MIA

It's been over month since I've posted anything. The conflict of writing what I hope to get published with this forum is probably mostly manufactured by me, but I get distracted.

Lately I've been brewing up some other stuff too. Thursday March 20th, I'm planning a show with plenty of help from some of my usual suspects, Alex and Greg Lebowitz. The band Neptune is coming here. They are on the Table of the Elements label that originated to pay homage to violinst and avant-garde filmmaker Tony Conrad, but have extended way beyond that, recording legends in experimental music Rhys Chatham, Jim O'Rourke, Faust, and the list goes on.

Neptune is a more recent addition. At their inception they were a sculpture project. They have maintained that intention, by playing homemade instruments made of garbage. Regina Greene (no relation) is their booking agent. She also works for Table of the Elements. She is based in Chicago and used to run the great club the Pilot Light in Knoxville. When I was booking for a living I was told about her. Word was out that she was passionate and very knowledgeable about music, but most of all everyone was treated with southern hospitality that is not commonplace on the tour circuit.

We are planning a show that is the perfect marriage of act and venue. Neptune will perform on "The Bus". The Bus is a mobile venue owned by Oakland's John Benson. Greg has temporary custody of this extraordinary show place that is fueled with vegetable oil.

My longtime friend Mark who I met in tenth grade Spanish class will drive the bus. Mark is a middle school science teacher, but he used to moonlight as a bus driver.

We are planning out the logistics. We don't want plan more than we can execute, but we definitely plan on keeping it interesting.

I think we have custody of the bus until May or June. I heard they are headed to Maine after that.