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[jfb]

New song obsession: "Mine", also from Ida's latest. I love the way the undulating piano and guitar patterns play against each other, especially when they're joined by those wordless backing vocals. This after a week working on a sort of mix CD--including Elvis Costello's recording of "Poor Napoleon" with Bill Frisell, the Malarkies' "Upstairs", Nanang Tatang's "R U Ready", and Low's "When I Go Deaf", all of which were in constant rotation in my head, and occasionally out of my mouth.

Yesterday's show was sparsely attended, which usually throws me way off--I withdraw even further from the audience, I lose my footing as a musician. But yesterday--thanks maybe to Colin and Philip's enthusiastic response to some early songs, or to the opportunity to stretch out on my own and play some new songs and old ones without having to answer to a band, or to the strange sleep-deprived out-of-body state I've been drifting in and out of lately--I managed to push all the psychology out of the way and just sing. Oh, singing is nice.

I'm working on a new song that's nothing like any of my other songs. Change is exciting.

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[monkey587.livejournal.com]

Sorry I missed the show. I had lunch in Santa Cruz with some friends and it took longer than expected.

[jfb.livejournal.com]

No worries. I hope it took longer because it was good.

[monkey587.livejournal.com]

Well, we had some commotion because my mushroom-allergic friend discovered that the pasta sauce had mushrooms in it, and had to decide whether he should ask for a new dish with different sauce or if he should go to the hospital instead.