Erin Writes

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Text stolen from an email Rand sent his friends:

Sixteen years ago, Ookla the Mok performed their first live show at a bar in Buffalo called Broadway Joe’s. Ten years ago, Greg Klyma left the security of a day job and began the life of a professional touring musician. Ookla and Greg (along with friends Tom Bianchi and Sick) will celebrate these variant anniversaries by performing a show together at Broadway Joe’s on August 1.

This show will serve as CD release party for Greg’s new album, “Rust Belt Vagabond,” as well as a return for Ookla to the venue that started it all.

The Place: Broadway Joe’s
3051 Main Street (Buffalo)
http://bjoes. com/

The Date: Friday, August 1, 2008

The Time: Doors at 7:30, show at 8:00

The Price: Ten dollars at the door.

Please help us spread the word — let anyone you know who loves Greg Klyma or Ookla the Mok know about this show. While you’re at it, let anyone you know who you *think* might love Ookla the Mok or Greg Klyma know about the show as well.

And as always, thanks for the support!

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Forgive me for quoting a 15-year-old country song as my subject line.

I have to say, the weather sure didn’t help in making me want to crawl out from under the covers this morning. I’m not going to complain about the rain, because I know we need it, but ugh. Can’t we have some nice, moderate temperatures for a little while? Is that too much to ask?

The Friday night show at Nietzche’s was fun. I did take some photos, but they’re still on my camera. I’ll get around to posting them eventually. The rest of the weekend? Not much to speak about. Mostly trying to clean up/organize/pack…meanwhile, we wait for an official closing date. Apparently the seller got her lawyer out of a Cracker Jack box. (I can’t take credit for that; it was all Rand.)

Did a bit of shopping yesterday, but it was mostly a bust. Rand bought a pair of pants and a couple of t-shirts. I didn’t buy anything. I did come home and order a few things from Chadwick’s, though, for a very reasonable price. I got $25 off my order and $5 shipping. I hope it all fits! I love shopping online, but I hate having to send things back.

I’m a little more than halfway through Duma Key. I’m enjoying it quite a bit, and regret that I don’t have larger chunks of time to devote to reading. I should be *done* by now!

I’ve got some chicken marinading for dinner, and I should probably figure out what else we’re going to have with it. Hope you’re all having a happy Monday. Later!

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Again, I neglected to post photos yesterday…but this post will have many photos to make up.

We had a lovely time Friday night at Kelly’s goodbye concert. It was very, very kind of Jenn and Scott to open up their house for the party…see, originally, the concert was going to be at Madame Mocha’s, that cool little coffee shop on Lovejoy.

Unfortunately, about a week and a half before the show, Madame Mocha’s shut down.

Panic! But fortunately, it all worked out in the end.

The guys did two sets, and let Kelly choose the second set. The second set consisted primarily of rarely (or never!) performed Ookla songs, some dating WAY back. The Lemon-Ohs song, for example. This gave Rand and Adam a chance to tell some entertaining stories and do some seriously silly stuff.

For example, they did a super-speeded-up version of (oh no…I’ve forgotten which song it was. Rand?). The above photo is of Wolfram during that song.

Everyone seemed to have a great time. I was especially happy to see Thomas make it out, because we so seldom get to hang out!

Rand and Adam presented Kelly with a big ol’ pile of set lists and other memorabilia. Kelly collects their set lists, and she apparently said that if she ever got to 100, she was getting an Ookla tattoo. The pile of set lists included a certificate promising that the band would pay for her tattoo.

Jenn also made a really cool card (with photos!) for Kelly and had everyone sign it for her.

Kelly has been a great friend to the band, and I know she will be dearly missed.

And the rest of the weekend? Nothing that terribly exciting. Maybe later.

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I do have photos to post, but some of them are still on my camera. Here are a couple of videos I took last weekend at Madame Mocha’s. Okay, the embedding isn't working. You can either click over to erin-go-blog or go here.

(Hockey Monkey does not start at the beginning of the song. Sorry!)

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First off, a big happy birthday shout-out to Eden!

Right now, the big thought on my mind is “one more day until break!” I so need this…time to regroup and recharge. This week hasn’t actually been bad. I had an observation earlier in the week, and I think it went really well.

I had a bunch of other things I was going to talk about, but my brain is moving into shutdown mode. I skipped “Wedding Wednesday” this week, because seriously? Who can think about weddings this close to Christmas? (er, I’m sure the answer is “lots of people.” Just not me!)

Don’t forget…this Saturday, you can see Greg Klyma with special guests Ookla the Mok at Madame Mocha’s on Lovejoy! (contact me for more info)

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It was a pretty low-key weekend, and that’s fine by me. Friday evening, I met Rand for dinner in the city. We ended up going to Mythos on Elmwood. I ordered soup with my meal–they were out of the lemon chicken rice, so I went with the Italian wedding soup. What I got didn’t resemble any Italian wedding soup I’ve ever seen. It had a chicken broth base, and it had meatballs in it. That was about it.

My meal (some sort of chicken and pasta dish that was on the specials menu) was pretty good, but I don’t think it agreed with me.

On Saturday, we met up with John at IHoP, a place I go approximately once a year. This *is* the time of year to do it, though, because Pumpkin Pancakes! I was a little grumpy (it was too crowded and too cold, and our server annoyed me more than once), but the pancakes were good.

Came home and hung the new sheers on the window, which arrived in like two days! Awesome.

Rand and I stopped at a thrift store, and I picked up a couple of paperbacks. One of them was this book, (one of my favorite childhood books) in fantastic condition:

but that’s not all!

I don’t know who Christine is, or why she didn’t want this anymore, but it’s mine now!

Speaking of signed copies, I’m very pleased to have this:

I have awesome friends…

Sunday, we had Ookla-related stuff to attend to–a comics/memorabilia show at the Millennium Hotel. The guys played a few songs and sold a few CDs.

And today is still part of my weekend…I’ve been keeping busy shopping, doing laundry, and reading. And now, I’m about to go have an eye exam…something I’m long overdue for.

Finally, just a note of thanks to all the veterans out there.

I may add to this later, but that’ll do for now. Gotta run!