this monday at the hideout
Jenny Scheinman drops by to drip some hot waxen fiddlistic brilliancy on the Hideout's sodden green stage carpet. Quite a lot of what I present on Mondays is of a feeling-it-out nature, with some favorite players that I don't get to play with as often as I'd like. But what I do with Jenny (like what I do with Gjersoe or Nora O'C) is at this point more like an act. We do hardly anything that's underrehearsed, let alone un-. Which is a little paradoxical because when we started making music together a year-and-a-half ago, it was sitting in the kitchen goofing on fiddle tunes and screwing around in a tavern down the block, and now we're like the Will and Ariel Durant of the hopelessly obscure, embittered troubadour circuit, you know? A big fucking freakshow. If you live around Chicago and you appreciate seeing a violin well-played, in whatever idiom, you should drop everything and come down. Leaving aside her fearsome chops, nobody I play with has a freer attitude, or a keener bullshit detector.
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Do not miss this opportunity to experience one of the most enlightened, energetic, charming performers in the world. Robbie Rocks. Seriously, get there. Wonderful weather, beautiful scenery, charming people and sights... and robbie fulks. heaven. I would like to book Robbie for life.
Hi, Robbie - I was so impressed with your rendition of Michael Jackson on "Billie Jean [is not my lover] that I looked you up on Google. Can't help but be disappointed that you choose to use f-ing above -- it is boring and the rest of your stuff seems way above average. Just a comment.
we enjoyed your show in Great Falls at the nursery. who are some of the artists that were on the PA before your show? we liked them and weren't easily identifiable. we want to get married so you'll play our reception. thanks.