Seattle, WA: Musicquarium Lounge at The Triple Door

In three full-band appearances at the MQ thus far this year we've had the fourth wall broken rather demonstrably, fended off a would-be pinch-hit drummer, and now been flashed.  And now that we've accepted a once-a-month residency here, who knows what else will follow?

Seattle, WA: Slim's Last Chance (Bushwick Book Club - Lonesome Dove)

I've wondered how an outdoor Bushwick show would go, given the importance of words at these events contrasted with the potential for sound to dissipate into the great wide open, but then you couldn't pick a better environment for Lonesome Dove than Slim's, either.  Turns out it works fine.

Glad to offer a little born-at-the-wrong-time cowboy waltz, join Nancy K. Dillon as part of her cowboy-/railway-rap work crew, and coordinate this show's audience quiz: cattle breed or marijuana strain?  Jamaica Red, anyone...?

Photo: Nancy K. Dillon

End-of-Summer Performance Glut

Seattle, WA: Musicquarium Lounge at The Triple Door

Much mellower gathering than last time, which is nice for folk winding down an extended holiday-ish run after a mid-week Fourth.  And they're still working on the tank...  I do love this band.

Seattle, WA: Lake Union Wooden Boat Festival

Sometimes, you see things on-stage that your audience does not see.  Other times, everyone sees it but only you have to keep composure.  Sometimes, it's a combination of both--like, for instance, when festival staff come sprinting in front of everyone, clearly responding to something, but only you can see that it's because a dock has blown loose in the same 25-30mph cross-winds that keep trying to topple your microphone stand, and it's taking every available body on the grounds to haul it (with boats and several startled people) back to shore.

Bellevue, WA: Crossroads

Wouldn't be a complete performance-year without at least one appearance here, nor would said appearance here be complete without enthusiastic dancing from some younger audience members--at least one of whom is wearing copious and rather percussive leg-bangles.  Two and four, kid, two and four...

Seattle, WA: Museum of History & Industry

MOHAI, an enterprise I've always enjoyed, has slowly been moving itself from Montlake to South Lake Union, and is almost ready to close the doors at the former location.  Before doing so, however, they wanted to throw one more party for the community/neighborhood/city-at-large, and they've asked The Bushwick Book Club to provide the music.  Vince Martinez, MoZo, and I have agreed to represent, and the three hour gathering flies as we chase musical book-threads to the cacophonous underscoring of museum tours, interactive exhibits, dancers, and said city-at-large on this 123rd anniversary of the Great Seattle Fire.