I’ve got a secret…a dirty secret.

The Secret: a movie I watched today.

I was writing, or trying to write a post about this movie but it just got so ridiculous I didn’t really feel like exposing everyone to what I thought about it. I did something that I never, ever do, and I actually read through nearly all of the user comments on IMDB about it. For some reason, this movie inspires a visceral reaction to it’s ideas. I admit, I’m fascinated by the way people hate it.

So screw it, here goes.

The basic premise of this movie is that the energy you put forth teaches the universe how to treat you--whatever you feel, whatever you want, the world has a way of making sure you get it, whether it is good or bad. Put forth positive energy, and good things tend to happen, and vice versa for negativity.

My criticisms: some cheesy production, and the ideas presented, as I understand them, are not new. And in all honesty, the assumption is that everyone who wants something is essentially good, with no bad motives or desires. Adolph Hitler can visualize the destruction of the Jews and it’s okay because he just really wants it (I stole this idea from Dan Savage in his book The Commitment, thank you!). People are not inherently good. They are not bad either, they merely are. The Secret is pretty much like watching an episode of Oprah except Oprah never shows up. Which is weird. (I actually think that Miracle Man guy they showed was on Oprah.)
One of the things that I think is so hilarious is reading reviews on IMDB and seeing how violently against this movie people are. I just read one that called it a “scam.” And a “lie.” Like they are selling Amway or something (but this site is more fun!) . Where exactly is the scam, or the lie? I just wonder what about this so plainly irritates people. (Granted, the internet is probably not the best indicator of opinion--I think people are much more likely to go on-line about stuff they hate then about stuff they like, but come on.)
I have read reviews that say how much this movie insults poor starving children in Africa and Jews who died in the Holocaust because apparently they didn’t wish hard enough to get out of their situations. I say this is bullcrap--if you understand Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, you see that self-actualization occurs after all the other basic issues of food, safety and security are addressed. (if you believe in Maslow, but as the internet keeps teaching me, not everyone does.) So saying that this perpetuates a “blame the victim” mentality is false. What it says is that now that we have come to this point in our history that we do not need to be hunting and gathering for our very survival, we can in fact concentrate on happiness. God forbid.

Yeah, I know, just shut up and play the damn keyboard.
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The Ballad of Kyle

My car, the Kyle, has cheated death more than once. After three years with him, he has survived two very serious challenges, as well as a few smaller ones.

The first came two years ago, when I broke down in upstate New York, on my way back from recording “Prepare to be Keyboarded” in Massachusetts. As I cruised down the Taconic State Parkway, idly doing an Andy Rooney impression (“don’t you hate when your car coffee cup holders are…just a bit too small?”) suddenly the engine began revving, and revving, the RPMs going off the scale, the shift light coming on, even though I was already in 5th gear. By the time I reached the top of a big hill to limp into a “scenic overlook,” I knew I was in trouble. Hours later, as the tow truck came and took me to Red Hook, New York, little did I know that this would be where he would stay for 3 weeks as I debated whether this was the end for Kyle until the mechanics finally got around to putting in my new clutch.


A few months after that, I was rear-ended as I was driving in the rain while rocking out to a Bad Religion song. This caused my trunk to be permanently shut. Then sometime last year, my radio was stolen as I was at work--I mean, who the hell steals radios anymore? And then at some point last year my driver’s side door latch broke, causing the door not to shut and making me use rope to hold it while I am stuck climbing in the passenger side.

And lately there has been the problem of Kyle not starting…which is what led to the second major challenge to my ownership of him. As the car sat, not starting at all, in its spot in front of the house, I made calls and inquiries about other cars, assuming that Kyle was dead (or at any rate, too expensive for me to bother with anymore). The next day, for the sheer hell of it I tried to start him up…which he did. Confounded, wondering what to do, I decided to drive him to the local service station. Ever since the “rope holds my door shut” thing, I’ve been hesitant to take him to any mechanic, for fear that he would laugh at me and tell me he didn’t want to bother with my little piece of…Kyle. But he looked at him, and figured out it was the main relay and now he lives. He lives!

I guess I love this car because I feel sorry for it. And yeah, I know it’s gay to call your car a boys name. Shut it.
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Stuff I'm Reading: Dishwasher 16

Dishwasher #16 by Dishwasher Pete
Dishwasher has been the chronicle of Pete’s quest to wash dishes in all 50 states, always hilarious and fun and an inspiration to me as a writer (and a dishwasher). This is a zine that has always spoken to my sensibilities, easily making my top 3 list of favorite zines of all time. And as entertaining as it is, it only ever costs a dollar or two, making it a wildly good value, much better than any comic book out there.
Number 16 is bittersweet, because it is the last issue ever, and for that I am sad.
By this issue, we learn that Pete has given up the 50 state Dish quest and he accounts for the long, long hiatus since issue 15, during which he attempted to do an all cafeteria tour, then eventually moved overseas and got married. He talks about his stint at a women’s college cafeteria in Pittsburgh, working in a dish room where all the dishes came through a window from seemingly disembodied hands, to pile up on him and his comrade Curly.

There is a section of 18 arguments against raising the minimum wage: REFUTED! Which I think should be required reading in this “debate.” And there is a page of dishwashing-related mini-comics at which I actually laughed out loud.

I’m sorry to see this zine go, but I certainly understand the need to move on. This song’s for you!


http://www.dishwasherpete.com/
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Help the Hamilton Arts Collective!

I don’t usually do this, but today I’m going to re-post info from the Hamilton Arts Collective blog about a very important meeting this Thursday. They are a great bunch of people whose establishment is in jeopardy because of apparent zoning and neighborhood issues.
I played there over the last year, and I can tell you that this a worthwhile bunch of people to support. They have a great set-up where anyone with a good proposal can book a show on their stage, and an audience can lounge in comfort in any of their comfy couches. It would be a real shame if something were to happen to make this wonderful organization go away.
If you have the ability, please, please try to come out for this meeting on Thursday, and tell others to do so as well!
Thanks for your attention!

Davey G. and the Keyboard


Visit the Hamilton Arts Collective website for more information about who they are and what they need from you!


http://www.hamiltonart.org

(the text that follows is from their blog)

HAC Meeting: Thursday, 14th June, 7pm
EMERGENCY MEETING

Thursday, June 14, 7pm
Church of the Messiah
5801 Harford Road at White Avenue
(about three blocks north of the Hamilton Arts Collective on Harford Road)

An emergency meeting for the Hamilton Arts Collective will take place this Thursday evening at 7pm. The Rev. Lee Ann Tolzmann, rector of the Church of the Messiah, has graciously offered a meeting room to discuss the future of the HAC. Light refreshments will be provided.

In a time when violent crime has invaded our peaceful neighborhood, there is something dreadfully wrong with closing down the one establishment that offers community activities in an open and positive manner. No one has broken the law, disturbed the peace, or destroyed property. Our patrons come in all sizes, colors & ages. And they come quietly from all around the city to enjoy art-related activities such as live performances, foreign films, theater projects, art openings, yoga, children's art shows, Baltimore Improv Group, and a lot more!

You are invited and encouraged to bring your talents and ideas to be a part of the solution to our problem. We want neighbors to join with us in our commitment to make Hamilton a better & safer place to live, work and play.

Art is the answer!
http://www.hamiltonart.org

Stuff I'm Reading: Optic Nerve 9-11: Shortcomings by Adrian Tomine

To me, this 3 part story demonstrates two things: Tomine’s growth as a storyteller but also (unfortunately) his strength at creating utterly unlikable characters which I truly, truly hope are not meant to be autobiographical.

The story is about Ben Tanaka, an Asian-American movie theater manager, and his filmmaker girlfriend Miko. Miko goes from California to New York for a job, leaving him alone on a somewhat ambiguous “break.” The issues center upon his lusting after non-Asian women, and acting on a few of his opportunities, while in the meantime Miko engages in a few opportunities of her own. The three part series follows Ben in all his anger and sarcasm as the relationship reaches an inevitable climax.

The first point: I have been reading Optic Nerve for more than ten years and have every issue so far. It has gone from being a funny mini-comic to a serious and not-funny regular-sized comic. He used to drive me crazy with writing these incredibly compelling slice of life style stories (usually about relationships) and then just ending them at the dumbest time with no real resolution and no real reader satisfaction (just like real life, I guess, but in all honesty this is not why I pick up a comic book). Now, he does wrap up his stories with some degree of reader satisfaction, but then I get stuck on…

The second point: This main character, Ben, completely drains me of any sympathy by the end. He is a douche bag: a man who is unsupportive of his girlfriend, quick to anger, flawed in ways that don’t make him interesting to me. They are simply characteristics that make me say “Good, he deserved that,” after his girlfriend leaves him, the barely legal movie house girl rejects him (all right, she‘s actually 22, but no one is rooting for him to score with her), he loses his job, etc., etc. Even as I pick this book up again to review it, I am immediately turned off by the main character’s negativity. I just find it hard to deal with, even though the whole thing is done very well.

I guess one of the things that bothers me is the thought that the Optic Nerve I used to like is never coming back. The Optic Nerve of the mini-comics, the funny little shorts, the rough drawings have given way to the more adult style, but the stories are…I don’t know…not very fun. It’s still (and always has been) a quality product, but man, I just wind up feeling so down on it that I hate myself for it. And I hate myself for saying anything even remotely bad about it, because I am naturally inclined to be forgiving to artists who stray (except for Sam Raimi. Curse you Sam Raimi for that god-awful Spiderman 3!) and also this is, at the end of the day, a good comic. So…a well done book, I’ll probably keep reading, but man I miss the old days.

Pittsburgh Trip!

Last week 1L and I went to Pittsburgh and stayed with her brother and his fiancée.



We drove up Wednesday night and then on Thursday we went to the Phipps Conservatory, where there was a glass exhibit.

Later we went to the Pittsburgh Zoo, where there is a new polar bear exhibit. There were also other animals.



We got stuck in some traffic in the rain, but ultimately made it back in time to go to the Pirates game. We left in the 9th, with the Bucs up 2-0, then as we were leaving the Padres came back to win it in extra innings. (coincidentally, the Orioles had won 6 in a row in my absence.)

The next day we went to Kennywood, an historic amusement park with old wooden roller coasters. It was hot, we spent all day there. It was great!


I go places sometimes.

May 25, Sidebar Tavern Wrap-up

(pix by Holly, thanks!)

May 25
Davey G and the Keyboard at the Sidebar
with
Eric Crapton, Temp Sound Solutions, Broken Consort, and the Entertainment System


Wow, this show just about had it all.
Sidebar Ken announced that Eric Crapton couldn’t make it, as he died in rehab just that morning. But the good news was that his brother Derek Crapton was available, so this bearded hillbilly took the stage and sang Karaoke to the “Batman” theme. Then…Eric Crapton showed up (he’s alive!), stabbed his brother with a knife, then assumed the stage. He played for about 10 minutes, with a banjo, doing a song about Superman and all the other superheroes, getting angry when people laughed at his jokes and then getting angry when people didn’t laugh at his jokes. The show ended abruptly when Eric had to run for his life from the cops. I really hope he’s all right.
Temp Sound Solutions was a one man guitar/metal player, playing against a sequencer, very rock-tastic. Broken Consort is three guys using samplers and guitars to form an experimental sound. Entertainment System, who played after me, were tight, video game music and a lot of lights. Cool…

I felt really good at this one, I feel like the Sidebar is becoming a good second home. Turnout for this show was great. I did 16 songs of my evolving set, as I try to work my way out of leaning so much on the songs from the second album. I did Handshake, Bad Posture, Childhood Pain, You Triumph when You Quit, and Office Supply Store, all from the upcoming CD, plus Kill You and Drinking Beer at Grandma’s House, old classics. It was dark, I had my sunglasses on, and I had to take them off and put my near-sided self right next to the keyboard to make the necessary pre-set and sound changes. There was a big sing-along during Wash the Dish, which was awesome.

I threw in an inside joke for all the fans who had seen my act before (about half the crowd): when I got to the Lotion bit, instead of erupting into seizures of lotion spewing all over the place, I very calmly took out the lotion bottle, rubbed some on my hands, and then put it away and resumed playing. People were screaming at me to take my shirt off!
During the second chorus, I used my “stage lotion,” which I unfortunately didn’t refill before the show. It was mostly water, and did not have the desired effect. But it wasn’t as gross, either.

Here’s hoping for more Sidebar shows sometime soon!

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Tomorrow night!

I’m very excited to be doing this show at the Sidebar, a big Friday night. I got a listing in the Short List (always nice) and I just feel that the stars may be aligned for a good carnival-style show. After all, there’s a nice thematic connection with a band that does video game music and a guy who sings a song called Atari Generation. I’m also looking to return to a few “classic” Davey G tunes, ones that have lain dormant since 2002, when I put down my keyboard until the triumphant return in ‘05. Those, plus a nice healthy smattering of new songs from the upcoming CD.
Come out come out come out! I may have a surprise for the unsuspecting fan. And if you’re running late, it looks like I’m going on next to last…so there’s time.


Tomorrow Night! Friday, May 25
Doors at 9.
The Sidebar Tavern
218 E. Lexington Street - Baltimore, MD 21202

Davey G and the Keyboard
With
The Entertainment System
Broken Consort
And
Eric Crapton




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Friday at the Sidebar...me!

(photo by http://www.flickr.com/photos/joewilk/)

Friday, 7 bucks (9 if under 21)
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Stuff I'm Reading: Resolute by Martin Sandler

Resolute: the epic search for the Northwest Passage and John Franklin, and the Discovery of the Queen’s Ghost Ship by Martin W. Sandler

One of the main appeals to me for reading non-fiction is that the title tells you everything. I am in fact a fairly non-discriminate reader of whatever, but I feel like if I’m going to spend time with a book that I will inevitably forget to return to library before paying those annoying 20 cents a day fees (I wrote a song about this that probably won’t make it to the album) then I like to at least learn something.
Arctic exploration fascinates me--the idea of being out in the absolute middle of nowhere and trying to do some good for the sake of humanity is so absolutely alien to me that I feel like I must study it. Actually, I have no idea what good was done by anything that happened in this book--it was about John Franklin, a renowned English explorer who was sent to finally discover the famed northwest passage. He failed, of course, and then lots of others followed to find out what happened to him (lots of dying and cannibalism). Tales of people getting scurvy, going mad, hallucinating. I just wrote a song for the new album called “You Triumph When You Quit” that is about the exact opposite of this: Doesn’t it just feel so good to be in a warm bed, cracking open a cold beer and eating a hot burrito? (that is the single stupidest sentence I have ever constructed) I say, screw all that going to the artic crap. It’s so much easier than trying to stretch the capabilities of humanity or something and losing all your toes. That makes you walk all funny.
This was a really good book. I hope my “review” helps you, and maybe all of humanity.


WTF?
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Davey G and the Next Great Friday Night at the Sidebar!

Hey everyone! Check out my next show at the Sidebar!

Friday, May 25
Doors at 9.
The Sidebar Tavern
218 E. Lexington Street - Baltimore, MD 21202

Davey G and the Keyboard
With
The Entertainment System
Broken Consort
And
Eric Crapton


This show was pitched to me as “a great Friday night” and from what I’ve heard from the Entertainment System, I believe this will live up to that billing. This band does video game music, which to me gives them a really awesome Iron Maiden sound, and of course there is me, Davey G and the Keyboard, with hopefully some surprises for old fans and new. Plus, when I first heard the name “Eric Crapton,” I giggled out loud, but maybe that’s just me.



See you there!

Davey G and the Keyboard

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Weird Al At Rams Head! (Sorry I'm Late With This!)

Certain obligations kept me from blogging this week, or else I’d have done an extensive analysis, critique, or review of Tuesday night’s Weird Al show at the Ram’s Head in Baltimore. So instead of a review as such, I just want to share my thoughts that I’ve been having about it, in no particular order.

* great set! Mostly a heavy dose of Straight Outta Lynwood and Poodle Hat, with medleys of parodies, complete with appropriate costume changes. Al and his band (he’s been playing with the same guys all throughout his recording career, so I have to assume he’s not mean or hard to deal with or anything) played for over 2 hours, with songs interspersed with videos an fake interviews with celebrities. The show seemed to go by so fast, it was hard to believe it was a whole 2 hours.

* Al messed up lyrics on at least 1 or 2 songs; he and his band covered like true pros--this is absolutely something I have worked on in my last year or 2 of playing. It’s so refreshing to see that someone as professional and enduring as Weird Al can still mess up and get away with it because he in fact is so professional that he knows how to compensate (as do the great guys in his band!) with only the hard core fans noticing.

*I am totally ripping off at least one or 2 of his tricks. I won’t say which ones.

*I am totally going to work on my entrances…something about running on stage to music is so much better than saying “okay, I’m ready” and then just starting.

*He ended with Albuquerque, a rambling funny song that closes the Running With Scissors album. I found it to be an interesting choice: a non-parody song with no costumes and Al obviously really enjoying himself (he doesn’t seem to ever step out of character on-stage, if you’re willing to accept Weird Al as a “character”, though I doubt he goes home and becomes like Serious Al or anything). I’ve read a few words from him on his blog and site and I get the impression that while he enjoys the success the parodies have brought him, he kind of wishes that the originals would get more attention. To that end, this show featured a lot of his originals, the stylistic parodies (I’ll Sue ya!, for example). Albuquerque is not one of his better known songs, which makes me think of my song, Milwaukee: not my funniest, but my personal favorite, a song I play for the sheer joy of playing it.

I’m not saying I want to be Weird Al when I (a-hem) grow up. But he is the standard and the inspiration for anyone who has a funny dream of writing funny songs and just running with it. A great show!



Watch for a show announcement next week!

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Davey G and Radio Airplay!

Hey Fans!

If you live in the Baltimore area, there is a radio show on 1620 a.m. on Monday nights from 9 to 11 called Shut Up! I’m on the Radio that has a copy of my CD and will play a song if you request it!

Songs they have:

Bed (they played this on the radio!)
Sandwich
Drinking beer at grandma’s house
Wash the dish
Milwaukee
My friends laughed at me and my family
Life is so depressing
Man-friend
Breaking the Law

Shut Up! I’m on the Radio!

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If you live in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Rebel Sound Radio on 89.7 f.m. is on Thursdays, from 4 to 6 p.m. They’ve got the new Davey G and the Office Supply E.P!
(he seems to really like “Name in the Machine,” as well)
Rebel sound Radio (myspace)
If you don't live in either of these areas, visit www.pittsfieldtv.org (click on the ETV link) It's not streaming all the time, but it will be streaming from 2:30 pm - 5:00 pm Eastern Time on Thursdays and Fridays beginning this week, so you can hear the first hour of the show from 4 to 5 on Thursdays (today, even)!

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Stuff I’m Reading: The Millionaire Next Door

The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas J Stanley, PhD, and William D. Danko, PhD.

The authors study the lives of millionaires to determine their habits--how they gain and maintain wealth--and reach surprising conclusions about “inconspicuous consumption.” Basically, there’s a difference between looking wealthy and actually being wealthy. Many seemingly upper middle class people are actually huge financial underachievers because of the money spent maintaining the image and the lifestyle, vs. millionaires who are still at heart cheapskates.

This is the kind of book that makes me feel a little bad about some of my past spending habits, and my choice (or lack of choice) of an occupation. I am a cheapskate, low-spender-hate-to-spend-money-on-anything-that-isn’t beer (see past blog posts for confirmation of this) so I am on board with half the plan, but as for the “choosing the right occupation” part of the formula…being Davey G is apparently not in the top ten.

I also, like millions of Americans, have debt, mostly the result of car repairs, 7 years of on and off wanderlust, and some bad habits. It’s a little embarrassing, incongruous with the way I feel now about credit and spending, but there it is. I feel like the former smoker who preaches against smoking but then sneaks one when no one is looking.

But if I learned anything from Rocky’s speech at the end of Rocky 4, it’s that you can change (how’s that for a reference?). Everyone can change.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089927/quotes
(scroll down, it’s there--it’s in the speech he gives after he improbably beats up Dolph Lundgren)


E.P for sale!!!
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I’ve got some new pictures!

These are also up on my myspace and virb (join! Friend Me!) pages, courtesy of http://www.flickr.com/photos/ashleysauers/,who took these at the Whole Gallery show. (thanks!)

Davey G and the Office Supply Store E.P. is on sale, 2 bucks at
www.daveygandthekeyboard.com

The new Davey G and the Office Supply Store E.P is available now!

The new Davey G and the Office Supply Store E.P is available now!

Visit www.daveygandthekeyboard.com and click on the PayPal icon, or send 2 dollars to
Dave Cookson (not Davey G--they don’t cash my checks when it says that!) P.O. Box 23568, Baltimore, MD 21203.
This CD is about 10 minutes long with 5 songs, and it contains a song from the forthcoming Chairman of the Keyboard CD (out this November), a B-side, and 3 live tracks. It was made for you, the fan, so if you’re jonesing for the new album, this will tide you over!

To follow the progress, or just to find out anything about the road to the fourth Davey G and the Keyboard CD, check back here!

http://daveygandthekeyboard.blogspot.com/

Thanks! See you soon!
Davey G and the Keyboard

Recap: Smartish Pace Issue 14 release party @ The Whole Gallery

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This show had some casualties: too late did I realize, as I was rolling around on the floor in my lotion, that in my back pocket was my main set of glasses.
As this was a release party for a poetry journal, it opened with 3 poets reading from their work. Poetry really isn’t my thing, but it brought back memories of when I first came to Baltimore and went out to read my stories for audiences who had no idea what to make of me (I even recognized at least one of the people in the crowd as an old school poet from those days). Then the opening band--the bass player from Mr. Moccasin and a drummer doing minimal-Sebadoh/maybe little Nirvana style songs, which I enjoyed. Gauging the audience, it seemed like it would be a really hard room to get people’s attention. I really just wanted to relax and do the best show possible for whoever was paying attention.
I got up, did a cursory sound level check, then took off with it. I feel like it went okay. When I got to the lotion bit I definitely overdid it--there was such a nice wood floor with clear space in front of me it was hard to resist the urge to just use that space to maximum effect. And, as I mentioned, my glasses were in my back pocket, and they got bent out of shape as the result of this (gonna have a funny story for the people at For Eyes).
I am lousy at determining who will like my stuff. People that I think look like they will be totally offended by me are the ones who come up and tell me how great it was. Here, it seemed like if you were my age or more, you liked me, if you were younger (as most were) you were kind of scratching your head and smiling. I had fun.

Davey G and the Office Supply Store E.P. tomorrow!




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Davey G and the Office Supply Store E.P.

Tuesday...
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Davey G and the Keyboard at the Whole Gallery this Saturday!

This is a copy of the e-mail my subscribers got this morning. If you want to get on my mailing list, visit my website and click on the "Contact Me" link, and I will add you.



Hi Everyone,

My next lotion-filled keyboard fun fest will be this Saturday, at the following time and coordinates:

Saturday, April 28, 8 p.m.
405 W Franklin St, Third Floor
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
$10
Smartish Pace Issue 14 release party @ The Whole Gallery, with Mr. Moccasin!

For more info, click here!

http://www.smartishpace.com/home/release.html

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And secondly, the new Davey G and the Office Supply Store E.P will be available Tuesday, on my website. It will contain a song from the forthcoming Chairman of the Keyboard CD (out this November), a B-side, and 3 live tracks. Get it, if you're jonesing for the new album, this will tide you over!

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Speaking of the new album--I am close to finishing laying down all the tracks for Chairman of the Keyboard, and I truly, truly feel like this is my best effort yet. To follow the progress, or just to find out anything about the road to the fourth Davey G and the Keyboard CD, visit my blog, which I update regularly (and plug all the time).

http://daveygandthekeyboard.blogspot.com/

Thanks! See you soon!
Davey G and the Keyboard



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(unwilling subscribers to this e-mail list put UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line and I will take you off, with my apologies)

I think I may have an album here…

Fourth recording session today, and 5 songs later I kind of think I just about have an album’s worth. I threw in a cover of an old Minor Threat song that just killed me--way better than I thought it was going to be, if I may say so myself. And now, Chairman of the Keyboard seems like it is coming to completion, as far as the song recording goes. I re-recorded a song I did last week, learning the lessons of the past: when you make one bad recording, or bad copy, or whatever, every copy you make amplifies it. So get it right the first time.
That picture is a close-up of my crusted, lotioned-up kawai X20 keyboard, with “x’s” I wrote on the keys so I would not mess up one of my songs.


This is blog post number 101, by the way, and unfortunately, I didn’t high five very much today, to celebrate National High Five day--I only interacted with three other human beings and I totally forgot about it. Next year.

I’m playing a show next week, at the Whole Gallery. Just in case you’re interested.

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