do you like samba? i do. i am listening to samba and studying american history.

my sister amy and i went to Millenium Music Conference in Harrisburg, PA over the weekend. it was nice. we spent friday night and some of saturday wandering around amish country with my ex drummer sam and his girlfriend Rachel, who grew up in miflintown, pa. it’s a ways off the highway and life moves a little more slowly. or a lot more slowly, if you are driving behind a horse and buggy in your car. some photos from the pennsylvania hills:

stuffed

then we drove to harrisburg for the conference. before the show we ate at a mexican restaurant downtown

hotel hallway

harrisburg was surprisingly cool. my friend thom guessed that being the capitol city, it must attract some young people who make it maybe a little hipper than your average PA town. i don’t know. we don’t really know anything about it i’m just running my mouth. but we did get a good vibe just driving around and randomly selecting a restaurant.

unfortunately amy did not get to perform with me as she was getting over a terrible sickness. she was still nice enough to travel with me.

the stage and the room were small. i played mostly stuff off curvature, until people started falling asleep then i threw in some JFK. somehow, i was on a bill with all female singer/songwriters, most of them jazz. as much as i like being sandwiched between females, performing after jazz musicians can be intimidating. i opted not to play the piano and just did an all guitar set. i performed newer songs “say it now” and “sam” for the first time. following my set was the always lovely darcie miner. she writes with honesty and directness that i really appreciate and can sing her ass off. plus, she’s twangy.

at the raddison inn, all the rooms had sleep number beds. sleep number beds run on ancient magic and emit vacuum cleaner sounds when they inflate–er when they magically get harder. they go all the way up to 100. i found that it is best to start at 100 and go down. like any kind of scale, it’s best to start toward the end that is bad and work your way to the good. if you start good, you’re never going to know how much bad you can tolerate. my sleep number is 25. amy’s was 20. 20 is five sleep numbers too low for me.

there is a lunar eclipse tonight. i hope you can catch it!

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