Hmmm

Aug. 26th, 2006 11:43 pm
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Let's see if I can remember what I played tonight edit this in a duo concert with Gary Hanak, I don't have a list of what he played, but he was wonderful, his show yesterday was great too ... more on that later

These are in no particular order

Gun Sale At The Church (Buddy Blue)
Marie Provost (Nick Lowe)
I Want To Kill Everybody (Ed Haynes) (a request from [livejournal.com profile] mike46, he requested several songs actually)
Political Science (Randy Newman) I have never played this in front of people before ... I played it much better than Hand Above The Water, which I have played in front of people a lot
Low Self Esteem
Crank Generation
J's Wild Appalachian Stomp (On it's own even)
Home Again (I so rarely play this one, I need to more often)
Trophy Wife
Hand Above The Water (a terrible version, I was kind of ashamed of myself)
Hides (it got very aggressive toward the end, a very good version and I had no right to be able to play it like that at the end of such a day of playing so much)
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It's been a pleasant day. Went to breakfast with Bamm, hung out in the con suite for a bit then came back to the room, since I went to bed too damn late and woke up too damn early.

Headed back to the main ballroom and setup for my show. I like my PA a lot, it does good work. It did have to deal with my playing and singing though.

Only Coffee House In Town
Standards
Hey Dad
Color Of Your Eyes
Trophy Wife
The Woman I Want
Ghosts
Pine City Motel Blues (the "why don't I know his song yet?" version)
Jordane Cochrane (see above)
Bang My Bald Spot
Low Self Esteem
How Can I Miss You?
Nice Guys
Perfect Moments (with the very rarely done bitter 4th verse, it seemed fitting)
Hides

I stuck to the set list pretty closely this time ... weird I know

There was a small, but appreciative audience. A fun show. I didn't over play. I feel that I could still play a little guitar tonight, even if the fingers on my left hand are a little annoyed at me. They're just feeling sorry for themselves. Time to find food.

edit Oh yeah. Luke played last night with Carrie. They were great ... and I ran sound ... my PA did a very good job. I gave it a cookie after.
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I'm a little grumpy. It is rare that anyone gets on my nerves at a con, but my frame of mind is not all that good at the moment and two folks managed to annoy me ... odd ... but probably more me than them. One I expect it from and the other I don't know, so I don't know what to expect.

To add to that ... I was walking out to the lobby just a bit ago. I don't know if I mentioned this, but I have a hernia ... and it's in my belly button ... yeah I know ... silly, but still occasionally painful. It will get fixed sometime soon, but not yet.

There was a small child and for some reason she thought it would be funny to hit me in the stomach. Yeah ... right where it hurts

We'll see how I am doing tomorrow.

Luke and Carrie rocked the house tonight. It was a good time. Gary Hanak was very funny. I'm looking forward to his show tomorrow.

So how has your weekend been so far.

I'm here

Aug. 25th, 2006 04:21 pm
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Got to the first panel a few minutes late, but I got to it. We even talked about Joss Whedon a bit ... but just a bit

Got the PA setup with the help of some con folks ... thanks

The wireless works

The room smells a bit, but it's got a heart of gold
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That JVL-Con is this weekend ???

I am supplying the PA system for [livejournal.com profile] lukeski's show.

I don't own speaker stands for my PA. I just haven't needed them yet. I probably will starting soon, but haven't yet.

A friend has some to loan ... cool ...
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Friday

2:30pm
WONDERS OF THE WHEDON-VERSE: Fans of Joss Whedon speak out. MOD: Eric Coleman - Board Room

10pm
DEMENTIA' AND HUMOR IN SF/F/H: What or who makes fans laugh?
Douglas Adams? Dr. Demento? Korgoth of Barbaria? MOD: Eric Coleman - Main Ball Room

Saturday

3:30pm Eric Coleman in Concert - Main Ball Room

9 pm
COMBINED CONCERT, Eric Coleman, Gary Hanak, ANYONE..to sing along? Filk till ? - Main Ball Room

Sunday

10:30am (in the friggin mornin !!!)
GIANT FANS ALL-OUT ATTACK! With the new remake of King Kong and the supposed last Godzilla movie now made, let's talk about everyone's favorite 500-foot monsters. From the Kaiju on Monster Island to apes on Skull Island, from Ray Harryhausen to CGI, let's get ready to stomp! MOD: Eric Coleman and Mike Nixon - Beloit Room

12:30pm
ZINES AND SMALL PRESS: Why do so many die, and why do so many keep popping up? Writers and readers share opinions and experiences. MOD: Eric Coleman - Main Ball Room

JVL Con

Jul. 24th, 2006 10:36 pm
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So, I'm going to this cool looking little con in Wisconsin August 25th ... anyone else interested ???

Anyone want to share a room ... it's a very inexpensive hotel ... memberships are reasonably priced as well ...

The bad part is that you might have to hear me play ...

http://www.si-fi-nut.com/jvl-con.html

STELLA !!!

Jun. 28th, 2004 11:13 am
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Ok, I cleaned up the guitar on my break this morning.

It sounds much better with new strings and pretty much as I expected.

There is a certain sort of 60s cheap guitar cheesiness that is actually a very cool sound.

The action is a little squirrely and I might want to put lighter strings on it (and the intonation is a little off, but the bridge is adjustable, which is pretty darn amazing for a guitar like this).

It's a Stella guitar made by Harmony, 3/4 size and generally a pretty cool little instrument.

On the bad news front. At Duckon two people from JVL-CON asked me to attend. I had told them no at the time since I thought that the convention was between OVFF and Windycon. This weekend my management team (aka my wife and my father-in-law) decided I needed to attend. I sent them email ... before I checked the official calendar here at work. It is the same weekend as OVFF. So I can't go after all. I'm bummed, sent a letter of apology and hope that I didn't offend them too much.

I feel like such a gerbil sometimes.

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