enter through the back at the…
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August 26th, 2025. The SPARK w Dave Benham.
I think I’m okay with getting slowed down by this. Driving down to the SPARK every week, I think these guys form up at around 4pm or so (they’re not there when I go through earlier). It makes me feel good to see people who seem to know something insane is going on. Dave DuGoff…
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August 24th, 2025. The Music City Open Mic.
Nathaniel kicking off the night. Bass players never come out alone. Tonight we had four of the damned things. Matt did a really cool Beatles cover and a really great original tune. Ominous and subtle. A very good night. Perhaps the singular most inspirational night of music I’ve experienced in quite some time. Incredible performances,…
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August 19th, 2025. The Takoma Park Open SPARK w Kat Sulla.
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. For information about the photos and videos and usage thereof, please click here! Tonight’s the third week with a randomized list and it was almost smoov tonight. Thoooough that COULD be because we…
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August 12th, 2025. The Takoma Park Open SPARK w Elena La Fulana.
&Maddie grabbed my camera and grabbed some shots… thank you! Tonight’s an angry night. As Trump deploys the National Guard a couple of miles down the road I’ve been getting worried texts and rumours swirl. “Can you see the troops from the open mic?” We haven’t been shut down yet and I can’t imagine it’s…
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August 11th, 2025. Dad Doesn’t Turn 81.
My Dad working probably working at Goddard Space Flight Center, younger than I am now. Wish I knew who his grinning friend was! My mom and George and I visiting my Dad at NASA. I hated the texture of that jacket but it’s a very physical memory. Shortly after my father died, my brother’s fiance’s…
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August 9th, 2025. But the gig will probably be AWESOME.
Heather Dize setting up for Wicked Sycamore’s sound check. The Renegade is a quirky space, but they’ve made good choices and there are speakers throughout the venue so that you’ve kinda gotta TRY to sit in a spot with bad sound… if that’s your thing. This is a fairly negative post written the morning of…
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August 5th, 2025. The SPARK w James Dalton and James Dalton.
Whoof. Last night was a lot, but it was good, but it was a lot. It seemed like more than it should’ve been, and perhaps even more than it actually WAS, but I didn’t get out till almost 11.30 so it’s a quantifiable amount of “a lot”. First off, totally solved the buffer underrun issues…
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August 3rd, 2025. Hush.
July 26th, 2025 we played our annual DebbyDay concert in Sykesville, MD. The day was brutally hot and though it threatened storms the whole day, the weather NEVER broke. After we played we had one of our most beautiful evenings in a long time and retreated to Debby’s pool. Joey didn’t have to be home,…