29.1.05

February!

Coming out of the January blahs...

Feb 5 w/ Archer Prewitt at the Empty Bottle (record release party!)
Feb 8 at the Empty Bottle w/ Josh Berman Quintet (B's tunes and...?)
Feb 10 Trio w/ Roebke and Rosaly at 3030 (all improvised set)
Feb 11 resting
Feb 12 at Odum w/ Phill Niblock
Feb 13 at the Hungry Brain w/ Keefe Jackson and Frank Rosaly
Feb 14 at the Hideout w/ L'altra (acoustic? Trio?)
Feb15 at the Empty Bottle w/ Josh Berman Quintet (the stand continues)
Feb 21 at myopic w/ Uncle Woody Sullender and Brian Diblee (pack porch insect music?)
Feb 22 at the Empty Bottle w/ Josh Berman Quintet (last chance!)

Also... Monday the 14th I will have a piece in a show called "My Secret Valentine 5" at 1368 West Grand Ave. from 6-9pm. Its an artist produced (Hi Francine!) one night event where all the work relates in someway to Valentines day. I think more than 40 artists are signed up. The participants randomly receive someone elses work at the end of the night. I was reluctant to do this as when I was a kid I hated the Secret Santa thing at school. The kid who got my present invariably hated it (and I usually could do without whatever I got too!) Hopefully this will be better (or at least less horrible) but since I will be at the Hideout when the gallary closes, I will be spared, in any event, the long faces. I think there will be free wine though!

Looking at the future...
Feb 25-march 6 in Florida (Subtropics festival!) Check out their web site... when they update it!

Hope y'all are well. Write me if you want to know more or just feel like venting.

BTW - Damen! Yes you... I know you are reading this... HEY!

15.1.05

2nd half of January

So... as I said... my trio with JASON ROEBKE and FRANK ROSALY is playing at the Charleston tonight (the 15th) and the Empty Bottle tomorrow (16th). The Bottle hit is with Ton-Ton Macoute who promise me they will only use their machetes for musical purposes.
On the 22nd DJ Chaka and friends (aka Sugar Fly With Me) is jammin at the 3030. Its a mellow sort of trip-hop vibe so don't come for the skronk (that night).
The 31st is a Myopic night with my friend Darin Gray (who you may know from On Fillmore, Grand Ulena,You Fantastic!, Brise-Glace etc...). I think it will be trios with Jason Roebke.
Aside from that stuff am keeping a low profile and trying to catch up on the writing projects and mixing and working at the MCA (hi Dennis!) a lot this month so don't look for me in the usual party spots either!
happy dead of winter!
Fred