Archive for October 2002
Kickin’ Ass
I’ve been laying low from The Daily Journal of late ‘cuz I haven’t been feeling the music so much these last few days. Correction: I haven’t been feeling the music business so much these days. The music’s still here, and still coming. I’ve been listening to a lot of Joni Mitchell and Nick Drake of…
Read MoreThe “Summer’s Gone” Tour Assessment
I promised myself, and anyone who asked, that I was reserving judgement, delaying assessment, forgoing analysis of last week’s “Summer’s Gone Tour” at least through the weekend. So here it is, the stuff that’s not in the bio, the vulnerability that isn’t cool, but is essential… As I built up to the “Summer’s Gone” Tour,…
Read MorePriceless
“Summer’s Gone” CD Single: $537. Website: $35. Postcards: $367. Band: $375. Rehearsal Space: $86. Taxis: $24. Rental Car: $235. Tolls: $37. Gas: $94. Food: $126. Lodging: $422. “Summer’s Gone” Tour: Priceless
Read MoreI Still Love You New York
Left South Hill, Virginia, around 9:30 this morning. Drove, drove, drove (listening to The Vines “Get Free” roughly every hour). Finally rolled through the Lincoln Tunnel at 6:30, and was forced towards 34th Street where, before turning west, I looked up to see the Empire State and New Yorker Buildings. I still love you New…
Read MoreChapel Hill “Summer’s Gone” Tour Report
Econo Lodge, South Hill, Virginia. 3:05 a.m. Pointed the Rent-an-Escape north on I-85 about a 30 minutes after the show. With some 500 miles to cover before Tuesday night, I was anxious to make progress. I made it about 75 miles shy of Richmond before the adrenaline wore off. So after a few hours of…
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