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Sleep-walking across America

The phone rings at 4.30am, exploding any vaguely triumphant rock-star dreams about the previous night’s concert. It’s the hotel wake-up call, signaling a mad 15-minute dash to leave the hotel: I take a very hot shower to rouse myself into semi-consciousness; clothes are flung, crumpled into an already over-stuffed suitcase; piles of accumulated quarters, nickels [...]

Posted 26 April 2008 † Tim § On tour § Things we find funny § eighth blackbird ‡ Comments (0) °

I’ll have #5

Besides Japan, my wife and I went to Thailand this past December, and found this on the menu at a small family-run restaurant

Posted 10 February 2008 † phot § Things we find funny § eighth blackbird ‡ Comments (1) °

o-tearai wa doko desu ka?

Hi, I’m Nick Photinos, cellist of eighth blackbird. Fans may know me as the writer of the eighth blackbird newsletter, and also may have noticed my conspicuous absence from this blog. But no more! I hereby proclaim to be an active member of this endeavor, writing on topics mundane, profane, and pretty much any other [...]

Posted 10 February 2008 † phot § Things we find funny § eighth blackbird ‡ Comments (0) °