thursday random elevenish – “congregating” edition
Doing this today, as I’m making a long weekend of it and heading down to Winston-Salem NC this weekend for Con-Gregate to see some friends and play some music, as one is wont to do at these sorts of things.
As for where one can catch me doing those things, here’s my tentative schedule:
- Friday, 5:30pm – Open Filking – Hearn C-D
- Saturday, 11:30am – Open Filking/Filk Circle – Winston
- Saturay, 2:30pm – Blibbering Humdingers show – Hearn C-D
- Saturday, 4:00pm – Open Filking – Winston
- Sunday, 1:00pm – Round Robin Filking – Hearn C-D
The above is tentative, because of course it is, but also because things are a little fluid than usual with this event, as I’ll be there as a guest with the Humdingers (the rest of whom will only be on site Saturday), though I’ve also been invited as a guest as myself, though I don’t officially have a solo set on the schedule; as I understand it, I’m “in reserve” in case someone else can’t fulfill their duties as Miss America; which is actually rather likely for reasons I’m hearing on the grapevine. We shall see, though I’ve got a setlist lined up should I need to step up and serve. If that happens, I’ll try to get the word out on social media with as much notice as I can manage.
My lovely spouse and I are making a date weekend of it, and are aiming to turn it into an early celebration of our anniversary, which is coming up later this month anyway, and this event was convenient. We’re hoping for a good time, and not too much ‘rona weirdness.
As for this week’s playlist, the Spotify “Discover Weekly” algorithm is on kind of a journey this week, starting out with some old-school folkie stuff, becoming edgier and louder as it progresses into full-on riot grrl:
- “The Hell Of It” – Paul Williams
- “Chest Fever” – The Band
- “Baby Blue” – Badfinger, Matthew Sweet
- “Save It For Later” – Special Beat
- “Prisoners” – John Denver
- “Back It Up” – Nils Lofgren
- “Sleepwalk” – The Brian Setzer Orchestra
- “Ohio” – CSN&Y
- “Heaven’s In Here” – Tin Machine
- “Turn To Hate” – Orville Peck
- “Club Zero” – The Go-Go’s
- “Bet My Brains” – Starcrawler
