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the taft show and the weekend meanderings


it was a wonderful weekend.  the show was great.
the people were the best part.

i didn't catch any of the pre-show stuff.  megan
and i met some friends before the show at a kick-
ass restaurant called Tellers of Hyde Park (a 
renovated bank).  awesome menu.  anyway, on to 
the show...

sixpence went on first, which kind of surprised
me.  i thought ronny was going to go on first.
anyhow.  they played some of their tunes from 
their eponymous squint release.  they played 
"love, salvation, and the fear of death" from 
This Beautiful Mess, which is one of my favorite
tunes of theirs.  they played some christmas 
carols, and about half of their hour-long set was
new-new stuff from a forthcoming album sometime 
in 2001.  i was bummed that they didn't do their
version of "you're a mean one, mr. grinch."

ron sexsmith was enjoyable.  i had never heard 
any of his stuff before, other than the song of
his that monk/ric hordinski covers quite fre-
quently.  i probably would've enjoyed ron's set
more if i would have known more of his stuff.  
i'll need to give him more time to set in.

as for OtR, they pulled out some tunes that i 
hadn't heard 'em play in a while- moth, sleep 
baby jane.  they played some new stuff from the
forthcoming album, Films for Radio.  they played
a new-new tune that karin had written.  they 
played some DNOTY stuff.  matt slocum from six-
pence came out and played cello on some tunes. 
ron sexsmith came out and sang a song with karin.
at the end, all of the performers came out and 
sang john lennon's "happy xmas (war is over)."
they didn't do "like a radio" which was on their
setlist (according to rick).  i'm kinda glad.

A+ show, in my book.

afterwards, some of us went to UNO's to hang out.
i ordered the "don't ever get the spinocolli 
deepdish pizza again" pizza.  i think j.marie has
formulated the same opinion.  and i won't even go
into the "seafood pizza" that bink ordered... :)

the evening and next morning were full of hanging
out with some old friends, and some new friends.
it was nice seeing all of you- drew/wendy, bruce,
megan, heather (and other kentites), dave, rick,
rick/bink, j.marie, debbie, amyjoy, andy, melissa/
brian/kristen/kris, jay & lynz, mark, don, and i'm
sure there were others that i'm forgetting.  it 
was nice meeting don and j.marie for the first 
time.  i hope it won't be the last time.  j.marie
is cool in writing and much cooler in person.  
plus, of all the people i talked to, she wins for
travelling the furthest [from FL].

safe travels to all heading back!!

day breaks the eyelid of a song sung in my eye.

Dan

np: chantal kreviazuk - under these rocks
       and stones

+-  Dan Temmesfeld   -  dtemm at yahoo_com  -+
     more & more, i'm secretly just me
+-      (over the rhine "goodbye")       -+ 

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