Thank you to Renard Boissiere, Andre Lovett, and Nervous Duane for playing/reading live, big thanks always to Pizza Mike and his plethora of gas station snacks, hurray for Stacey Leigh Bridewell (Stacey Kelly Vintage Styling and her hot rollers for getting me back to my roots being a widowed saloon owner during the last gold rush (“widowed” as in, “hip and unattached”), my fave Brandy Roden for schlepping over from Arabi, and congrats to Corey Collins for working a fourteen hour day then running a great second show! (“Under the Influence”, 11p-1a.) Playlist below.
“Stick With Me” – The Tumbling Wheels. Hope you got to see ‘em live at United Bakery Records’ fundraiser at WHIV last Friday!
“Summertime” – Renard Boissiere LIVE See him tonight at the Dragon’s Den
“Lil Dizzy’s” – Renard Boissiere LIVE
“A Girl Named Trouble” – Peter Orr. Off ‘Sneaky Pete & the Fens Live in Pompeii’ (Chris Rose: Hell, this record even smells like the French Quarter after midnight: burnt coffee, spilled beer, sweet olive, fish fry, mule piss, and sex.” )
“I Gotta Have It” – Rose Cangelosi & Fantasy Nonfiction. (#Stuck.In.My.Head.All.Night.) Listen on fantasynonfiction.com.
**‘The Spite of Spring’ Excert #1 – LIVE reading by author Nervous Duane. See him M/W/F afternoons at Rare Form
“Nowhere” – Andre Lovett Music LIVE. See him Wednesday evenings and Monday nights at the Apple Barrel
“Southern Belle” – Andre Lovett LIVE
“Heartbreak and Cocaine” – Andre Lovett LIVE
“Christina Marie” – Andre Lovett LIVE
**‘The Spite of Spring’ Excerpt #2 – LIVE Nervous reading
“Zen Lizards” – Natasha Sanchez
“I Am a Positive Person” – Nervous Duane
“The Waltz of the 101st Lightborne Elite” – Joanna Newsom
**Check out Brandy’s Blackout BINGO at the St Roch Tavern, Wednesdays 8pm (right? 8?)
“The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” – Roberta Flack “PLAY TRACK #7 GOSHDARNIT” – Nervous request
“Wasted Time” – Bob Worth & the Annunciators. Brand new recording! See him at the St Roch Tavern Aug 31.
“Truck Driving Woman” – Jim Smith. Checkpoints open mic every Sun 8p onwards!
**Round table discussion on the best dive bars to *end up at*, “where no good will come” (Mentioned: Big Daddy’s, Checkpoints, St. Roch, Snake & Jakes… Honorable Mention (because not “no” good would come, Holy Ground. Input? Comment below.)
“Rough Going (I Won’t Let Up)” – Hamilton Leithauser & Rostam
“Open the Door Homer” – Bob Dylan & the Band
“The Heat” – Renshaw Davies
“Sisters of Mercy” – Leonard Cohen
“Buckets of Rain” – Bob Dylan
“Rainy Day People” – Gordon Lightfoot
