hello people
wasnt last year intense?
i spent most of it on tour. (go to the tour blog to see the evidence of this).
i plan to be in once place until late spring. working on new stuff.
there are a couple of good looking shows coming up close to home…
JANUARY 20 a night of female drummers benefit for TOM TOM magazine at holocene.
(yes people, i hit things.) im doing a hand drum and electric tambourine duet with rachel carns.
theres a million amazing people playing, look…TOMTOMmagazineshow
JANUARY 23 olympia womyns minimusic fest at evergreen state college with Eleanor Murray, Sugar ShortWave, Myshkin’s Ruby Warblers, Tender Forever
FEBRUARY 5 art party at branx in portland. the maiden voyage of the one night art show series each first friday. ill be playing improvised two guitar set with the mighty marisa anderson.
FEBRUARY 15 BENEFIT FOR SIGNAL FIRE at Valentines. again a guitar duet with marisa anderson. ( we need a name. write to me…)
AND
the regional arts and culture council (RACC) awarded me a grant allowing me to get back to japan to play shows and finish a record with my friend nika (nikaido kazumi). 2010.YES!
AND
cellist extraordinaire, lori goldston and i just did the score for the film “bass ackwards” by linas philips. it going to sundance this month, it will be immediately available digitally and i hear this is unusual. im hoping lori and i will put together the best of the stuff from this flick and from the other flick we scored for linas “great speeches from a dying world”. put it together then put it out. 2010.yes.
and
more about other things soon
HAPPY NEW YEAR
byetj