Words Like Vines

Friday, October 28, 2005

New Haven Advocate: Gabba Gabba Haze

from New Haven Advocate: Gabba Gabba Haze: “Also part of the loud-and-fast Halloween bill at Rudy’s is the Break-Up (from Brooklyn); Lucid Mike (aka Mike Sembos, doing solo versions of his Superfallingstars songs, plus a few surprises. Mike hasn’t come up with an idea for this year’s costume yet, but last year’s Dorothy will be hard to top); and Dr. Frank , going as the leader of the Mr. T Experience —hey, wait—that’s no costume, he is the singer from the Mr. T Experience! You can thank Mike for that awesome addition to the bill: He noticed that Dr. Frank will be in New York City promoting his new book, King Dork, and ‘bugged him’ to come to Rudy’s. ‘I’m playing mainly so that [Dr. Frank’s] not trapped acoustically between a barrage of amplified loudness,’ says Mike. In addition (no pun intended) to studying math at UConn, Mike’s been busy recording a new Superfallingstars album with producer Michael Deming, plus playing second guitar with the Alternate Routes, who finish up a three-week residency at Bridgeport’s Acoustic Cafe on Oct. 26.”

May 7: Ram’s Head Live, Baltimore, MD. w/ Carbon Leaf. (AR)

May 12-14: Outer Banks, NC. w/ Pat Mcgee. (AR)

May 17: Fairfield Theatre, StageOne, Fairfield, CT. w/Diamond Doves. (BYC)

May 28 or 29: B.O.M.B.Fest, The Meadows, Hartford, CT. w/ Weezer, Snoop Dog, The New Pornographers, George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, etc. (BYC)

June 4: Daniel St., Milford, CT. w/ Carbon Leaf. (AR)

June 5: Mountain Jam, Hunter, NY. w/ My Morning Jacket, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes, Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, etc. (AR)

June 12: The Old Port Festival, Portland, ME. (AR)

June 23: The Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY. co-headline w/ The Parlotones. (AR)

June 24: The Space, Hamden, CT. w/ Jesse Malin. (BYC duo)

June 25: Ideat Village, Downtown New Haven, CT. 2pm. (BYC)

July 1: Daniel St., Milford, CT. w/ Crooked Fingers. (BYC)

July 7: WTMD First Thursday Concert, Baltimore, MD. (AR)

July 9: Levitt Pavilion, Westport, CT. (AR)

July 10: Boston Harbor Cruise, Boston, CT. (AR)

Songwriting is in the air tonight.

Meg had a pile of books in the hallway, and on top was a collection of Dylan interviews.

I found this exchange from a 1991 interview to be interesting:

You said once that the saddest thing about songwriting is trying to reconnect with an idea you started before, and how hard that is to do.

To me it can’t be done. To me, unless I have another writer around who might want to finish it … outside of writing with the Traveling Wilburys, my shared experience writing a song with other songwriters is not that great. Of course, unless you find the right person to write with as a partner …[laughs] … you’re awfully lucky if you do, but if you don’t, it’s really more trouble than it’s worth, trying to write something with somebody.

The New Haven Advocate asked me to blog about the music biz. So here it is:

http://www.newhavenadvocate.com

Scroll down and look on the left for “Music in the Backyard” under “New Blogs.”