Category Archives: eighth blackbird

20 Questions

Judging from several blog postings over the last month, the 2008/09 edition of thirteen ways could well be subtitled “8bb warts and all.” This entry is no exception….
Albert Imperato at our NY-based publicists, 21C Media Group, sent me a “20 questions” form for 8bb folks to fill out for a special feature on the Playbill Arts website. [...]

Lafayette wrap-up

Going to bed after a late evening of playing too much Spore post-concert, and time to share some thoughts:
1) Concert went well. I like Lafayette — I’m a fan of any place that asks us to return (we first played here in 2004), but the hall, staff, presenter, and students here are all professional, friendly, [...]

So far, so good

Today we traveled from Chicago to Easton, PA, where we’ll be playing a concert at Lafayette College Friday night. All in all, a very smooth day, with an on-time flight and no airport snafus. A couple wrong turns didn’t prevent us from ultimately finding the Comfort Inn, and we were seconds away from a nice [...]