2025
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October 7th, 2025. The SPARK w Kyra Gordon.
One of the best surprises coming back to my Takoma Park open mic after a month away: Bobby’s quit smoking! For the moment he’s having some difficulty with his voice so he played guitar for &Maddie and Jim Barry doing a Radiohead cover, but it’s probably only gonna get better. We’ll look forward to having…
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October 5th, 2025. The Music City Open Mic.
We do this every Sunday at Morsbergers Tavern (713 Frederick Rd, Catonsville, MD, 21228). Signup’s at 6.30 or so and we start the music at 7pm. For information about the photos and videos and usage thereof, please visit https://www.ilyaimy.com/robsopenmics/#videosAndPhotos! First open mic in a month and I’m a liiiiittle discombobulated. For as much as I’m…
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September 30th, 2025. Exhaustobunny.
It’s good to see that old friends a) have good taste in books and b) continue to organize things their own damned way. Maybe Rowan knows the answer to this, but is this actually a “Slayer” expresso machine?! The past month has been scattered with moments of epic beauty, both visual and human. We haven’t…
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September 28th, 2025. The Twilight Zone.
I know as a musician I’m supposed to get all moist over this skyline. I do not. We’re here to visit friends and give our fingers a REST. Our friends in Nashville take us to a really wonderful restaurant called FOLK. I was dubious at first but they were playing Janes Addiction LOUDLY as we…
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September 27th, 2025. Racing.
Wednesday was a LONG long drive and we got into town in time for a dinner of wonderful leftovers and long talks with long-lost friends. Thursday we took the time to explore the Tri-Faith community, came “home” and built the Lair in Kyle’s home studio, and had a wonderful concert. Friday morning we needed to…
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September 26th, 2025. Try Faith.
There doesn’t really seem to be anything like Tri-Faith anywhere else in the world. Certainly there are single churches where other faiths meet, and there are mingled congregations here and there – but the idea of buying land together and building a mosque, a church and a synagogue all on the same consecrated grounds –…
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September 24th, 2025. Cornfields.
My college friend Jennie and her husband have built an incredible haven from the world in their backyard. A stunning garden with little hidden surprises. It’s grown incredibly from my memories of it over a decade ago. Though the conversation often centres around the difficulties of teaching and how hard society is today, I make…
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September 23rd, 2025. Rollin’ rollin’.
Fuck square toilets. Kristen found us a modern resorty kinda hotel to stay with as a detox after the long drive and I’m grateful… don’t let it be said that I’m not grateful… but everything is square and I hate it. I think wistfully upon Justin McMahon’s toilet. I thought I was gonna be unhappy…
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September 22nd, 2025. Sunset of Death.
Full-disclosure, I’m writing this in post. I’m certainly romanticizing it. But people keep asking “what was your favourite moment” “what’s the most beautiful thing from the trip” “what was the best part”? And I don’t have a clear answer to that. At this point in the narrative, our best gigs are perhaps still ahead of…
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September 22nd, 2025. Outsiders.
This picture says it all. Start the long drive home where all the traffic Lives? Or stay out west? Sigh. We’ve got no REAL choice. Our cat is back east. Outsider artists, visionary arts, independent musicians. Not waiting to be told that you’re good enough, self-belief, or perhaps never needing any belief, just a DRIVE.…