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Benefit concert on Wednesday Night
This Wednesday Margo and I will be performing a short acoustic set at Hugh’s Room in Toronto. Joining us will be Barbara Lynch and brother John; Andy Maize and Josh Finlayson from the Skydiggers and Katherine Wheatley. Its all in an effort to help raise some money for the Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto. If […]
Renmin Park, volume 1 (the lyrics)
It’s always hard to say what a song or group of songs are about. It’s no different for those on Renmin Park, but I’ll give it a shot;….abandoned children, abandoned mothers….governments and their fetish for leather and steel…alienation…sights seen, voices heard, friendships formed….personal histories, myths, stories told…the incalculable advantage of the alternate perspective…the great divide, […]
Renmin Park, volume 1 (the music)
Most of the music that I heard in Jingjiang was uninspired Taiwanese pop and Euro-pop, blaring from tinny speakers in every shop and out of every taxicab window. The most interesting music was found in the parks, where the traditional music was played. On most Sunday’s I would head down to Renmin Park and sit […]
My Olympic Vacation video
Well its taken me a while to edit this down, but its my first attempt at this sort of thing. Here is my three days of Olympic bliss edited down to ten minutes….
Tour Diary – Cleveland OH (March 27, 2010)
(Jason Lent has forsaken the island paradise of Hawaii to follow us around for a few months. I have happily placed the tour diary in his capable hands. It should bring a new perspective to our ramblings.) The end of the tour sat in Cleveland and I awoke in Chicago. I added some friends to […]
Tour Diary – Madison, WI (March 26, 2010)
(Jason Lent has forsaken the island paradise of Hawaii to follow us around for a few months. I have happily placed the tour diary in his capable hands. It should bring a new perspective to our ramblings.) An easy day started with a hike to the highest point in Mukwonago, WI to clear the head […]
Tour Diary – Milwaukee, WI (March 25, 2010)
(Jason Lent has forsaken the island paradise of Hawaii to follow us around for a few months. I have happily placed the tour diary in his capable hands. It should bring a new perspective to our ramblings.) I made the short ride up to Milwaukee and met up with a friend to explore the city. We […]
May & June Tour Dates
We’ve added a bunch of new tour dates. In May, we’ll be in Troy and Bethel, NY; Bellows Falls and Burlington, VT; Providence, RI; Old Saybrook and Ridgefield, CT; and Great Barrington, MA. In June, we’re headed south and west, to Memphis, TN; Baton Rouge, LA; Dallas and Austin, TX; Albuquerque, NM; Phoenix, AZ; Salt […]
Tour Diary – Davenport, IA (March 24, 2010)
(Jason Lent has forsaken the island paradise of Hawaii to follow us around for a few months. I have happily placed the tour diary in his capable hands. It should bring a new perspective to our ramblings.) The open fields and empty highways between Chicago and Davenport were a welcome change as I cruised past […]
Evanston, Ill (March 23, 2010)
(Jason Lent has forsaken the island paradise of Hawaii to follow us around for a few months. I have happily placed the tour diary in his capable hands. It should bring a new perspective to our ramblings.) Tonight’s show was in Evanston, one of the northern towns that make up the small country known as […]