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Week 2: Princeton, Philadelphia, New York City

wafmusic — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:10:50 +0000

Ahhhh. Got to relax for 3 days in Princeton, NJ with some of my family. Aunt Lori & Gypsy Dave were very hospitable. Sam & Quinn were….pretty well behaved. Ate an amish log… ‘Twas nice to relax a bit before beginning this long and FUN tour.

Philadelphia 10/16 @ Theatre of Living Arts

Druggie Love
31
Junior High Emo
Without a Myspace (Umm, I humbly request that you begin booing me for this film i’m making…)
Lactose Intolerance
Ringtone
Give Albums a Chance

***Encore!? Aw Shucks, Thank you… = The Band Broke Up (Intro)

New York City 10/17 @ Highline Ballroom

Anchorbabe Stalker
Junior High Emo
31
Without a Myspace
Lactose Intolerance
Druggie Love
Fratford Bratford ’06
The Band Broke Up (Part 2)

no time to play anymore. my bad : (

Pat “the worst tour manger ever” and I drove to Boston after I was treated to Pizza con Brittany.

Overall I feel as though I was better-received in the Philly show than NYC…BUT….evidently a good chunk of the NYC peeps DID in fact, consider me not-sucky – which is a relief. I was quite flustered before I began at the Highline whereas the TLA show I was waiting for hours and hours to play (which i feel is better).

Week 1: Mini-Tour B4 The “Real” Tour

wafmusic — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:10:26 +0000

‘Tis a fine barn, but sure ’tis no pool, English”. – The Simpsons, Bart of Darkness

I was quite low on gas and decided to get off I-70 (i think it was) during my push from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia. Given how rural this particular area was I could feel it: FINALLY, I would probably see Amish people in person. My only exposure to this group of people until then was from a movie called ‘The Witness’. After driving away from the toll booth, I immediately saw an Amish man’s horse carriage parked outside a restaurant.

Not too long after that I saw two women driving their carriage to a house. Thought about marrying one of em and being Amish. Came to the realization that they’d be more repulsed by me than a Murray State student named Meredith probably is… More on that later. Not really. It’s okay I got plenty backups…well maybe one and a half backups. But yes, from time to time I do think about becoming Amish. I envy them to a degree.

The Amish contribute to global warming as well.

Finally made it to Phili – Nikhil had the hookup. Showed me to the Chinatown bus whereupon I paid $12 for a ride from ILLadelphia to New York City. “See ya on Thursday and tell Chandler I said Hi!” Told Chandler that Nikhil said hi, “Awesome!” Got to China town. Chandler introduced me to a formula one racer named Charlie. We ate pizza…and then…

start spreading the news, etc

So anyway, yes before making it to Phili/NYC I played in Little Rock (Arksansas) at the Village thanks to the gracious Haley, got lost in Nashville (Tennessee) and didn’t play where I originally intended (the French Quarter Cafe), and then I busked on campus at Murray State in Kentucky thanks to the gracious Kaki.

Little Rock, Oct 5th, 2009 @ The Village

Go ‘Way From My Window/Without a Myspace
Jr. High Emo
Druggie Love
The Band Broke Up *Intro* (decided to play this song when i could hear ppl talking over me)
The Band Broke Up *Part Two*
31
Fratford Bratford ’06

***if that set list is inaccurate – please enlighten me***

Arkansas: Growing up in Houston I didn't see so many trees

Almost everyone at the Little Rock show was basically there to see Tyler Tradewell, and with good reason. Home boy has an angelic voice with good lyrics too. I played before Tyler did, and thankfully the crowd was well-receptive for the most part. Most of them left after Tyler finished playing though, which sucks because This Is Jacob came on and rocked it. Very musical group of boys, that band is. Thankfully they burned me a copy of their EP right there on the spot. Fa sho…After that, Moving Mountains gave a demonstration as to why they are going on tour with Say Anything. #1 – they clearly have practiced/played a lot together in order to sound the way they did (like pros) #2 – they played their hearts out as if the venue was packed #3 -they abstained from fussing about lack of people and instead thanked those who stayed. #4 – they clearly enjoy what they do and it causes others to enjoy it as well.

Pennsylvania countryside..

Looking forward to Week 2: Phili & NYC Shows!

wednesday

wafmusic — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:25:54 +0000

soooo it turns out my album will be “officially coming out” much much sooner.
i will keep you posted……MAYBE.

mondayyyyyyyyy

wafmusic — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:34:14 +0000

sitting here at the mucky duck getting ready to play. mainly excited about July. i cannot wait, i feel like a giddy school girl.

…not really like a school girl but giddy indeed.

scripture sabbath #2

wafmusic — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 09:48:39 +0000

it’s almost 5am. i feel too tired. so here’s one of those famous scriptures that even the “pagans” know all too well:

“for God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have Eternal life.” -john 3:16

bam, baby.

mental note: again with the brunettes. it never ends. i’m doomed.

begin system reboot….

wafmusic — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:36:53 +0000

oh the neglect. this week was kinda hectic. no it wasn’t, i have no excuses. but really, uhhhh. i’ll keep in better touch – to whoever actually reads this stuff. el oh el.

This Saturday 10:00pm at Richmond Chill Bar & Grill (Houston,Tx)

wafmusic — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 06:59:43 +0000

FREE SHOW.

my apologies, apparently i didn’t post yesterday.
soooo yeahhhh. yeah. ok, ok, i’m sorry.
a couple paying gigs this weekend. hey, maybe i can make a living with this trade after all!

so tonight

wafmusic — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:10:31 +0000

went by “aight”. ran into an old friend and that was the cooler part of the night. good to see him again. something different for a change.

i don’t really have anything interesting or new to say, but i’m trying to stay faithful with this web log seeing as how it’s a “journal”…sort of (?)…i need to finish my stupid twitter song. i might as well make songs for digg, facebook, and stumbleupon if i’ve already got a song about myspace too.

tuesday-ness

wafmusic — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:28:42 +0000

man, i like playing at the mucky duck. Houston doesn’t suck on Mondays, at least not for open mic nights. there’s other good places to play (capone’s & richmond-chill-bar-and-grill) HOWEVER – Mucky Duck is *always* consistent. mental note: if/when i move away from Houston yet remain in Texas (which I can’t fathom at least *not having a place* in TX); make time to play at the Mucky Duck on Mondays. Capone’s will be tonight. I hope it goes as well as Mucky Duck did.

Free Show *THIS SATURDAY 9pm* @ Richmond Chill Bar & Grill. Be there or be square.

must remember to sign up for 8:30 this time…

wafmusic — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 05:01:13 +0000

tonight i shall attempt to play at 2 or 3 different open mic nights. gon’ “spread the word” about my upcoming concert which is THIS coming Saturday in Houston at the Richmond Chill Bar & Grill (9pm). hopefully there will be a decent turn out.

this is a very awkward time. i’m playing music every night but we haven’t printed my album yet, so i’ve got nothing to sell/promote other than say “Uh, please keep in touch”. i’m having fun yet my sleep cycle is all messed up and it’s making me all the more anxious. i feel both optimistic and frustrated. optimistic about the future and frustrated that i’m still “waiting around”.

meh. once july gets here i’ll start actually having fun. and then it looks like october/november will *certainly* compensate for the staleness of June.