From Cleveland to Dallas (and points in between)

long storey short: A few days ago I began to experience a kind of identity crisis of sorts and so packed my car and left Cleveland and drove down to Cincin OH and spent the night in a Motel Six. It was bland. Next day I drove to Mammoth Cave Resort and spent the night in the cute-est cabin with wood floors and - oh, it was sweet, the cave is huge, biggest in the world, 375 miles of cave, nice and cold, good hiking, the Green River is pretty. Then I drove all the way to Little Rock Arkansas, stayed in a Howard Johnson, very boring, watched Lord of the Rings (I briefly 'dated' Howard Shores daughter - I just thought you ought to know that - I dont know if Howard Johnson has any daughters - heh) Then drove from there to Dallas today - nice long hot drive, I am here now. More later. Sorry no pictures, but hey, thats life.

Ohio Canal Tow Path - Mirandas Moon - MOre

I went riding on the tow path trail a few days ago, in the Cayuhoga Valley National Recreation Area, stayed at the Stanford House Youth Hostel, gosh, that place is sweeeeeet and it's less than twenty bucks to stay there overnight....the night I was there, it was only myself and one other dude in the whole place...it was, needless to say, very peacefull. If you don't have a bike, they have a bunch of em there, they aren't top flight bikes, but they roll. So, I stayed there, and then in the morning I rode all the way into Akron...it was swell, an awesome ride of about 29 miles round trip! Sometime I will do the northern leg from Stanford House on up to lock 44.

And..let's see what else has been gwink on...well, I have been getting calls from acts who are comming through CLE town, lot's of good ones comming, for those of you who read this blog here is a preview of last minute bookings in August and some acts that are due to come through in Sept. - look to University Circle Arabica for the best in all ages, smoke free acoustic entertainment - and although I am indeed relocating to the SouthWest for at least six months (for 'professional reasons') I will continue to book the U.C.A. ... so y'all better behave youselves!


LAST MINUTE BOOKINGS AT UCA FOR AUG. 2005:

FRIDAY AUG. 12 FROM NYC ATOOSA - PIANO & VOICE -This will be a good show, don't miss this woman if you don't have to .. she has a great woman/girl voice, pure and delicious. Look what has been said about her:
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"She calls it lyrical folk but I call it creative and delicious! Some of my favorite arrangements I've heard in years. She approaches her piano with a wonderful un-cliched blank slate. It brings out the sincerity, to let you know before she even starts singing that every word and note is intentional, and isn't just settling for the common chord." Derek Sivers, President, cdbaby.com, 2001
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FRIDAY AUG. 26 - KLEE - PIANO & VOICE - This young lady has got some mellow music to share, the songs she has posted to myspace are spare and pretty, simple, soothing, oh your gonna like this for sure.


AND LOOKS WHO'S COMING TO UCA IN SEPTEMBER:

TUES. SEPT. 20 ELISA KORENNE - from NYC, nice .. real nice ... and she can play a sweet and folksy finger style (classic feeling almost) steel string guitar .... check out her super-simple-perfect EP Pages for direct solo sounds.

SAT. SEPT. 10 ELLERY - I am REALLY EXCITED that this Husband and Wife duo are coming to the UCA - I have been listening to the sound files at the site (they have several full length files posted) and these two are special, they have produced a coherent, pretty, sparkling, lush CD with sugar pop vocals, contemplative lyrics, choice harmonies -- please check out the website they have

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Oh, one last thing, my friend Ryan Smith has updated his band's page MIRANDA'S MOON to pure style -- CSS, no tables, heh, that's so, uhm, dang I been using tables for over a decade, I need to catch up. Anyhow these guys are working (feverishly?) to complete another album, it ought to sound great, given the caliber of what they have been up to -- check the web site, it looks sweet.