We're Still Here

John Benson, the owner of "the bus" is coming to town Friday. I've only briefly met him, Greg is our connection to him. We never did the show to nowhere. The destination, also known as nowhere was unavailable. Did that make any sense?

I think John will be here for a little over a week. Greg says there are plans to do a show around town with a local band. After that, the bus heads towards Maine, then across country back to Oakland. I wanted to ride to Maine and beyond, but some responsibilities at home will keep me here. In the meantime I've booked Athens Georgia's Melted Men for June 13th and Sunburned Hand Of The Man for October 10th. I don't have a venue for either yet. I might do the Melted Men show at Stardust. They haven't toured in five years, so they've lost some of their following, I think.

I went to Benoit Glazer's big white house the other day to witness a great performance by Benoit his wife and kids playing a composition by Pulitizer Prize winning composer David Lang. David Lang was in attendance along with one of my favorite artists Mark Dion. They are visiting artists at the Atlantic Center For The Arts. I did a residency there in 2001. I think about that place all the time. I've remained close to the other artists, even though they are scattered around the country.

Orlando isn't exactly a cultural hot spot, sometimes it's awful, but you can occasionally find something interesting or you have to do it yourself.