July 4th, 2023. The Spark w Annette Wasilik Trio.
I prepared for the Fourth of July carefully, especially since Dave Eisner decided he wanted to have an open mic night since Takoma Park wasn’t doing any official fireworks. I
July 2nd, 2023. Long drive home…
Crossing parallel to New York City, the omnipresent haze, though apparently not hitting a “dangerous” level is surreal and strange. Perhaps we’ll go home and watch Bladerunner 2047 to get
July 1st, 2023. Hello goodbye.
Talk to anyone and they’ll act surprised that it’s July already. The stalwart march of time seems inevitable and for all that I’ve been placing mental dams out and about
June 30th, 2023. Opinions.
I’ve been thinking about commodification and consumerism, commercialism, and capitalism. I’ve been thinking about toll roads and punishment and rest stops and encouragement. I’ve been thinking about velocity, trajectory, and
June 27th, 2023. The Open Spark w Jeff Miller.
The rains made the drive down to Takoma Park today look… less than appealing. But the clouds were to the left, and I turned right and I had clear skies
June 25th, 2023. Grover Duffield.
Cancer sucks, but we knew that. We lost Grover Duffield to it yesterday morning. His wife messaged me and I reached out to our close VOM family, and then I
June 23rd, 2023. Moof.
Lying awake, listening to the rain SHOULD be a delicious luxury. I have no place to be tomorrow till our show and the sound is a precious NON mechanical white
June 20th, 2023. The Open Spark w Ruth Wyand and Mark “Muleman” Massey.
Dave Eisner, I often think you have bad ideas. I’m often wrong. It’s true. You’re sometimes, occasionally, I’ll begrudgingly admit, absolutely right. We’d had Ruth Wyand on the books for
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June 19th, 2023. Happy Juneteenth.
Happy Juneteenth! It’s nice to not have a conflicted holiday. I mean, you can probably GET conflicted about it – you could probably get frustrated that most people don’t know
June 15th, 2023. The Open Air Open Mic and Surrounding Events.
Get up. Drive to DC. Shoot the interviews. Enjoy the stories of 1970s, 80s Washington DC through eyes different from my own. The AIDS epidemic, Apartheid, racism, and good things
More…June 15th, 2023. The Open Air Open Mic and Surrounding Events.