If I were to make a mix tape (or CD-R, as would be the case these days) for all of you out there, the track listing might include the following:
1. The Animators, “Girl #3″
Alex and Devon are two of the most creative pop songwriters I’ve heard in a long time. Who knew that a [...]
Alan and Marika have gone home, for the last time on this tour; I fly back in four days. The shows with Lowen & Navarro were wonderful — we played well, the audience thought so too, and Eric & Dan are good people of the rarest sort, career musicians who have no detectable egos. [...]
April 26, 2004Categories: generalNo commentsSome addenda to the Frequently Asked Questions:
• I do read my email — usually every two to three days, or nightly if I’m lucky. I generally get between 30-60 minutes online at a time. Email is an overwhelming task that gets more overwhelming by the day, since being behind on replying to people [...]
Track #12 on Warm Strangers is an old Taiwanese song called “Lüdao Xiaoyequ,” or “Green Island Serenade.” My parents sang it to us as a lullaby; pretty much all Taiwanese people of their generation know it. I started singing the song because I was playing a show where the organizer had requested that [...]
April 6, 2004Categories: generalNo commentsThere are many ways to measure the success of a given night on tour. The obvious is in numbers: number of tickets sold, at what price, number of CDs sold, number of mailing list signups or autograph requests. Number of encores, even. There’s the quality of the performance itself, whether the emotion [...]
April 5, 2004Categories: generalNo commentsMarika and Alan rehearsing
Los Angeles, CA
Gypsy Tea Room
Dallas, TX
The Evening Muse
Charlotte, NC
Brother Henry soundcheck
Dallas, TX
hotel room
Clemson, SC
Alan at Bedford Ave station
Brooklyn, NY
state highway
Rochester, NY
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY
Clemson University mascot
Clemson, SC
me and David Sylvian
Atlanta, GA
the Hughes family
Albany, NY
Brother Henry soundcheck
Dallas, TX