November 26th, 2024. The SPARK w Average Joey.

Wot wot? A photo of the host?! Jay Keating must be in the house!!!

Ain’t nothing average about this guy. A remarkably polished set that got me in the middle of my feels about imposter syndrome. Generally I’ve found that the more professional the artist, the more they feel that, no matter how much they may respect what else is going on around them at my little open mics, they can sprawl all over the evening. Time constraints do not apply, there’s inevitably a casual attitude towards getting in tune, telling long stories, and generally being More Important than the rest of the room.

Average Joey was not only a fantastic vocalist and multi-instrumentalist, but he ran one of the tightest sets I’ve ever seen and I was deeply impressed.

The open mic was fantastic. Walking in to find chewed up lollypop sticks and food wrappers amongst all the sound gear pissed me off. As usual the school’s like “no-one was scheduled to use anything so it wasn’t us!” Scheduled or not, these aren’t just condensing out of thin air…

There’s more to the story, of course. There always is. But I shan’t tell it here.

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

  1. rob
  2. Bev
  3. John
  4. Phil
  5. Jay Keating
  6. Matt
  7. Dii
  8. &Maddie
  9. Average Joey
  10. Babel Baby
  11. Grace
  12. Patrick Smith
  13. D Davis
  14. Mary Ann Ryan
  15. Bobby
  16. Rebecca Berlin
  17. Thomas
  18. Bryan Lee
  19. Clifton Ingham
  20. Juels Bland
Spark nights are LONG nights. And the drive home is though generally not onerous, still tiring. Getting home to these two makes it all worthwhile tho.

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