eight. the men in black suits.

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  EIGHT My warmup for a gig starts many hours before.  First I walk a mile to Andy’s and borrow the Neon.  I head downtown to Market Square, park in the alley, enter Cafe Four and go down the elevator to a storage room.  The keyboard case is in the back, through piles of crates, [...] Continue Reading »

centering, reading, writing, committed and oh just read it

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We just got home from a Centering class at the Lisa Ross Birthing Center.  Today was heavy, with questions like “What exactly does it look like to be transfered from the center to the hospital?”  Last time the questions were easier and we both recalled the moms being smaller.  Does that mean Ashley is larger too? [...] Continue Reading »

(revised today’s blog) I don’t like the lights

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I went to the songwriter’s competition at Relix Variety Theatre, about two blocks from my house in Old North Knoxville.  The winner of each Monday moves on to the final round in December.  Everyone can keep coming back to try and win.  I get to go back if I want. Joey English won tonight, hands [...] Continue Reading »

A gallivant to the Grace Acres Depot

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by Levon who is listening to Ellie Holcomb, “Magnolia” We’re back at Grace Acres Farm for a bit.  An overnight Megabus got us here, very uneventful and efficient compared to Greyhound fiascos we have found ourselves upon.  The only excitement was a guy yelling to his son, naming all the monuments and giving everyone a [...] Continue Reading »

anniversary, fountain city history, a police altercation, and a missing dog

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Yesterday was a remarkable day.  To celebrate our anniversary we made a big breakfast of buckwheat pancakes and bacon while watching endless Parks and Recreation episodes on Netflix.  The days agenda, and our anniversary gift to ourselves, was to construct a new couch; a simple, rugged, and perhaps even collapsible piece to survive a possible [...] Continue Reading »

pictures I like: back to Tazewell again

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(by Levon who is listening to Bob Dylan, Mississippi from Love and Theft) Two weekends in a row we’ve gotten to spend in Tazewell, VA.  Pretty soon I’m going to get up there and get stuck.  That’d be fine.

Levon in the studio

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Playing an instrument, singing, songwriting, performing, recording, and promoting are all separate arts.  Entire careers are focused on just one of these endeavors. My career as I’ve told you has been everything from collections to life insurance and the rest of this has been a pile of things that I constantly pick up and put back [...] Continue Reading »