hello there folksens. i call greetings from the milky island where i live now, where time is crazy elastic. the days are long and very little gets done, yet we are all exhausted from being so busy. anders is asleep for a moment, so let me tell you about the upcoming things i am attempting in the Outside World.
i’ll be playing music at the fundraiser for the doxa film festival on november 22. that’s at the vancity theatre, 1181 seymour, in vancouver. tix are $35, should be pretty darn chic and fun.
i’ll also be playing at the theatre replacement annual benefit DC6 on dec 6, location to be announced. maybe a sneak preview of our 20 minute musical…have i even mentioned that? i’m writing a 20 minute musical with the honourable bill richardson. it’s called Do You Want What I Have Got? A Craigslist Cantata. other people writing little musicals are nick krgovich, juana molina, and geoff berner. all premiering at the push festival in jan/feb.
what else? oh, i’m going to guest with Clancy’s Angels on Dec 13 at the wise hall. a christmas party! i’ll be performing lucklucky with a 20 person choir! and maybe a little zeppelin as well. who says that being a parent kills your rocknroll cred?
Hi Veda –
I’ve followed this blog for a while and it’s been fun to keep up with you – I wanted to say congrats on Anders, that’s very great news. We met some time ago when you played a song in Portland and I asked if I could steal a line from one of your songs as a book opener. Many years later now, I did get a book out there and recently had an opportunity to express my fandom when I was asked to create a soundtrack for the book:
http://www.largeheartedboy.com/blog/archive/2008/10/book_notes_ben_2.html
Just thought I’d drop you a note to say hey, and thanks.
-Ben
Played a set in Portland, rather. I believe there was more than one song to it.