Monthly Archives: October 2009

Welcome to the Machine

“Singers (and possibly listeners of music too) when they write or perform a song don’t so much bring to the work already formed emotions, ideas, and feelings as much as they use the act of singing as a device that … Continue reading

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Post-Game: Buzz Cafe, Oak Park, 10-16-2009

I set up this show as a challenge to myself, since when I attempted to play here a little over a year ago things went very, very poorly. Since then, I’ve come to realize that more shameful than the fact … Continue reading

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Post-Game: Rebus Works Gallery, Raleigh, 10-2-2009

This was part of Raleigh’s “First Friday,” where they open up all the art galleries in town and have special events — music, food, drinks, all that good stuff. I “opened” for my brother Scott, a.k.a. The Monologue Bombs, who’s … Continue reading

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Post-Game: Tir Na Nog, Raleigh, 10-1-2009

[UPDATE:  The other band on the bill this night was Prabir And The Substitutes.  Quite good!] First things first: This wasn’t a Zapruder Point show at all. I was merely sitting in with Goner for the last three songs of … Continue reading

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