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These Boots Were Made For Walkabout  Saturday
- Gina and I drove to Sweet
Briar College in Virginia to meet
up with her brother Grant, for a going away party. Grant's moving to
Colorado. Lots of his friends showed up for the party, including Jim,
who came all the way from Iowa with a ton of band equipment, and Tracy,
the drummer, who came down from Baltimore. We met them all in downtown
Charlottesville for a beer, then they left to set up the party while
Gina
and I had dinner and strolled around a bit. Gina bought a very sexy
outfit from Nepal, and she wore it to the party.Gina and I opened as White Diaper with some improvised drum & Dij for Grant's band, Stochastic Spam, then Jim and Tracy helped out; we sounded fine, and the small crowd cheered. Then Stochastic Spam played a lot of really good songs all night, mostly rockabilly, old rock, and some eighties stuff. Grant invited me to play dij during These Boots Were Made for Walkin' (...made for walkabout?) and I actually made it through the whole song without my lips turning to rubber. I thought it sounded great, especially since we hadn't rehearsed. The crowd loved it, it seemed. That's the first time I ever played with a rock band in front of an audience.  One
of Grant's friends, Paige, sang a couple songs, and joined the band for
a few more. There was another guy who played harmonica in one song. We
had a great time, dancing and singing along with the band. Gina
videotaped a lot of the concert, and sang Weird Al's Smells Like Nirvana. with some
great vocal backups from Paige and Jim.Sunday - We stayed the night at Lisa's, another good friend of Grant (she is a wonderful host with a fantastic house), and the next day we helped the band break down the set and pack the equipment into Jim's truck. Then Grant took us on a hike through the woods at Sweet Briar. Really nice woods, with lots of streams, chanterelles, and ticks. Grant showed us an old slave cemetery. By the end of the day Gina and I had found over 20 ticks on each other. On the way home Gina and I stopped at a random exit to find a restroom and restaurant, and we found a really good Indian restaurant. Tuesday - I'm sitting here, trying to get the website done, while a bunch of our friends (Kory, Chris, Leo, Izolda, Neha, Luisa, and Jun) sit around chatting. It's quite a party. Later I have to pack; tomorrow Gina and I are off to Origins for a few days. Ciao!    |
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