David Roe: The Latest

I start a month of Fridays a bit early. Come on down to downtown Stuart, The Honduras Coffee Co. for a dose of New Orleans Jazz and...

This came from my daughter earlier in the week.

Aloha Friends!

Some of you might know that my paternal grandmother, Sylvia, was only 31 years old and had three children under the age of 9 when she received the frightening diagnosis of breast cancer. After an experimental treatment with nitrogen mustard, she resumed her career as a nurse and matriarch of a growing family that now includes five grandchildren and one great-grandson. At the age of 70, Sylvia found a malignant tumor at the base of her neck which was diagnosed as lymphoma. She has since completed her therapy, rallied through her second bout of cancer, and at age 74 has agreed to join our family team (Grandma Sylvia, Aunt Susan, Cousins Aurora & Cora) on this 3-day, 60-mile walk starting September 12, 2008.

I'm happy to report that Susan G. Komen for the Cure receives top ratings from Guidestar.com, a company that rates non-profit organizations based on the amount they actually spend on their mission versus administrative or advertising costs. Therefore, I (and hopefully you!) can rest easy, knowing that our donations are heading directly to fund important breast cancer research, education, screening, and treatment. Donating online is easy and tax-deductible!

Each walker is REQUIRED to raise $2,200 before the start of the event, but I'm setting my goal a bit higher at $2,500. My 30th birthday is just around the corner (Aug. 7), so I'm asking family and friends for fundraising donations to the Komen Foundation in lieu of birthday gifts.

Any dollar amount that you can donate is welcome and appreciated. If you'd like, you can spread your payment out over four months, using the payment plan option if you donate online at www.The3Day.org. Please also ask your employer if they will double your donation with a matching gift.

Just follow the link below to visit my personal fundraising webpage and make a donation. If you don't want to donate online, please download and print a donation form and mail it to the address on the form. Or you can call 800.996.3DAY to donate over the phone. I would like to reach my fundraising goal by September 1, so don't delay!

Thank you for taking the time to read this email, and thank you for your support.

Mahalo!
Cora

P.S. Don't wait - donate today!
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Patti McKenny was a playwright, a lyricist, a voiceover performer, a writer of corporate communications, an oral interpreter, a director, a tireless proponent of the arts in Chicago and an organizer with a work ethic that was astounding to behold. Above all, she was a storyteller who was never more at home than in a theatre putting on a show with the theatre people she loved. Her heart, which never failed anyone in life, finally failed her in death on June 28, 2008. Patti was born in Dayton, OH, in 1951, where she attended Alter High School and was a co-founder of Summer Youth Theatre Company (SYTCO). At Northwestern University she earned both a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Oral Interpretation. She liked to say that she majored in reading aloud, something she did with extraordinary flair. While at Northwestern she wrote her first play, Chautauqua. Major works since then include 90 North (written with her longtime collaborator Doug Frew and composer Daniel Sticco), Becoming George (with Doug Frew and composer Linda Eisenstein), Lady Lovelace's Objection (with Doug Frew) and Towertown. She was for several years a regular contributor to Garrison Keillor's "A Prairie Home Companion." At the time of her death she had just completed her first draft of a play about the Greek goddess Psyche. Patti was a founding member of Chicago Musical Theatre Works (CMTW), a driving force in Chicago Women in Publishing, a proud member of the Dramatists' Guild and a founding partner (way back when) of Studiomedia Recording Studio in Evanston. Recently Patti and Doug, with composer Andrew Hansen, won the After Dark Award and a Joseph Jefferson award nomination for the music and lyrics in She Stoops to Conquer at Northlight Theatre. Patti was a 2007 recipient of the Tim Meier & Helen Coburn Meier Achievement Award for Arts Professionals in Mid-Career. She is survived by her brother Don (Diane) McKenny; her nieces Trish and Molly; and nephew Sam; and a countless extended family of friends across the country. She joins her parents Donald and Martha McKenny somewhere in the great beyond, a realm she spent a lifetime exploring in her neverending spiritual quest. She was a friend to the goddesses, the universe and the Earth. She was a true and loyal friend, a loving sister and beloved aunt. She was and is an inspiration. And everyone who knew her will miss her. There will be a memorial service held at a later date.

Published in the Chicago Tribune on 7/2/2008.

...music originating in New Orleans around the beginning of the 20th century and subsequently developing through various increasingly complex styles, generally marked by intricate, propulsive rhythms, polyphonic ensemble playing, improvisatory, virtuosic solos, melodic freedom, and a harmonic idiom ranging from simple diatonicism through chromaticism to atonality.
jazz. Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/jazz (accessed: January 06, 2008).
...A form of American music that grew out of African-Americans' musical traditions at the beginning of the twentieth century. Jazz is generally considered a major contribution of the United States to the world of music. It quickly became a form of dance music, incorporating a “big beat” and solos by individual musicians. For many years, all jazz was improvised and taught orally, and even today jazz solos are often improvised.
"jazz." The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2005. 06 Jan. 2008. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/jazz>.

Check out the music page for clips from 2 new albums I helped record last year. Eliza Carney's children's album, and Janet Bates' "For All His Wealth"

4PM Jazz Jam every Sunday. All skill levels and instruments are invited. Come on down and jam on some good ole Dixieland Swing with DR and Stephen Rufus.

Tuesday through Friday evenings from 6-10PM at Botak Jones Toa Payoh North Block 970A, The Second Street Café next to Singapore Press Holdings.
Saturday January 19th from 6-10PM at the Botak Jones in Clementi Blk 325 Clementi Ave 5
Saturday January 26th from 6-10PM at the Botak Jones Blk 422 Bedok North Ave 2
Mardi Gras weekend Saturday February 2nd from 6-10PM at the Botak Jones in The Woodgrove 30 Woodlands Ave 1
Valentines Day +2 Saturday February 16th from 6-10PM at the Botak Jones Blk529 Ang Mo Kio Ave 10
February 23 Depot Rd
March 1 Grand Opening Bukit Batok

...music originating in New Orleans around the beginning of the 20th century and subsequently developing through various increasingly complex styles, generally marked by intricate, propulsive rhythms, polyphonic ensemble playing, improvisatory, virtuosic solos, melodic freedom, and a harmonic idiom ranging from simple diatonicism through chromaticism to atonality.
jazz. Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/jazz (accessed: January 06, 2008).
...A form of American music that grew out of African-Americans' musical traditions at the beginning of the twentieth century. Jazz is generally considered a major contribution of the United States to the world of music. It quickly became a form of dance music, incorporating a “big beat” and solos by individual musicians. For many years, all jazz was improvised and taught orally, and even today jazz solos are often improvised.
"jazz." The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2005. 06 Jan. 2008. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/jazz>.

...American music developed especially from ragtime and blues and characterized by propulsive syncopated rhythms, polyphonic ensemble playing, varying degrees of improvisation, and often deliberate distortions of pitch and timbre b: popular dance music influenced by jazz and played in a loud rhythmic manner
Merriam- Webster

...syncopated popular music: popular music that originated among black people in New Orleans in the late 19th century and is characterized by syncopated rhythms and improvisation.
-MSN Encarta

...a. A style of music, native to America, characterized by a strong but flexible rhythmic understructure with solo and ensemble improvisations on basic tunes and chord patterns and, more recently, a highly sophisticated harmonic idiom.
b. Big band dance music
-The FreeDictionary

...a type of music of black American origin characterized by improvisation, syncopation and usually a regular or forceful rhythm emerging at the beginning of the 20th century. Brass and woodwind instruments and the piano are particularly associated with jazz music. Styles include Dixieland Swing, Bebop, and Free Jazz.
-OED
For a comprehensive list of jazz vocalists, visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:American_jazz_singers

We got it!!!
We have a performance license. (Actually- an exemption from license- jazz and folk music don't need a license. Its a long story.)
So, I will be performing nightly from 6- 10 this week, including New Years Eve. So, if you are in the neighborhood, come sit at the bar, sip one of Miss Samantha's fine margaritas, and sing along at Singapore's first eating house piano bar.
Toa Payoh North Blk 970A
And tune in to 91.3 FM to hear Bernie's latest ads.

Locked Outside the Gates: Tasers, Pepper Spray, and Arrests in the
Struggle for Affordable Housing in New Orleans
By Bill Quigley.
Bill is a human rights lawyer and
law professor at Loyola University New Orleans. Bill
is part of the team of lawyers representing displaced
residents of public housing. You can reach him at
Quigley@loyno.edu
In a remarkable symbol of the injustices of post-Katrina reconstruction, hundreds of people were locked out of a public New Orleans City Council meeting addressing demolition of 4500 public housing apartments. Some were tasered, many pepper sprayed and a dozen arrested.
Outside the chambers, iron gates were chained and padlocked even before the scheduled start.
The scene looked like one of those countries on TV that is undergoing a people’s revolution - and the similarities were only beginning. (See video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMBWAXfGsc4 )
Dozens of uniformed police secured the gates and other entrances. Only developers and those with special permission from council members were allowed in - the rest were kept locked outside the gates. Despite dozens of open seats in the council chambers, pleas to be allowed in were ignored.
Chants of “Housing is a human right!” and “Let us in!” thundered through the concrete breezeway.
Public housing residents came and spoke out despite an intense campaign of intimidation. Residents were warned by phone that if they publicly opposed the demolitions they would lose all housing assistance. Residents opposed to the demolition had simple demands. If the authorities insisted on spending hundreds of millions to tear down hundreds of structurally sound buildings containing 4500 public housing subsidized apartments, there should be a guarantee that every resident could return to a similarly subsidized apartment. Alternatively, the government should use the hundreds of millions to repair the apartments so people could come home. Neither alternative was acceptable to HUD. A plan of residents to partner with the AFL-CIO Housing Trust to save their homes was also ignored.
Outside, SWAT team members and police in riot gear and on horses began to arrive as rain started falling. Those locked out included public housing residents, a professor from Southern University, graduate students, the Episcopal Bishop of Louisiana, ministers, lawyers, law students, homeless people who lived in tents across the street from city hall, affordable housing allies from across the country and dozens of others.
Inside the chambers, Revered Torin Sanders and others insisted that the locked out be allowed to come and stand inside along the walls - a common practice for over 30 years. No one could recall any City Council locking people out of a public meeting. The request to allow people to stand was denied. The Council then demanded silence from those inside. Those who continued to demand that the others be let in were pointed out by police, physically taken down and arrested. Ironically, some young men were tasered right in front of the speaker’s podium.
This was a meeting the council had repeatedly tried to avoid. It was only held after residents (100% African American and nearly all mothers and grandmothers) got an emergency court order stopping demolitions until the council acted. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced long ago it was going to demolish 4500 public housing apartments despite the Katrina crisis of affordable housing no matter what anyone said. HUD had no plans to ask the council or anyone else for approval. The judge said otherwise, so the meeting was scheduled.
Leaders of the U.S. Congress, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, asked that the decision be delayed 60 days so they could try to move forward on Senate Bill 1668 which would resolve many of the demolition problems. This request was backed by New Orleans Congressman William Jefferson, Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu and Presidential candidates John Edwards and Barack Obama.
Opponents cited the affordable housing crisis in New Orleans. Homeless people camped across from City Hall and for blocks under the interstate. The number of homeless people doubled since Katrina. Thousands of residents in FEMA trailers across the Gulf Coast were being evicted.
(More on the reasons to oppose demolition can be found here: http://www.justiceforneworleans.org/index.php? module=article&view=99&page_num=2 ).
Solidarity demonstrations opposing demolition were held in Washington DC, New York, Oakland, Minneapolis, Houston, North Carolina, Maine, Philadelphia, Cleveland, New Jersey, and Boston. Thousands of people across the country contacted city council members. Dozens of community, housing and human rights groups petitioned the Council not to demolish until there was an enforceable requirement of one for one replacement of housing.
But hours before the meeting began, a majority of the council publicly announced on the front page of the local paper that they were going to approve demolition no matter what people said at the meeting. The paper, the developers and others were delighted. Residents and affordable housing allies were not.
Inside, the council started the meeting surrounded by armed police, National Guard and undercover authorities from many law enforcement agencies.
Outside, the locked out could see the people who had been arrested on the inside being dragged away to police wagons. A few of the protestors then pulled open one of the gates. The police started shooting arcs of pepper spray into the crowd. A woman’s scream pierced the chaos as police fired tasers into the crowd. Medics wiped pepper spray from fallen people’s eyes. A young woman who was tasered in the back went into a seizure and was taken to the hospital.
Inside and out, a dozen people were arrested - most for disturbing the peace. They joined another dozen who had been arrested over the past week in protest actions against the demolitions.
The City Council meeting continued. Supporters of demolition were given careful, courteous attention and softball questions by council members. Opponents less so.
Despite pleas from displaced residents, dozens of community organizations and federal elected officials, the New Orleans City Council voted unanimously to allow demolition to proceed. In their approval the Council did promise to urge HUD to listen to residents and to work for one for one replacement of affordable housing. Several city council members read from typed statements about their reasons to support demolition: the deplorable state of public housing; the lack of available money for repair; the oral promises of all, the federal government and developers, to do something better for the community.
After the meeting, residents vowed to continue their struggle for affordable housing for everyone and to resist demolitions - putting their bodies before bulldozers if necessary.
The struggle for affordable housing continues as does the campaign to stop demolition until there is a real right to return and one for one replacement of housing. Residents and local advocates applaud and appreciate the support of allies from across the nation. Critics label national supporters as “outside agitators” - exactly the same charge leveled at civil rights activists historically. But people understand that injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. Public housing residents and local affordable housing advocates welcome the humble participation of social justice advocates of whatever age, of whatever race, from whatever place, who join and act in true solidarity.
Residents vow to make sure that the promises made by the Council and the Mayor are enforced. For example, the Mayor of New Orleans, Ray Nagin, announced that he would not allow HUD to demolish two of the four housing developments until HUD gave documentation of funded plans including one for one replacement of the housing demolished and details of the developments and their plans.
The Senate will continue to be lobbied to pass SB 1668 - which would really guarantee one for one replacement of housing. It is currently stalled in the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee because of opposition by Louisiana Republican Senator David Vitter.
Litigation is still pending in state and federal courts to enforce Louisiana and U.S. laws that should protect residents from illegal demolitions. Investigations into the legality of locking people out of a public meeting, the legality of a law passed at such a meeting, the indiscriminate use of tasers and pepper spray, are all ongoing.
Padlocked and chained gates will only amplify the voices of the locked out calling for justice. Pepper spray and tasers illustrate the problems but will not deter people from protesting for just causes. Bulldozers may start up, but just people will resist and create a reality where housing is a real human right.
Stephanie Mingo, a working grandmother who is one of the leaders of the residents, promised to continue the resistance after the meeting: “We did not come this far to turn back now. This fight is far from over. We are not resting until everyone has the right to return home.”
Those wanting additional information should look to:
http://www.justiceforneworleans.org or
http://www.defendneworleanspublichousing.org

Well, I was hanging here in Singapore feeling very un Merry. No snow, no tree, no family nor friends. (Apologies to Bernie, Jake, Elias- 3 wise guys, and good friends who are too busy frying turkeys to just hang out with me.) Christmas is mainly a marketing tool here. As it is in much of the world, and to many people.
I played some Christmas music the other night at our Ang Mo Kio outlet's grand opening, but the only real response I got was from singing Rudolf The Red Nose.
Angels We Have Heard, Joy To The , Have Yourself A, all pretty much drew blanks. English is a third language in the heartlands of Singapore. But with Rudolf, all the children were dancing and singing along.
Botak Jones Catering IS selling a lot of Cajun Fried Turkeys, and I will have some turkey, dressing and Ocean Spray canned cranberry sauce on Tuesday. I brought my little creche set, and have it set up in my bedroom. I am tuned in to the Sirius satellite Xmas in New Orleans special, but still all in all feeling Grinchish.
So last night as I went out to find some good duck rice and veggies, I stumbled on a huge tent set up in a park. Inside were 12 altars (stations of the cross?), a stage with a pop band, fronted by singers in spangled and glittered outfits off to one side, a table selling incense, oranges, pastries marked "prayer cookies," and ghost money. People who have partied with me know about ghost money- paper with gold markings you burn to send money to dead friends, relatives and ancestors- in heaven or hell, currency to keep the dead happy in the after-life. So I bought a packet which also included wrapping paper and boxes to send gifts out in to the ether, put my bag of cookies and paper gifts on the main altar where a priest was dancing and blessing the offerings, before they were collected and taken outside to a big fire.
As a large drum and crashing cymbal band played, a parade of dragons wound through the crowd and confronted some characters, whom I guess represented the past, present, and New Year (He wore diapers, and had a pacifier in his mouth. There was also a hobo like guy who appeared to be drunk. With the help of a gentleman with a great cracking whip, they each confronted the demons who then gave way and allowed these holy men to visit each of the altars. I lit my joss sticks and visited the altars, saying prayers and conversing with my ancestors, my ghosts, my demons, my past and present.
I am not certain of any of the particulars of this gathering, as I was the only anglo (ang mo) in the crowd. All I know is I was made to feel welcome. The woman selling the offerings asked me if I was here to pray,(in gestures, not words) and pointed me to the $3 package, not the more expensive offerings.
The ghost money comes with different symbols, but my package serendipitously had my favorite- 3 guys bearing fancy boxes.
We Three Kings of Orient Are.
So there i am, on the longest night of the year, in a space filled with music, families, and incense, just like midnight mass, thinking of how much more alike than different we all are. "ALL ONE ALL ONE" says Doctor Bronner;
How the message of Allah, Jaweh, Jah, God, Jehovah, I AM WHO AM,the Bhuddha, Krishna, Mohammed, and the Baby Jesus is the same one.
Love, forgive, tolerate, respect one another. Tread lightly on the Earth.
There I am in a temporary church, crying in the chapel, praying for my soul's salvation, praying for my friends, my family, those I have loved and lost, those I have failed, knowing how much I need to be loved, forgiven, respected, and how many times i have forgotten to do right by those I love.
So, whether you have just finished 8 nights of candle lighting, just finished slaughtering a goat in remembrance of Abraham's sacrifice, are dancing nekkid around an oak tree with some mistletoe in your hat, are wrapping presents for your children, drinking your way across the quarters in Santa suits, going to church, watching Miracle On 34th Street or feeling Grinchish and alone on the top of Mount Crumpit yourself, know that you are loved and will be remembered, always.
God(s) Bless Us, Every One.

I am the proud owner of a new 88 key stage piano, and a lovely sound system that should be installed at Toa Payoh this weekend.
I'm gonna be playing at the new Ang Mo Kio outlet grand opening- sometime next week.
Christmas Carols and the Blues- the perfect accompaniment to fried turkey, burgers and gumbo.
Meanwhile, I take advantage of my lack of a musical outlet by hitting the pool daily and spending lots of time shopping- I have a favorite fruit vendor- and am trying some new fruit every few days- dragon fruit, anyone?
And I'll never tire of roti for breakfast- beats granola, any day.

TB negative. HIV negative. Approved to work in Singapore.
Stood in line in two buildings this morning. One more line on Saturday to pick up my S Pass. Then its off to buy a keyboard and sound system, get the music license for the venue, and... play tunes!
Besides playing at Toa Payoh, I will be joining the Botak Jones management team. 5 outlets now, One new joint in December, 1 in Jan/Feb, and ...
Bernie is in China scoping spots. Beijing, here we come.
On my way home, I hit my closest local market for Roast Duck, and fresh squoze juice, bought a perfectly ripe pineapple, then ran in to a Chinese funeral, compleat with marching band in turquoise cowboy hats, a lorry carrying astring band, and a neon and LED blinking hearse. Just like NOLA, but different.
I love this place.

http://wineanddine.asiaone.com/Wine%252CDine+%2526+Unwind/Features/Topics/Story/A1Story20071030-33021.html
Botak that grew and grew

BOTAK Jones owner Bernie Utchenik was placing advertisements for his stall in The Finder, a magazine for expatriates here, a year before he opened his burger stall. It ran in 2002 with just the name 'Botak Jones' and the logo of a botak, or bald, man.

'I wanted people to start wondering what this Botak Jones was about,' says the 55-year-old American of Ukrainian descent, who came to Singapore in 1993 as an engineer with an oil service company.

No one's scratching his head over what the name means now.

Four years after the first Botak Jones opened in an industrial park canteen in Tuas, the business has grown to include five other outlets in heartland coffee shops and foodcourts located in Ang Mo Kio, Clementi, Toa Payoh, Depot Road and Woodlands.

The self-taught chef, who makes almost 90 per cent of what he sells from scratch, including the dressings and sauces, is adamant about selling authentic American food, both in flavour and portion.

'I don't want my customers who eventually visit the US and try the food there to say, 'Aiyah, Botak Jones' food is not like it is here'.'

He also opened Brewski Jones, a standalone pub stall in the same foodcourt as his Toa Payoh outlet earlier this year.

And he has more up his sleeves: Look out for Spaghetti Jones opening next to his Depot Road outlet this week. It will be serving American-style pastas such as Cajun chicken spaghetti.

A seventh Botak Jones outlet will open in Bedok in December and, yes, there's even going to be a Sawadee Jones selling Thai food, Mr Utchenik's favourite cuisine, some time in the future.

He also started a catering arm two months ago. It has been catering two events a week on average.

The Singapore permanent resident is no newcomer to the F&B scene. He was a partner of the popular Bernie's Restaurant in Changi Garden but left in 1999 to open gastropub Bernie Goes To Town in Boat Quay. Though it drew in the crowds, high overheads forced him to close it in 2000.

He was depressed for a brief spell but after attending a seminar by motivational guru Anthony Robbins in 2001, where he walked on hot coals, the plucky man was back on his feet.

He is married without kids and met wife Faudziah Utchenik, 45, some 10 years ago when she was working near Bernie's. She is the director of Great Big Food, the parent company of Botak Jones.

With the expansion of the Botak chain, maintaining the consistency of his food is crucial, so staff at each outlet do a daily taste test of the food they receive from a 5,000 sq ft central kitchen in Defu Lane.

And the next thing he wants people to be puzzling over is 'David Roe'. 'All I'll say is that it refers to a person and it has to do with my food business.'

All is swell here in Singapore. Shaharin and I went keyboard and sound system shopping yesterday- Looks like a Kurzweil is in my future. We are working on the music license for the Toa Payoh outlet first.
I am busy eating my way across the island.
The hawker stall closest to Bernie's central kitchen already know I take my coffee black and 3 Roti with my chicken curry. Of course, it helps that I am Bernie's brother. (Big, bald, white boys all look alike.)
Check BotakJones.com for updates.

check out http://web.mac.com/davidroe1111
for more pics.

How come I never stopped here before? The Pike Place Market is everything the French Market could be, with great fish, restaurants crafts and local produce- I lost count of the wild and farmed mushroom varieties. No beads, no gator heads.
I was in the market for 10 minutes when I ran into:
Artis The Spoonman
Jim Page
Paul Kemnitz
Slim Nelson
Gil Landry's brother- Jake
Annie Ford
Jim Hinde
Johnny Half Piano
What a hoot!
My li'l sister Susan and I followed The Slim Pickenz Band to Pies and Pints up in the University district- great chicken pot pies and, well, the band transported me to a happy Nawlins Zone. The next day in the market, as an old wino woman harangued Paulie, I heard a familiar voice say, "Only Paulie plays washtub bass with duct tape gloves." I was about to correct him (Lots of tubbers use the tape glove),when I turn and there is Thomas Nuendel and family, who were stopping in Seattle on their way to Turkey Day in Alaska. Small world- and one resembling Royal Street. Thomas and I closed the Irish Pub in Post Alley that night. So good to hang with the Nappy Boy.
My baby sister- Susan and I bonded over many great meals, and she indulged me in a showing of "Bound To Lose" -a documentary on the lives and times of The Holy Modal Rounders- a major influence on young DR.
I love this town. I'm glad this will be my first stop when I return from Singapore.

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I Am Off To Singapore, Again!
I'll be flying there November 20th, and staying with Bernie for a couple weeks while I hunt for housing, buy a keyboard, reunite and rehearse with Dr. Stephen & the band, and get my little stage ready at Botak Jones'- Bernie's latest restaurant.
Its adventure time for DR. And time for Rhoti Prata and curried chicken, and pepper crab, and good goat, and ++++plus plus plus, as they say, lah.
Until then, I'll be here on Vancouver Island- going out to the stormy west coast for crab and fish and chips this weekend, then to Seattle for the flight out.

Hey, Nick Newlin is in New Orleans. Read his blog.
http://web.mac.com/nnewlin/Nick_and_SPS_77_New_Orleans/Nick_and_SPS_77_New_Orleans_Blog/Nick_and_SPS_77_New_Orleans_Blog.html

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http://ical.mac.com/davidroe1111/gigs

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This summer, I helped Nick and Joanne produce their first musical album- mostly for children, but adults will like it too.
The album should be available soon at www.nicolowhimsey.com
Joanne plays tabor and drums and musical saw. Nick sings along with his sister Eliza, and plays piano and accordion. I play guitar, jews harp and tambourine and add vocals. Check out the MP3 on my music page.
And while you are there, listen to one cut from the Music City Brass' new album, www.musiccitybrass.com/page/page/1543032.htm produced by yours truly and featuring Tim Paco on Sousaphone, and me on piano and drums. Its going to be a fun Dixieland album.
Speaking of Paco, he and I will join the Rounders in Deadwood SD again this year for Mardi Gras weekend.
And, while we are on the subject of Mardi Gras, Laura and I will be reigning royalty as the Krewe of WooHoo! takes to the streets Mardi Gras Day. I hope you will join us.