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Dec 18

Geo Politics 101: The War Is Over?

Hi,

Today is pretty cool. Having reached the goal of killing and or enabling over 100,000 Iraqi deaths in the last decade-ish, the US is withdrawing the last of it’s troops today. Behind, we will leave a lot of friends.

In other news about today, you may be interested to know that I am not only wearing a cool new tie because it makes me look, er, cool, but also because it’s part of the requested attire for one of my gigs today. One of my gigs today? Oh yeah, I have three. That’s my version of a humble brag. Just, you know, nonchalantly mentioning that I am so sought after that I have three professional bookings in one day. Oh, and did I mention that said three professional bookings are for something called the “Double Bass.” That of course means I have two bass that I have to play simultaneously. The same part. Doubled. More bass. Mucho Bella Basso! 

Anyway, the first and third of my gigs today are with the formidable Kris Gruen. He’s the kind of guy you wish would run for president, or at least city council. He probably will someday. For now I get to listen to him sing while I stand next to him mostly just playing the root note of whatever chord he happens to be playing at any given moment of whatever song we happen to be performing. It’s pretty fun, especially since he’s such a good singer. We play at The Richardson at 4pm. That’s in Brooklyn. Then we play at 2A at 8pm. That’s in the East Village. 

In the middle of those two gigs, I’ll be playing my first gig with Mr. Jon DeRosa. He has more tattoos than me and a very racy set of playing cards mounted to his living room wall. Last week we recorded some songs for his next album. The very good drummer Mike Pride was there too, playing the drums. We’ll be playing, minus Mike, at The Richardson at 5pm. That’s still in Brooklyn in case you forgot. 

Incidentally, The Richardson is owned by one of the guys that made the movie this part of this sentence links to. 

In more news about today, my stomach still feels like crap, I’m still in a bad mood and yes it has started to interfere with my general happiness as it relates to other living things. Fortunately there are only three and a half weeks until my privatized medicine doctors appointment. 

Mwah!

M

P.S. The Misty Boyce extravaganza band thing is playing on Tuesday at Glasslands. 

P.P.S. Any website that has pop-ups asking me to join a mailing list is lame … Yes, even if the website is promoting one of my friends.

P.P.P.S. In case you don’t wanna go out on New Year’s Eve, the Casey Shea Band will begin self destructing on Stage One of Rockwood Muzak Hall at 11pm.


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Mar 22

Journalism 101: A Case Study In Not Using A Hashtag In A Title

Hi, 

In celebration of it being 75 degrees today I am wearing the fashionable H&M button down in pink, paired with the H&M fitted blazer in Black. I’ll also probably be in the park being about 68% less productive than I could be on account of the fact that the guy who is imminently doing my laundry informed that today is in fact Thursday and not, as I had thought, Friday, which of course made me feel good to know that I have not only finally caught up to life but apparently am now in the lead.

In related news, I would, at the risk of sounding pedantic, encourage you to read the article that this part of this sentence links to. Go Paul!

And now that I’ve performed my civic and fashion related duties, It’s time to move on to financial matters wherein I encourage you and the people you only say you love because you’re afraid to be alone in this cold dark mess of a world to purchase your tickets for next week’s Mother Feather show at Santo’s Party House! All the info you need is in the link contained in the part of the last sentence that looks like it is probably not just a series of text which you have been taught to recognize as language but is also a hyper link. Because in fact, it is a hyper link. 

Mwah! 

M

P.S. Help support my retirement fund by purchasing the latest EP from Mother Feather by clicking this part of this sentence!

P.P.S. Help support my retirement fund by purchasing In Your Head, the latest album by Casey Shea (featuring my song No Son Of Ours) by clicking this part of this sentence! 

P.P.P.S. Help support my retirement fund by purchasing the For The Grace Of Odd EP from Misty Boyce by clicking this part of this sentence!

P.P.P.S. I just saw the final art for the forthcoming Jon Derosa album last night … 

P.P.P.P.S. It looks pretty awesome. 

P.P.P.P.P.S. That album features me playing something called “Upright Bass” and even has a couple tracks on it that I recorded here at The Nunnery.

P.P.P.P.P.P.S. I’ll be playing with jon at a great bar called The Richardson on Sunday at 5pm … I recommend the deviled eggs.

P.P.P.P.P.P.P.S. You should really just quit your job and go outside and enjoy the global warming …