Eric's House Of Ego

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.

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

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

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.