Mics of the Open Variety
Jitters has an open mic on Wednesdays and the most wonderful cafe food ever. I went to the open mic to play and to eat... but mostly to eat. I had a quesadilla, which was quite tasty. I took a picture of Ryan Jenson singing his heart out; he always sings his heart out.
I played Jessie by Joshua Kadison, Road to Nowhere, and Passenger
On Thursday, I went to Lena's. I worked the door because Stephanie was in NYC for a conference. Gary Moon hosted (as he did at Jitters as well). He played Galileo by the Indigo Girls and did an excellent job of it. I sang along. Phil Drum was awesome and handed out some CDs of home recordings (which I am listening to now and sounds really good). Dave Scheffel had some... erm, fun with Gail Sparlin's piano flashlight... thingy... I took a picture of the list of names and a random cookie, which I later learned belonged to someone and, yet, disappeared before that someone was able to eat it. Bummer. I played Ring of Fire by Johnny Cash and Behold! The Knight by me. I hadn't played either of those songs in a while, but I think they did okay. It wasn't a big crowd anyway, but it was an attentive one. Some sang along with the Cash cover.
(working the door)
(the three amigos: Phil, Dave, and Bob)
(Gary Moon)
(the list and mysterious cookie)
(Gail's flashlight thingy and Dave)
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Occasionally, while on my way to work, I get to see some pretty amazing sun rises. I take pictures often, but the pictures never accurately represent the amazingness of actually being there... so I don't post them. However, a couple mornings ago:
I played Jessie by Joshua Kadison, Road to Nowhere, and Passenger
On Thursday, I went to Lena's. I worked the door because Stephanie was in NYC for a conference. Gary Moon hosted (as he did at Jitters as well). He played Galileo by the Indigo Girls and did an excellent job of it. I sang along. Phil Drum was awesome and handed out some CDs of home recordings (which I am listening to now and sounds really good). Dave Scheffel had some... erm, fun with Gail Sparlin's piano flashlight... thingy... I took a picture of the list of names and a random cookie, which I later learned belonged to someone and, yet, disappeared before that someone was able to eat it. Bummer. I played Ring of Fire by Johnny Cash and Behold! The Knight by me. I hadn't played either of those songs in a while, but I think they did okay. It wasn't a big crowd anyway, but it was an attentive one. Some sang along with the Cash cover.
(working the door)
(the three amigos: Phil, Dave, and Bob)
(Gary Moon)
(the list and mysterious cookie)
(Gail's flashlight thingy and Dave)
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Occasionally, while on my way to work, I get to see some pretty amazing sun rises. I take pictures often, but the pictures never accurately represent the amazingness of actually being there... so I don't post them. However, a couple mornings ago:
