Happy Mother’s Day, Mom. Nicole and I took on Montclair, NJ with her roommate Sal and friend Neil on Friday night. Our new band will soon be ready for gigs. John Darnielle, know that Sweden and Nothing for Juice made it onto the turntable during the party down. What is it with NJ state pride? We saw some guy with a shirt that had the NJ state icon on it with swords around it. Do other states do this? I’ve never seen it if they do. I think you’re over compensating for NJ. I never had a shirt with Indiana and swords or PA and swords. I think those states just don’t care. Saturday, I made it to the Cy Twombly exhibit at the Whitney which was entirely works that I hadn’t seen, just in time, too, the exhibition closed on Sunday. Twombly is one of my favorite artists and my favorite museum is the Cy Twombly museum (designed by Renzo Piano) that is part of the Menil Collection in Houston, TX. His bursts of color, scrawling scribbles, and uncommon materials are captivating. I met up with Matt Doty and Mary and then we wandered over to the Knitting Factory…
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Ben and I had a little Cinco de Mayo celebration out our way last night. He’s going to be doing the album design for the forthcoming Saxon Shore album. This weekend I’ll be in NJ and NYC to see my friends Nicole and Keyes, as well as visit the Cy Twombly exhibit at the Whitney and see Starflyer 59 play at the Knitting Factory. Don’t forget that Starflyer will be in Philadelphia on Monday at the Khyber. :::scott:::
Unwed Sailor have postponed their May recording sessions while Dan Burton is on tour with Early Day Miners in Europe. They’ll be on tour in June and will likely finish The White Ox in July. Starflyer 59 is on tour. I’m still hoping the vinyl for Talking Voice Vs. Singing Voice will be ready for the second part of their tour. They’ll be in NYC at the Knitting Factory on Saturday and I’ll be visiting to see them. They’ll be in Philadelphia on Monday at the Khyber and should be on after Danielson and Deerhoof finish at the Unitarian Church. Tomorrow night, The Mountain Goats at the Unitarian Church. I’ve always loved to see John play. By the way, today was the official retail release date for Bosque Brown Plays Mara Lee Miller. Hope you picked up a copy or two for yourself and your loved ones. :::scott:::