Weeknotes: September 16-20, 2024
Monday, September 16
There's a bad smell coming from somewhere on the porch. Is it just my overripe trash can? I'm standing out there sniffing, looking over the rail for a decaying rodent when CC pulls up. I guide her up the steps to "the spot" but she doesn't smell anything out of the ordinary.
We play through a handful of songs in the living room while Islay whines, begging for treats. Her brat summer continues. Many of our rehearsal tapes have insolent dog noises on them, like ambient feedback. She eventually settles down, head on paws, and listens from the couch.
CC and I revisit songs from previous albums and scale down a newer one from its full-band arrangement to duo format. We also add a few more short pieces which preface longer songs like sympathetic key siblings. In this way, our next set will contain about 20 songs in 45 minutes.
Weeknotes: June 3-7, 2024
Monday, June 3
Lots of self admin to start the week. Whacking finances into shape, prioritizing my workload, and drawing up plans for a couple small builds to compliment my growing armada of Leopold-shaped lawn furniture. It's going to be criss-crossed legs a go-go out there.
After weeks of speculation Ford finally announces the roster for their big Live From Detroit concert at Michigan Central. Hometown heroes like Diana Ross, Jack White, and Eminem are the major attractions among an all-star multi-genre revue celebrating the reopening of Michigan Central Station. After being abandoned in 1988, Detroit's historic train station loomed for years over Corktown, a forlorn monument to the city's economic failure. Ford Motor Company has spent the past six years restoring this landmark into a downtown hub for themselves and various automotive innovators, retail spaces, restaurants, and galleries. In doing so, they also bought up much of the land around Roosevelt Park, pushing out residents and established businesses. Like anything in Detroit, it's not without controversy. Tickets were free and sold out within minutes. Somehow I logged on at the right moment and scored a pair.
In the evening I build a small side table/bench, its Leopold legs splayed wide underneath a short 2"x10" plank. It looks like a tent or a small blocky dog. I name it Miniskirt.