New videos: New Deal Cafe
Here are some videos of us playing at the New Deal Cafe, with newest addition Andrew Luttrell playing on two of them. We’ve also put up a couple videos on our YouTube channel from the Baltimore Hostel show on August 28th.
The Hostel and Our Double Header
We played three shows in the last two weeks, making August/September 2010 the densest midwayfairness yet. And we finally play at a carnival. Read more…
Music and cooking practice for the birthday party
Tim’s finally back from vacation—one that took him from Alaska to Ocean City, MD—and Jen’s back from her meditation retreat, so Midway Fair is back into the practice room. We’ve been building a set list in a much more democratic way for this show:
Poets and Lyres I – The Baltimore Hostel, February 27, 2010
Mike Tager guarding the donations jar . . . but the music is more interesting to watch.
My thanks to Mike Tager (at left) at the Baltimore Hostel for giving us the venue for the night and doing his part in promoting the show despite the sort of activities schedule that makes me wonder when he finds time to sleep.
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Teavolve, January 27, 2010 (archived post)
Jon: These don't work when they're unplugged. Tim: Mine does! Photo (c) 2010 by Celina Taormino.
The Teavolve show was instructive and reminded me that we’re always learning.
I managed to forget my guitar, and the stand for the piano. Fortunately we had headed down over an hour before the show started, and there was plenty of time to head back home beforehand. If I’d been setting up the PA, instead of just sticking microphones in front of things, I might have been in trouble. Not to mention how embarrassed I would have been if the gig was farther from home.
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