2025
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July 15th, 2025. The SPARK w Joseph Friend.
A new-to-me artist kicking off the night at the Takoma Spark – Rugan Lewis will return as our featured artist on December 2nd! Tonight I dropped by House of Musical Traditions to drop some money (and Mosno’s djembe) before heading over the SPARK. Was very pleased to see some traditional protest music in the front…
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July 8th, 2025. Goodnight Shirley.
Shirley always had a birdcam on at her computer. I was curious about setting up cameras at HER bird feeder just to see her local critters up close and I hoped she’d think it was cool. As I think about cameras and Shirley’s home in Glastonbury, CT – I realize our first experiment in webcasting…
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July 7th, 2025. The Music City Open Mic.
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 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…
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July 6th, 2025. Just a lot of thoughts.
Setting up in Berkeley Springs, WV for a show at the MAC Ice House. A beautiful arts centre that actual David Eisner had a hand in back when it started in the 80s. He was really surprised to a) hear we were playing there and b) that they now had a real budget! Art at…
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July 1st, 2025. The SPARK w Mike Bragg.
&Maddie learns about GOOD guitars… So – my description of featured artist Mike Bragg holds true: I’ve been hosting open mics for a long time. We’ve been through family deaths, marriages, fights. We’ve been through wars and terrorist assaults and natural disasters, protests and contentious election after contentious election. We played at Teavolve as riots…
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June 30th, 2025. Can’t sleep. Can’t wake up.
Friday June 20th we got to go play the Mountville Folk Festival. A moment of beauty and community action that left me momentarily filled with optimism. I didn’t catch the name of the guy on the left, but that’s Kipyn Martin and Andrew McKnight closing out the first night of the festival in Aldie, VA.…
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June 24th, 2025. The SPARK w Sid Satellite.
Are you WORKING computer?!?!? Grrrowl, we’re beginning to have some weird new tech glitches with the SPARK streaming gear that’s beginning to fill my soul with RAAAGE – but in the room, most things were quite Loverly tonight. A slightly short night, but if even “short” means I’m not getting home till close to midnight,…
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June 21st, 2025. Ups and Downs to Mountville and Back.
Heather petting a bee at Mountville Folk Festival on Friday, June 20th in Aldie, VA. This is the way it’s meant to be, perhaps. Heather’s got old friends on the stereo, we’re passing cars on an interstate with a hundred miles to go, the sun is shining down on a perfect day and we’re headed…
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June 20th, 2025. The Day After. The Day Before.
Saturday June 7th me and Juels Bland and Rebecca Berlin played a wonderful little Regeneration event that SHOULD’VE been huge. Even with the number of other things going on today in Silver Spring, with a little more advance information, we could’ve done something really cool today. As it was, it was casual enough that I…
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June 17th, 2025. The SPARK w Eli Lev.
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 w rob Frank Kevin Patrick Jim & Daniel Ronya-Lee and TLF Dave DuGoff Eli Lev Chris C Charlie Dot…