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May-be you are free Monday? We are...

Monday, May 7, 9PM
Detroit Bar, 843 W. 19th Street, Costa Mesa, CA
with Eric Golding (bass) & Shane Thompson (drums)
Also playing: Names in Vain, Robert Jon & the Wreck, We Are/She Is

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April show-ers...



Tuesday, April 10, 9PM
Lot 1, 1533 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA
with Ethan Gold, The Record Company, & Boys School
solo set as part of this fantastic Buzzbands.LA show 
 
Wednesday, April 18, 8PM
Silverlake Lounge, 2906 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA
with Country Mice (NYC) & Drinking Flowers (LA)
full band set with Eric Golding (bass) & Shane Thompson (drums)
 
Monday, April 23, 9PM
Detroit Bar, 843 W. 19th Street, Costa Mesa, CA
with Let Em Riot, Ballerina Black, & Brenda Carsey
full band set with Eric Golding (bass) & Shane Thompson (drums)
 

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Liberty






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spring


If your life is a leaf
that the seasons tear off and condemn
they will bind you with love
that is graceful and green as a stem



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The Bees






THE BEES
The more you can do
The less you can be
Do what you will
You can’t make me

Work so hard
And tell me, why?
Are you afraid
You’re gonna die
Like the bees

The more you can do
The less you can feel
Hard as rock
But not as real

Honeycomb
You’re not as sweet
As the gold
Of honeybees

The more you can do
The less you can see
Cast your die
Into the street

Watch your luck
Fall to your feet
You’re gonna die
Just like the bees

© Laura Meyer, September 2011

credits

from Golden Delicious, released 12 December 2011
Laura Meyer - guitars & vox
Steve Rossiter - Rhodes piano, harmonium, tambourine

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where the brink was


Check out Rita Dove's "The Spring Cricket Considers the Question of Negritude" in the current New Yorker. Whether or not you're a subscriber you can hear her read the poem here

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Dear Obama

This one's for you:

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Amsterdam & the magical houseboat

The Santa Ana winds are fanning my wanderlust.  Going through tour footage from Europe and I just came across some funny memories from Amsterdam!  

An 82-year-old ex-sailor kindly offered to drive me from Belgium, although he hadn't been in thirty years or so.  The highlight of the trip was when we were driving towards an oncoming train and had to hop a median so as not to die.  

Here, you can witness the excitement-fear-exhaustion-despair-relief-gratitude cycle that is being a touring musician.


Oh, and the song at the end is "Tonight I'm Gonna Dream About You," which you can download here.

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Love





Happy Valentine's Day!

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Making waves


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