I saw the movie Wrong Turn with Marty last night. I don't recommend it to anybody. Especially for those of you who go climbing in WV and stuff.
Marty and I (and the rest of the theater) were thouroughly grossed out. I thought it was gonna be the tight-sweater-girls-in-the-woods slasher movie, and it kinda was cuz there were some cute chicks in the movie ... but it was far, far, far grosser. DeepWoods, WV, Inbred, orc-looking, cannibals lay traps for basically any and everybody. Gave me the serious heebie-jeebies ... I don't recommend it. Only movie I've seen where the whole theater got up to leave before the end.

On the positive tip, Ro gave me a free pass to go see it. Thanks Ro!

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My friend Sarah Lentz is in from NYC to play a show at Club Cafe tomorrow night. Sarah rocks out on the piano, and has a full band with her. Here's the email with the details:

Hey friends,
So I am set to play Club Cafe with my band tomorrow! (Friday). There have been some discrepancies on time and price, but the dealio is this:
Club Cafe, 56-58 South 12th Street
Friday, May 30th (tomorrow!)
doors at 9:30 pm and show start at 10 pm (but might be doors at 10 and show at 10:30)
Cover $5 (but may be $7)
412-431-4950
www.clubcafelive.com
I think the Tribune Review has a blurb about me in it today. Check it out, and someone save me a copy!
If things do get started a little later I'm sorry! We have to quickly load in right after their early show.
I hope to see all of you there. This is a big first for me playing in my hometown with a back up band. It reminds me of my college senior recital..... ;)

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I went to see Matrix Reloaded last night with T Carra, and without giving any details away, I can say there's a cliffhanger ... oh yeah and Carrie-Ann Moss (who's a Canuck, who knew?) is still way hot.

hey, check this out: It's totally the kinda funny shit you want to read everyday.
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A Man of Strong Convictions and Talent

An interesting article in the NYTimes about Pablo Picasso, and how the pre-WWII French gave him the shaft. It explains when asked why he never became a French citizen, how Picasso came to say, "I am a Spaniard, and will die a Spaniard." So why stay in France? Politics, for one, a strong belief that Franco sucked and the pre-Franco Spanish govt' sucked, Picasso didn't want to align himself with anyone sympathetic to Hitler.

I'm learning that playing music for an audience is much more than just singing some song lyrics and playing some chords. I mean, yeah, you can do that (and who hasn't done that?) but there is something else that goes into good music. It's ethereal, intangible, perhaps even ineffable, but no it's not inaccessible.

It's definitley related to the Great Unspoken. It remains to be seen how that fits with Cracking the Cosmic Egg.

"A lot of the time I feel kind of limited vocally. I can hear it in my head, but I can't pull it off. I'm restricted because of my range. I just don't have that kind of voice, that kind of range -- you know, like even Emmy has, or like Joni Mitchell. When I first started out those were the voices I wanted to sound like. Eventually, though, you have to come to terms with your limitations, which, in turn, become your trademark." - Lucinda Williams, as she told the Journal of Country Music