Hey all,

We just played two really excellent shows this past weekend.  We were up in Montpelier VT at The Black Door and then back at our old stomping grounds in Northampton at The Bishops Lounge.  We did new things, which is why it was so much fun.  We brought a bag of percussion goodies and decided to have a percussion jam during Pickin’ Hours and tried songs that we had never played together but all collectively knew.  We tried to play songs in succession with out stopping the music, segueing from one to the next.

Conclusion: when performing it is always important to take risks.  When art becomes stagnant it is a very disturbing feeling mostly because art in and of itself is a radical act, that contradiction is very unsettling.  We must always remember, events that push us in new directions and force us to take risks, are what good musicians/artists are measured by.

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” Martin Luther King jr.