2026
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Sweet Ketchup.
Playing the Lair with Lydia and Jonah Wednesday night was a joy. We didn’t know WHAT to expect but I’m consistently surprised by how badass Jonah is and how quietly hilarious Lydia is. I honestly was expecting it to be kind of an awkward night, but the Lydia laid beautifully haunting melodies down on a…
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May 5th, 2026. The SPARK w Elena La Fulana.
A good night here at the SPARK. A bad night for rob. I got incredibly moody, snapping and… really I think I’m burning out. I was very glad to know that most people don’t register when I’m really losing it, but I told Dave that I’d host the remaining open mics for which I’ve booked…
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May 3rd, 2026. A Good Day.
Being a guy at the women’s songwriting festival can feel like being a white guy in Baltimore, or even an atheist at church, but I have the context to know that that’s my cross to bear, and the education to understand that metaphor. A women’s songwriting festival CAN be an awkward place for a guy.…
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April 26th, 2026. Post Dark Horse.
Kristen getting the check and the chat from Pinky at the end of the night. I was amused that their hair matched from the back. I must admit that one of the most satisfying things in my Life right now is playing Dark Horse in Annapolis, MD, coming home and eating our leftovers while watching…
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April 19th, 2026. Erik Perkins.
A beautiful day for funeral. For a moment at least, it slows down. Today was a day we’d been working towards for quite some time, a memorial service for Erik Perkins. He’s not someone we knew really well, but we’ve known him for a really long, long time. 20 years? More? His daughter, Bryn, was…
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April 11th, 2026. Follow up.
A beautiful day at Sugarland Mountain Vineyards in Dickerson, MD on Friday, April 10th, 2026. T’was a glorious afternoon. Everything is about follow up and follow through. I make a LOT of good starts on things. I’m terrible about follow up and follow through. I’m trying to keep track of all my mother’s doctors, I’m…
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April 9th, 2026. Rough week on a Thursday.
Monday morning, I fielded a couple of different phone calls from various doctors before being fully conscious and then had this problem. Yep, there’s a freakin’ wasp on my D7 Battlecruiser. It’s been a hard week. Sunday morning my mom had surgery for her broken wrist and I spent the day with her before heading…
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April 7th, 2026. The SPARK.
We do this every Tuesday, with or without me, at the SPARK at School of Musical Traditions (7112 Willow Ave., Takoma Park, MD). Signup before we get started at 7pm, randomized list. Tis the best free night of entertainment in Takoma Park on a Toosday in my opinion. House piano, webcast, 2 songs or 10…
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April 5th, 2026. Happy Easter.
Well, I’m not going to post a picture of my mother, because they’re all awful. (that’s not rude, keep reading). So here’s the photo out her hospital window (that’s why they’re awful) of the insane HVAC of the University of Maryland Capital Region Medical Center. It’s not a particularly NICE photograph, but I hate having blank…
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April 5th, 2026. The Music City Open Mic.
This weekend sucked. But we got through it and I was grateful to head over to my open mic. In other news, what’s with every hospital hanging Kandinsky mobiles? This fucking hospital. It’s new and has definite usability issues. They hung the signage and THEN put up the exitsigns. In multiple places. It’s been a…