Today is the first month since our last gig. Happy Easter to those of you who celebrate it, and to the rest of us, mayhaps a message of rebirth and the conquering of death should still be welcome. Because today is one month since our last gig.

Generally my springtime is rife with allergies, both vicious and viscous, but this year I'm trying to hold all of that in as coughing and sneezing might ironically get me crucified by the neighbours.*

Yes, the trees are blooming, the grasses are blooming, Baltimore is blooming - and we've all broken out in webcasts, Livecasts, broadcasts... our eyes and ears are streaming. This week I'll run an open mic, we'll go Live from the Lair, AND we'll premier set II from my birthday show - a little full band action despite the full band's inaction. Heather even did her first webcast last night and if you missed it you can catch back up with it here : https://www.facebook.com/halloyd/videos/10157264395308481/

On top of everything else, the neighbours have all somehow acquired puppies. Seriously dawg, where'd you get yer dog?

Our Awkward Plea : ilyAIMY hath lost all their gigs. If you've got some digital currency burning holes in your digital pockets, we've got physical merch at ilyaimy.square.site and digital merch at ilyaimy.bandcamp.com - and of course we'll happily accept donations at paypal.me/ilyaimy and Venmo @ilytips.

4/13 – rob’s VOM (Virtual Open Mic).
SO – I’ve been trying lots and lots of different formats and Monday I’ll be trying another virtual open mic. I think I’ve got it this time! If you just wanna watch, tune in at https://www.facebook.com/robsopenmics/ at 7pm ET! Performances from myself, Jillian Matundan, Chris Ehrich of The Honest Mistakes, Mike Duck (Not For Coltrane), Michelle Swan, Tommy Carroll of the Silver Strings, Jimmy Stewart, Ellen Cherry, Dave Weaver, Dave Godbey, Patrick O’Neall, Valeria Stewart, Lisa Logans and Gabrielle Zwi!

Wednesday Nights Live from the Lair (rK).
We are all in all honesty running into the confines of what we can do in the lair. Specifically the low ceiling. But we're still having a good time. Join Kristen Jones and Rob Hinkal as we webcast from the Lair. Live via Facebook Live (no, you don't need an account to watch). Tune in at facebook.com/ilyaimy at 7pm ET.

Fri 4/17 – ilyAIMY not-so-Live from the New Deal Cafe
Video Premiere | 1-2pm ET – tune in at facebook.com/ilyAIMY

SO, rob’s birthday show was magnificent, and we got some great video to boot. How about we relive it? (or experience it for the first time if you weren’t there!) – Tune in for a watch party and catch the second set for a great lunch-hour performance of something we’re not going to get to be for a little while : full band ilyAIMY.

Up there's all the pleas and stuff. Please. Come watch. Purchase, tip, etc. But here are the thank yous. Thank you ALL so much for tipping, for supporting - thank you for the comments and the outreach, for tuning in. When we first started touring all those years ago, we were struck again and again and again by people being KIND. YOU are kind. 

Today is the first month since our last gig and it's almost 20 years since our first one. We are STILL being newly struck by your belief in us - by your willingness to dream with Heather and I as we Lived off luck and fumes and spit and Love. We are struck by your generosity and faith as now that dream encompasses Heather and her step children, Rowan and his family, Sharif and his wife and his two kids, Joey and Kristen and I with our family unit of 1 oversized cat. Our family has grown and we've all grown up together. We've never faced anything like this, but together we're passing through it. 

Thank you to our first responders, thank you to our innovators. Thank you to the scientists who are sometimes wrong but who will keep on keepin' on till they get it right. Thank you to people who help us test our webstreams and thank you to those of you who tune in even when it's not perfect. 

Thank you to those who've given or even just given us WORK in the meantime. The list at the end of this email is no doubt incomplete. I started compiling it when I was feeling down... and it helps me feel up. Thank you...

-rob
ilyAIMY
Baltimore, MD (FOREVER!!!!)
www.ilyaimy.com

*it would be ironic that they'd crucify me, I do not believe they'd crucify me ironically.

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