Worst Hotel Room Night EVER.

The band had two gigs this weeked, one up north of Baltimore and one out in West Virginia, Berkely Springs specifically. Since the sound had to be set up early and we didn’t want to mess around with traffic and all, we decided to drive out to WVA after the Friday night gig, stay over, [...]

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Son of It’s Just Embarrassing

So today began with a whimper rather than a bang, as the steam cleaner we rented was non-functional. However, we took it back and they gave us the bigger model and an extra day, so my brother in law was soon hard at work on the downstairs carpet, while I gave the upstairs carpet the on-my-knees [...]

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A few minor updates

Spending Memorial Day at home resting from the gig last night, a wedding. …Which was fun, although it was mad sweltering in the un-airconditioned venue. It’s a gorgeous place called the Cloisters, up off 695 near 83. Think an old stone manor house on a wooded hill and you’ll have it exact. By all means [...]

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Woe. Woe I say.

So Friday, before going to my gig, I decided to fire up the computer (the tower, my main computer) so I could print out some sheet music our trumpet player needed. So I hit the power button. Nothing happened. I flipped the power switch up and down, and then hit the power button again. Nothing [...]

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Gig night for Dave

Played a gig in Baltimore with the Players Band tonight, a birthday party for a lawyer. Mucho $$$ so very welcome, especially now. I have to start bringing extra shirts to these summer gigs, because I sweat through them before we’ve even started playing, just from the loadin. And since most of my tshirts are [...]

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