Soooo we had our wedding rehearsal dinner at Barley and Hops and I’m really grateful that we did – our posters were up in the bathroom for a show on the following Wednesday aaaaaand I had no record of having booked it! We cut our mini-moon short to be even more mini than initially planned and raced back home to play a pre-Halloween show in Frederick, MD.My nephew Ike and our program from the wedding. No particular back story, just a picture that even *I* can appreciate as cute.Oh, we swear… he’s not our cat!!!
October 30th – The Darkest Timeline performing at Teavolve
Sunday night we got to go out and be someone ELSE’S featured artist – and whereas with MOST open mic situations I’m pretty judgy and I’ve got a whole lot of “that’s not how I’D do it” going on, last night was kind of wonderful. I had a great time, we renewed some old friendships, made some new ones and generally made some good noise.
Heather and I playing Firestone’s in Frederick, MD on November 2nd, 2017 the Love mural that I’d seen pictures of, but only JUST spotted in Baltimore City! Rowan Corbett doing the same (for his birthday!)
The host – Dan Magnolia – was particularly good at his job. He was marvelously encouraging, charming, personable – and had an energy level comparable to my own and
Maybe I NEED a kind of blacklist to fall back on when some asshole shows up – so I can be forewarned. I can only think of two or three instances where someone had passed a name through the community and when said person showed up I knew to expect trouble.
Apparently THIS individual had shown up early, kept bugging Dan about when the list’s going to go out (yeah, you get to ask ONCE, now go sit down), kept complaining that he needed to go first because he wanted to leave and do other stuff… and Dan’s like me – he thinks of open mics as something you learn from, a community – I watched you now you watched me – etc. Well, this guy didn’t see any value in that and eventually left before the night started. Then he saw fit to text Dan explaining that he was leaving cause he didn’t want to hang out and watch “amateurs caterwaul” – I mean, points for good wording, but what a dick! Then he decided he needed to cement our opinion of him by calling Dan a “gook” – so add racial epithet to being an asshole AND a dick…
Oh you know how it is, just driving around Baltimore City with a cat on your dash.uh oh, this is getting serious…Our last overnight out-of-state run begins with a show at an Irish bar in Charlottesville, VA. It was a rainy, foggy night on November 9th but I was warmed right up by a good audience and a venue that had tried to imitate our logo!All set up and ready to rock at The Tin Whistle Irish Pub in Charlotteville, VA on Thursday, November 9th, 2017. Below, a beautifully murky night – unfortunately we don’t QUITE know where we’re going and it is DARK.
And I HATE the fact that maybe this would be a different interaction for me, because if this player comes to ME he’s going to be thinking “well, at least the host’s WHITE” right from the get-go.
Sigh.
Anywho. Dan Magnolia. Go to his open mics. He’s great. And though he’ll be patient with you, don’t be a dick. Cause open mic hosts talk to each other!
an IceCreamasaurus. You are advised not to play with his cherry. Unfortunately, it sure looks like someone has already taken it.Hermione contemplates the attack of Heather’s head in Raleigh, NC.Saturday November 11th, 2017 found us in Gastonia, NC setting up for our friend Charles Lawless’ wedding. We’re flattered to be playing, but it is COLD. It’s about 40 degrees, it’s been raining all morning and we’re setting up in the SHADE!Heather sound checking at the Separk Mansion in Gastonia, NC.Oh other peoples’ nups! November 11th, 2017 in Gastonia, NC.Charles Lawless’ particularly magnificent Nupsmobileafter the wedding we joined up with some friends of friends who rapidly became friends thanks to a warm fire somewhere outside Charlotte, NC.
