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November 4th and 5th The Circle Bar New Orleans
There was a time when I could eat oysters.
Documented here.
Twice since this photo was taken I spent the night returning all oysters consumed through plumbing back to the sea from whence they came.
Casamentos
Franklamentos
Jennamentos
Our gracious host…Picumentos
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From a common pot,
rice and beans–welcome to our
tour, Andrew Webster
&
In the birthplace of
jazz, I scarf oysters and buy
rare new wave singles
Nov 6th…Athens Georgia Nuci’s Space
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Athens–doctors give
cheap advice to musicians,
which is so punk rock
Kerickie is cruel
but ‘Buffy: The Musical’
is quite well-written
Nov 7th Atlanta GA, The Shitty Club with the drunken Owner
Andrew next to a character with more brains than the Atlanta club owner.
This is what I think of rock clubs in Atlanta.
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leaves and nations fall
but some things stand firm–a drunk
club owner won’t pay
&
we leave our host’s door
open this morning; cat lost
in Little Five Points
&
Jenny gets a call
from Ira Glass–we are all
pretty damn impressed
Driving Day
Alabama: free
jazz on late nite radio?
Sun Ra was born here
&
to some, Taco Bell
can be as comforting as
a mother’s kitchen
Nov 8th Carboro North Carolina
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Chapel Hill, North Carolina
once our bands were famous here
have kids changed, or us?
&
The Ivory Coast
are quite loud and like Mission
of Burma, a lot
Nov 9th Durham North Carolina, Duke University
I was asked to speak at one of the best conferences I have ever attended.
It was focused on the Public Commons and sponsored by the Center for the Public Domain. For two days I walked around in a cowboy hat taking furious notes while surrounded by a who’s who of international smarty pants academics and a tenacious omni-present Japanese film crew.
Franklin and Andrew stayed behind to bask in the knowledge (and when the conference wasn’t happening…the BBQ) while the rest of my band beat a swift retreat home to girlfriends and home-life.
You can watch the panels here.
http://www.law.duke.edu/pd/realcast.htm
Highlights include:
From Anarchist Software to Peer 2 Peer Culture: The Public Domain in Bandwidth, Software and Content.
http://www.law.duke.edu/pd/realcast.htm
Creativity, Appropriation, Culture and The Public Domain
was pretty great.
Mark from Negativeland really took this one over.
My panel…Public Domain Activism
was a little over-booked but it’s fun to watch if you are interested in seeing me look intimidated.
This was really a world series type event.
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Conference at Duke
academics leaning left
like Carrboro trees
&
Soft beds, good bourbon
and a pheasant in the yard:
That’s the Maiolos.
Nov 11th,Baltimore MD, Otto Bar
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Faint in memory
as a sparrow’s tracks on snow:
Our Ottobar show.
Nov 13th Hoboken, NJ, Maxwell’s
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Hoboken–oh where
are you, Individuals,
Bongos, and dBs?
&
screaming Jacques Brel’s “Next,”
The Centimeters outrock
our sorry asses
Nov 14th, NY, NY Knitting Factory with Lester Chambers
powerpoint in dark
rock club presages fall of
capitalism
&
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Lester Chambers sings
about heaven–I almost
believe he’s been there
Nov 15th Philadelphia, PA, Khyber Pass
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Jay’s birthday. I spend
most of it alone, moody.
Here comes David Grubbs!
Nov 16th Washington, DC Black Cat
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Black Cat: Jenny is
a hometown hero, but I
screw up my own songs
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Stopover in Chi:
Jazz & Blues Record Mart sings
to my debit card
&
Amtrak to Utah.
Hello, Bree. Remember me?
Luckily, she does.
&
Touring: Dreaming of
a normal life. Normal life:
Dreaming of a tour.
