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May 16, 2004
good comic books and another mirah show
so the mirah show last week was totally rad, she played with 3 other singer songwriters at a gay bar in the mission called the eagle. i took a break from my sobriety binge to drink some sparks with aaron and all the rest of us who went to the show, including james from matt's old work, james kicks ass and is down with good writers as well.
so the bar wasn't so packed at first, then it filled up, and we drank whiskey and huddled around outside fireplaces for warmth. at bars here i find i've been having good conversations, that night a lot about writing and girls and writing about girls.
then mirah came on, the way the show was set up was each artist played a few songs then switched off, no long sets, i really liked it cause you could pay full attention to the short set then have a break, instead of 40 minute long sets during which, no matter how much you like the artist, sometimes you want them to cut it off. mirah played mostly new songs but she played there's apples in the trees from advisory committee, the song i wanted to hear really bad, and even some from her first record. the other artists were good as well, plus the bartenders didn't mess around while pouring whiskey into glasses, so it was a wobbly ride home when the show finally ended. megan totally geeked out and got up onstage and took photos with mirah, i talked to her just a second and asked if she remembered the show in vegas when i first saw her, she said she did and i told her it was a really good show. ok i guess i did geek out a little, but not nearly as bad as megan.
so the best part is she's playing again this coming friday in oakland, again i'd love it if some reno folks came up to see the show, you can crash for sure at this house.
anyways, borrowed this comic book called clumsy by jeffrey brown. it's about this long distance relationship he had with his exgirlfriend, it was extremely personal to read and it struck me how much emotion he conveyed through his not crude but maybe rough style of drawing. you should check out samples of it on his website, and also listen to this interview with him on this american life (the interview is about 50 minutes into the show).
Posted by bendan at May 16, 2004 08:51 PM
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