1. The window’s not… fixed, exactly. There’s a part we couldn’t get. It’s fine as long as Dave doesn’t roll the window down. Which he keeps doing.
2. We didn’t have a show in Portland. The show’s coming up on Saturday. Tuesday night we played an open mike at Albina Green, a restaurant with a great lawn:
3. Last night we played at Last Word Books in Olympia. The opener was Micah Ellison. I met him last year when he was June Madrona’s wide-eyed melodica player, out on his first tour. That tour lasted four months, and now he’s a grizzled veteran who writes shy, sincere songs on the piano.
We played unplugged (except for the bass). I really enjoy the natural sound of the instruments and voices when we play unamplified, and the intimacy with the audience - when it’s a good audience, which it was last night. Then Google Maps played - the band, not the web application - which was light math rock on bass and drums. A terrific night, all told.
After the show we adjourned across the street to King Solomon’s Reef for breakfast, dinner, and insufficient rhubarb pie. And directions:
4. I’m writing a blog post in a little cottage made of cob. Tom’s straightening things out with his bank. Dave’s outside, I don’t know what he’s doing. In a few moments, we’ll all be done. Then, on to Bellingham! With a side order of Seattle traffic.