Ammuse has a review of Mike and Ruthy’s June 25th concert at the Colony Cafe, Woodstock and has posted some videos from the concert:
I also found out that Pete Seeger, Tao Rodriguez Seeger and Guy Davis are performing at Sellersville on August 6th. What a night that will be. Pete et al., are currently touring bits of Canada, one of their concerts was reviewed by Moose Wanderings.
I initially thought of doing a music mosaic of my collection of music photos, similar to K is for…Knitting. However, these are pictures of other people performing - I wanted to represent my involvement with music. The photo represents some of my favorite pieces or composers/groups to sing. Unfortunately, currently I am having a rough time mentally with singing; it is not as clear cut as shown in the top photo:
As I went to delete this picture I stopped as it represents my current relationship with singing and making music. What is up with me? Why have I stopped singing? I’ll get it sorted out before I go to Southern Week at Ashokan.
I’m too tired to think of words, so this picture will have to do until I get my thoughts together. This was taken Friday night when only the volunteers and site crew were present. It was a good omen for the festival, which paid off for Saturday.
Unfortunately on Sunday severe thunderstorms, both current and threatening, caused the festival to be canceled. At around 2 pm they started sending home the festival attendees. Of course, two hours later it was gorgeous and sunny and the threatened storms missed us completely.
I’ll try and write more about my experiences when I am firing on more than one brain cell. If you cannot wait that long, my pictures are here, and yes, there are lots of Mike and Ruthy.
So where did last week go?
I had lots of plans for posts and other things to get me going a bit more and whiz, it is now Friday and I am about to depart to go to this festival. If you are also attending; stop by the shop, where I am volunteering, to say “hi”. And do not forget to catch Mike and Ruthy who are performing on Sat pm and Sun am.
I am off to pray to Thor, Zeus, Chaac and any other appropriate dieties to keep the rain and storms away from Croton Point, NY.
In the meantime, here is some lavender to wish you well:
Last month when Lisa and I went to Longwood Gardens we mostly went to see OSFT, one of my favorite folk bands. I had seen them the month before at the Baby Grand, but the concert at Longwood Gardens was much better; not only because I could take photos.
On Saturday Mike and Ruthy came down, with Will, to open for Jeffery Gaines. They only did about six songs, but what a great six songs. And I got to meet the baby.
I still need to work on taking photos in venues like the Tin Angel where the lighting is poor. Perhaps if I had been using my more powerful camera, it would not have been such a problem. I did accidentally take one with the flash:
As it was an accident, they have red eyes!
At least the Tin Angel lets me take as many as I want. Here is one of Mikey in the dark:
At least there is only one of him. Some of my other shots were blurry and others showed two or three of images imposed on top of each other.
Of course their show was great. They are coming back to the Philly area in June. Check out their website for details.
Jeff Gaines, who was the main act, was good. He was very funny. I liked his spiel as much as his songs, even so he was an excellent singer. As he was new to me I have to listen to more of his music to appreciate it.
Remember this occasion? Finally, the Mammals have put one song together as a video. I love it.
Let’s hope the rest quickly follow.
William Puck Merenda:
I love it when I get a picture my knitting with the recipient. Especially when, in this case, getting the picture was a question of waiting for the baby to arrive. Above is Ruthy Ungar Merenda with Will wrapped in his blanket. What a sweet heart!
There are more pictures of the little one and the proud parents at:
Mike and Ruthy - myspace
Ruthy - myspace
And more pictures of the blanket (yeah, right you really want more of the blanket when there is a baby to be seen) at Flickr. One day soon, I’ll write up the pattern.
I saw this great picture this morning out of the kitchen window
Later a conversation at work today with a colleague who has stopped smoking reminded me of this Chinese proverb:
The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago
The second best time is today.
Finally with the Yarn Harlot being sick and taking to her Chesterfield, and every one else coming down with winteritus (we get so stressed about the Christmas season, afterwards our bodies just go STOP! in whatever why they can), I was reminded of these few lines from Michael Merenda’s song Quiver:
“[...] you must remember, please for me,
That solitude is medicine
And it’s not a sin to sit and Quiver”
The house concert by Mike and Ruthy that was held at my house was great. Mike and Ruthy put on a superb show despite the small audience. Every one enjoyed themselves, me especially as it was a dream come true. Thanks to everyone, especially Mike and Ruthy, for coming. If you weren’t there you missed a treat.
This picture was taken by Bill Kinkle - Ruthy is checking to see if the baby has anything to say to the rest of us.
I’m not feeling very bright and the server is working intermittently, so there is no lengthy run down of the whole evening.
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