footsteps

May 09, 2004 by Eric Richardson

I keep hearing sounds tonight, like someone walking around up above me. Being on the top floor, that puts them on the roof, which City Park this year put off limits. They threaten a big fine if you're caught up there, and for the most part I think that's stopped people who in the past would go up there to lay out, read, etc. Typically neither of those are night activities, and the security guard does make his rounds, even if these days they're a little less frequent. He has to spend most of the night sitting in the parking area, keeping an eye on the gate that has been stuck open for the last three or four days.

An elevator's also not working. That broke yesterday.

I'm glad to be leaving here.

18 days

May 09, 2004 by Eric Richardson

Middle of last month I mentioned that a pair of pigeons (well, I said "pidgeons") was building a next on our balcony. They did so, and promptly laid eggs. Aside from not knowing how to spell, I also didn't know anything about, for instance, how long pigeon eggs take to hatch. Today I finally looked that up, and according to this page the answer is 18 days. "18 days," I asked myself, "shouldn't that make it about right now?"

The answer, yes. I just walked out to the balcony and noticed some movement under the mother pigeon. Sure enough there are baby pigeons under there.

shoes?

May 08, 2004 by Eric Richardson

Another thing I ran across tonight was the Aldo liquidation store on Melrose. I love the shoes I bought from them in Vegas in January, so I'll definitely be taking a trip to check this store out.

Music: Saucy Monky @ The Gig

May 08, 2004 by Eric Richardson

So many times I start to write these things and then get sidetracked and end up mentioning a show I went to like three days later. Well, tonight's not one of those nights. Tonight I just got back.

Saucy Monky was at The Gig tonight, so Kathy and I hopped in the car around 10:15 and took a little trip toward Hollywood. Never Never Land by UNKLE was on the cd player, and I was happy. After a slight detour where I convinced myself Beverly was actually Melrose, we made it just fine and found a free parking spot a block away.

We got there around 10:40, and Saucy was supposed to be on around 11:15, but the curtain was closed between acts so I knew they were either running behind or running early, and, this being LA, I figured it likely wasn't the latter.

Sure enough Tishara started playing around 11. Now I looked around her website earlier in the day, and I saw things like she was a Ms. Hawaiian Tropic, some scary looking dance photos, and an about page that includes text like "Tishara is undoubtedly the new country rock's up-and coming artist." When people say that on their own sites I tend to not believe it. So did the show change my opinion? Ehhh, sort of. She's got a great voice; there's no question of that. The performance was hampered by guitars that were mixed too high, drowning out the vocals. She had good stage prescence, and the band playing with her was good. I guess I'd just like to see a set where she played a little toned down, and it didn't seem like she had to sing as loud as she could to keep up.

Saucy was up next, taking the stage sometime around 10 after midnight. Sally Smithwick from Paper Sun was again on keys, playing a Wurlitzer Electric Piano and adding a great touch to the sound. Dawn Thomas also came on stage for one song, which turned into a bit of a round with Dawn, Cynthia, and Sally all participating in turn. Ann Marie, meanwhile, just hung out in the middle playing her guitar. A good time was had by all. Cynthia showed off her voice more than I think I've seen in the past.

Next up for me? Tuesday Lee Beth has a show at Masquers Cabaret and I'm hoping to make it out that.

Music: Yardley - Berlin

May 08, 2004 by Eric Richardson

I finally got a copy of the album from Lee Beth last week when I made it out to O'Briens for Songwriters on Tap. Seeing as when I first met Lee Beth last August, I'm pretty sure the album was due out any time back then, it's taken a while to finally get it out. It's good stuff, though. "Berlin" was the first song of hers that I really liked, and it's still my favorite. "My Apologies" and "Get There" are fun faster songs, while "Everything We Depend On" is a beautiful slower piece.

Yardley has a website, and the cd's also available (with samples) over at cdbaby.