Tuesday, November 25, 2008

news from the world

pardons for everyone
what matters if
you've been wrong
or hurt people
dishonesty schmishonesty, man.

what does it
matter? who cares?
pardons are cheap
and unfortunate to
see who mr.
bush will let
slide by values.

great.

we, june star
are flirting with
a booking agent.

fairly unbelievable for
us, to have
someone interested in
working with the
band. ooooh. Baltimore
unsigned taping will
be soon. please
come out. reserve
your tickets. yah.

grimm

Monday, November 24, 2008

dah rulez

my leaf turned anew
much more reading to be
done.
will i finish that
hawthorne biography
i started this summer? yes
i will. i will finish this
week. my solo work... needs
to start... needs be finished
for sure...

click goes the mouse
turn goes the page
sigh goes the lungs
whirrr goes the firing neurons
purr goes the cat
sleep goes the grimm
pluck goes the pick
grrrr goes the guitar
meh goes the bun
blah blah goes the tv
shallow goes the hills
darkness goes the culture
submit goes the paper
scratch goes the pencil
bling goes the blang
uh oh goes the blue ray
no goes the maybe

yodel at ya later

grimm

p.s. I will get into "The Rings of Saturn"

''No matter whether one is flying over Newfoundland or the sea of lights that stretches from Boston to Philadelphia after nightfall, over the Arabian deserts which gleam like mother-ofpearl, over the Ruhr or the city of Frankfurt, it is as though there were no people, only the things they have made and in which they are hiding. . . . And yet they are present everywhere upon the face of the earth, extending their dominion by the hour.''

Sunday, November 23, 2008

the show, the disappointment, redemption

friday's show...there is video...
good to see some people at the
show... good to hear the other folks,
abby mott, jason dove, and mike beresh.
cool stuff and very nice people.

my set... uneventful... my throat was
so dry and the monitor was real "high
frequency" i had a hard time focusing.
some songs worked out really well...

there was an overly exuberant group
of folk in the corner... they essentially
yelled through some songs... we all
got an earful about their late night
habits.

the wife took a video of one of the songs...
i haven't seen it yet... but perhaps i can
post it if it's worth it.

the next night we played a private party
at towson university. oh this was fun. i
don't normally like playing parties... but this
was different, an after party for the closing
night of a friend/fan's play... lot's of
sound... lots of rock... lots of fun. had a
cup of cabernet... wine is becoming a bit
more attractive to me these past few years...
don't think i want to become some... expert, but
i think i want to enjoy some of them thar finer
thangz. i suppose

but anyhow... good times had...

somethin' of note... good to see kevin
as a lurker... you should see his blog...
smart... someone has been keeping up on
his reading... Lovesong of J Alfred Prufrock.

Eliot was the first computer.

I should have been a pair of ragged claws
Scuttling across the floors of silent seas

grimm

Friday, November 21, 2008

the solo

solo acoustic
stretched out songs
that tickle and curve
slower to faster
faster to slower
different voices from
different positions
on the neck from my neck
songs to play:

back of my heart
anymore
sugarbird
thrown
without you now
gone
valentine
back to the valley (new song)
new jordan
local 48
thunder

Shall I record it?

Shall I post the "Recording?"

HMMMMMM?

I should I should... perhaps a blurry photo of my in half shadow, off center...
Video?

Grimmeo

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

iotas

we played last night
at the iota in arlington, va.
twas a rough show
uncomfortable on stage playing
timmy's songs on bass. it's not
the songs, it's the cohesion
of the guys playing... i could've
played better... i suppose. it was
fun though.

playing with timmy is easy... we're
both in the same position in music,
as a career. we're meticulous about
detail and songwriting. we're
searching for originality. we are
and unknown quality/quantity to most folks.

strange but true.

i sold 5 discs, no easy feat.
people seemed to like the songs.
my guitar was bouncing in and out of tune...
but overall, good stuff.

work on the album has reached a standstill...
more on that, when there's something
to say.

more music... more writing. maybe i should post
some stuff... i was supposed to be working on a solo
album too... i got through one take and stopped...
what kind of album should it be?

maybe I'll get timmy to play on it...

lately, i've been thinking about school.
my first period class has been keeping me on my
toes... let me qualify... i like all of my classes...
i'd just like to talk about first period... for a bit.
they are a smart bunch... sharp... interested in what
is happening in the literature.
we have good conversations and their analyses are
fairly accurate... i'm looking to push them harder
for huck finn. funny, some students in particular
are reading and immediately interpreting the characterizations,
internalizing that knowledge and then applying it
to either theme or the text. awesome... and funny.

oh school... schmool.

Please come out Friday night to Joe Squared Pizza... I'm
going solo acoustic and I might play some new tunes...
no kidding... I just might.

I'm out.

Grimm

Sunday, November 09, 2008

10th Anniversary and a Day


thank you all
my goodness it's
true that baltimore
loves us, truly.
the 10th anniversary
show was reinvigorating.
tim heaney, thank
you for taking
pictures friday night
and for the
past four years.
so many people
coming up close
to hear us
sing and play
lovely time had
by all. lot's
of shirts were
sold to cool
people. encore was
suggested by clapping
we played well
and are very
fortunate to have
nice people who
support us strongly.
last night, timmy
and i played
at el rancho.
good night for
music. timmy was
under the weather
and I was
ready to play
some music, music.
here's a drawing
by katy feild.