From The Artist's Eyes
Sunday, April 29, 2007
Sharing The Road: reviewing the experience from the artist's eyes.
"Great Art Needs A Great Audience..." Walt Whitman
Overall Show Rating: 10/10
Hosts: (10/10) Hammertown Barn (Gregg and Joan Osofsky) is an amazing host. Here, our souls are fed and our bodies are nourished. We eat local food, rehearse by the fire, and re*member the dream together. WKZE is generous with their sponsorship as well. We are so thankful to be part of this growing family and community here in the hudson valley.
Venue: (10/10) Helsinki
This venue is ideal. It's small, intimate, respectful of the performers process, great sound, a dressing room with a bathroom, they fed us and gave us whatever we wanted to drink. They are willing to grow an artist and take risks and help us all re*member the dream. After the show, they let The Dharma Dog enjoy time with his fans. God Dog bless Helsinke.
Promotions: (10/10) WKZE made sure we were heard on the radio. The club's web site gave us a great spotlight. Thank you David Minton. Our posters were hung all around the club. Great Barrington Community radio was supportive with a live on air interview.
Opener: (10/10) We brought Andy Guthrie out from New York City to open for us. We are big fans of his work. He did a wonderful job warming up the audience and re*minding us all. His voice is a mystic voice, hypnotizing and full, like the comfort of the ice age and the promise of evolution no matter what. I loved sitting in the crowd and listening to him, k*nowing he was opening all our hearts for the ripening.
Sound: (10/10) The sound was great for me. Peter did a wonderful job making us feel at home during sound check and the audience seemed inspired by the room mix. My monitors were perect and he dealt with my technical difficulties like an angel.
Stage: (10/10) The stage was small but cozy and I was able to step down too dance with the audience. The paintings that hang as a backdrop served the re*membering well and the velvet curtains that hang behind make it seem as if we are all working inside The Dream.
Audience: (10/10) From the start of the show, they were there for us, singing Reaching for For Light and ready to be fed and to feed. To be the flowers and the bees. They answered now and sanng through the whole show, shining their light on us, re*minding us to be the best Lizzie and Baba we could possibly be. Because of them, we got our wings on and took flight for one of my best shows ever. Howlelujah the time is now. The audience agreed to be free with us and to re*member The Creating Peace Party.
My performance: (10/10) It was dedicated to Mama since she went all the way H*ome two years ago this week. I shined for her and she danced with me. I think I touched the sky, the way I always hoped that I'd do one day. I floated on Baba's playing and the audience singing and then shot to the stars with Woody Guthrie in a r*evolution song and came back to be with my voice of Now. Oh the music lifted us all, like a flock of birds in synchronized flight, we were perfect together last night, me, baba, the stories, the songs, the myth, the magic, the audience and the Dharma Dog cut out. We re*set The Time Peace with The Key to the c*lock and we all agreed to save the bees and start our political party, The Creating Peace Party. Thank you for*giving me The Dream and the perfect cabaret.
Baba: 10/10 I love his soul, he led the Being Freeing, Happiness Happening. X=H/M Despite his cold and cough and feeling terrible, his spirit rose to per*form the best show we've ever done. Cause of him everyone was able to come with us. He is the reason we can all dance and celebrate and still be calm in the re*membering. Without Baba, I'd be flying with one wing and, although it might be thrilling to watch at times, it would make everyone far too nervous to feel good. Thank you Baba, for be*ing the one.
Set List Highlights: Of Course My Love, This Land Is Our Land, 19 Miles To Baghdad, Be Where Your Feet Are, Thank You, Louise, Baba's Somewhere Over The Rainbow,
Monday, April 30, 2007
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Audience Review from Last Saturday's Show on April 7th
Lizzie West's bio states that she is currently learning to fly, but I saw her soar. She passed the tonic to us and helped us re*member. I heard her soul call and she felt my soul shine.
She and Baba tied a yellow ribbon around that invisible oppressive thumb. You know, that big invisible meaty thumb that presses down on the back of your neck and makes you forget. It was the first time I heard her perform, but I can re*member every rhythm, every Tumbleweed Cabaret song and the way my tears jumped out of my eyes to join in the sway of the chorus.
I had this poem that I wrote in my Spiritual Words And Musings (SPAM) book, and it echoed in my head.
You must always be intoxicated.
That sums it all up: it's the only question.
In order not to feel the horrible burden of Time
which breaks your back and bends you down to earth,you must be unremittingly intoxicated.
But on what? Wine, poetry, virtue, as you please. But never be sober.
And if it should chance that sometimes, on the steps of a palace, on the green grass of a ditch, in the bleak solitude of your room, you wake up and your intoxication has already diminished or disappeared, ask the wind, the wave, the star, the bird, the clock, ask everything that sings, everything that speaks, ask them what time it is and the wind, the wave, the star, the bird, the clockwill reply: It's time to be intoxicated!
If you do not wish to be one of the tortured slaves of Time, never be sober; never ever be sober! Use wine, poetry or virtue, as you please.
- Charles-Pierre Baudelaire, The Prose Poems and La Fanfarlo
Lizzie West and the Tumbleweed Cabaret reminded me the time is NOW to be intoxicated. This is our duty. This is our grace. And our inspiration, because as I lay listening to "I Pledge Allegiance to Myself" and saw this reflection on the ceiling. I think its my soul shine.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/starpuncher/453293293/
Thank you Lizzie and Baba,
Darcy
She and Baba tied a yellow ribbon around that invisible oppressive thumb. You know, that big invisible meaty thumb that presses down on the back of your neck and makes you forget. It was the first time I heard her perform, but I can re*member every rhythm, every Tumbleweed Cabaret song and the way my tears jumped out of my eyes to join in the sway of the chorus.
I had this poem that I wrote in my Spiritual Words And Musings (SPAM) book, and it echoed in my head.
You must always be intoxicated.
That sums it all up: it's the only question.
In order not to feel the horrible burden of Time
which breaks your back and bends you down to earth,you must be unremittingly intoxicated.
But on what? Wine, poetry, virtue, as you please. But never be sober.
And if it should chance that sometimes, on the steps of a palace, on the green grass of a ditch, in the bleak solitude of your room, you wake up and your intoxication has already diminished or disappeared, ask the wind, the wave, the star, the bird, the clock, ask everything that sings, everything that speaks, ask them what time it is and the wind, the wave, the star, the bird, the clockwill reply: It's time to be intoxicated!
If you do not wish to be one of the tortured slaves of Time, never be sober; never ever be sober! Use wine, poetry or virtue, as you please.
- Charles-Pierre Baudelaire, The Prose Poems and La Fanfarlo
Lizzie West and the Tumbleweed Cabaret reminded me the time is NOW to be intoxicated. This is our duty. This is our grace. And our inspiration, because as I lay listening to "I Pledge Allegiance to Myself" and saw this reflection on the ceiling. I think its my soul shine.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/starpuncher/453293293/
Thank you Lizzie and Baba,
Darcy
Sunday, April 08, 2007
Audience Review, Kansas City, April 7th, Westport Coffee House Theater
BY Bill Pryor, http://ravefilmskc.blogspot.com/
Rants from RAVE
Sunday, April 08, 2007
Lizzie West and the Tumbleweed Cabaret: It's a Movement
Last night I was among the fortunate few who got to see the Tumbleweed Cabaret in an early form before it gets refined and goes to an off-Broadway venue in Manhattan by the middle of next year.
I've talked about Lizzie West before, and here's a link to an old post if you'd like to check it out. Here's a link to Lizzie's web site, which you most definitely should check out.
You won't find anything up on her site yet about the Tumbleweed Cabaret (at least I didn't see anything). What you need to do if you can't wait for the New York version is to watch her schedule and go to Columbia, MO, or to Kansas City and see it. It'll be worth the trip. First of all, she is one fine musician and so is the White Buffalo, also known as Baba Buffalo. He has a regular name but I can't remember it, but Buffalo is good enough for me. The thing about Baba and Lizzie is that on their own, each one is a really, really good musician.
Together, they're magic.
I wish I had the words to all the extra verses she did for "This Land Is Your Land." All I can say is that Woodie Guthrie arose from his grave last night and high-fived the universe and danced till dawn with the good spirits, proud that in this day and age somebody paid attention. I don't remember if it was Woody or Pete Seeger who said it first, but both of them have talked about how folk music is built upon the original, how new musicians add their new thing to the old things. Lizzie has done Woody proud. "...from the high oil prices, to the low wage earners..." That's not the exact line, but you get the idea.
One audience member who drove a hundred miles for the event said, "It's not a show--it's a movement." He's right. And that brings up another Guthrie reference, this time Arlo. If I may quote this paragraph from "Alice's Restaurant":
"...You know, if one person, just one person does it they may think he's really sick and they won't take him. And if two people, two people do it, in harmony, they may think they're both faggots and they won't take either of them. And three people do it, three, can you imagine, three people walking in singin' a bar of Alice's Restaurant and walking out. They may think it's an organization. And can you, can you imagine fifty people a day,I said fifty people a day walking in singin' a bar of Alice's Restaurant and walking out. And friends they may think it's a movement."
Arlo, of course, was singing about the Vietnam era draft. Lizzie is singing about our entire universe, and it is inspirational. I walked out of the Westport Coffee House Theater last night thinking that I've seen the beginning of a real movement...and maybe there is, after all, hope.
Rants from RAVE
Sunday, April 08, 2007
Lizzie West and the Tumbleweed Cabaret: It's a Movement
Last night I was among the fortunate few who got to see the Tumbleweed Cabaret in an early form before it gets refined and goes to an off-Broadway venue in Manhattan by the middle of next year.
I've talked about Lizzie West before, and here's a link to an old post if you'd like to check it out. Here's a link to Lizzie's web site, which you most definitely should check out.
You won't find anything up on her site yet about the Tumbleweed Cabaret (at least I didn't see anything). What you need to do if you can't wait for the New York version is to watch her schedule and go to Columbia, MO, or to Kansas City and see it. It'll be worth the trip. First of all, she is one fine musician and so is the White Buffalo, also known as Baba Buffalo. He has a regular name but I can't remember it, but Buffalo is good enough for me. The thing about Baba and Lizzie is that on their own, each one is a really, really good musician.
Together, they're magic.
I wish I had the words to all the extra verses she did for "This Land Is Your Land." All I can say is that Woodie Guthrie arose from his grave last night and high-fived the universe and danced till dawn with the good spirits, proud that in this day and age somebody paid attention. I don't remember if it was Woody or Pete Seeger who said it first, but both of them have talked about how folk music is built upon the original, how new musicians add their new thing to the old things. Lizzie has done Woody proud. "...from the high oil prices, to the low wage earners..." That's not the exact line, but you get the idea.
One audience member who drove a hundred miles for the event said, "It's not a show--it's a movement." He's right. And that brings up another Guthrie reference, this time Arlo. If I may quote this paragraph from "Alice's Restaurant":
"...You know, if one person, just one person does it they may think he's really sick and they won't take him. And if two people, two people do it, in harmony, they may think they're both faggots and they won't take either of them. And three people do it, three, can you imagine, three people walking in singin' a bar of Alice's Restaurant and walking out. They may think it's an organization. And can you, can you imagine fifty people a day,I said fifty people a day walking in singin' a bar of Alice's Restaurant and walking out. And friends they may think it's a movement."
Arlo, of course, was singing about the Vietnam era draft. Lizzie is singing about our entire universe, and it is inspirational. I walked out of the Westport Coffee House Theater last night thinking that I've seen the beginning of a real movement...and maybe there is, after all, hope.
Audience Review from Kansas City, April 7th, Westport Coffee House
We want to thank you for the howling howlelujah fabulous time we had last night. I can't remember when I have had more fun and pleasure in a public place. The experience was amazing! I knew when I first heard 19 Miles to Baghdad on Democracy Now that I was onto something special and the two of you proved me right in Westport. The time is NOW to say that we can't wait until the show is in full production in Columbia so we can come there and see you again. We really enjoyed ourselves. Last night after the show you mentioned my soul shine. Well, all I can say NOW is that you brought it out in me and from me. I was a kid in a candy shop the whole night, hence, the soul shine and the love. Please keep the wonderful soulful heartfelt music coming. I wouldn't change a thing and could never presume to improve upon something so grand. Your mama and papa must be smiling down on you all the time knowing that you inspire such happiness.
Thank you! I look forward to the next howlelujah and the smiles on your faces.
All our love,
Roni and Julie
Thank you! I look forward to the next howlelujah and the smiles on your faces.
All our love,
Roni and Julie
From The Artist's Eyes
Saturday, April 08, 2007
Sharing The Road: reviewing the experience from the artist's eyes.
"Great Art Needs A Great Audience..." Walt Whitman
Overall Show Rating: 10/10
Hosts: (10/10) Peter produced this show. He worked and shined on the vision like a true sponsor, He did amazing promotion, got a beautiful venue, constantly brought us goddies like gourmet cheese and wine and cookies. We had water and a place for the dharma dog. DOG BLESS Peter for making Kansas City so perfect last night.
Venue: (10/10) The Westport Coffee House Theater
Great venue. Great sound system. Dharma Dog Friendly. Tom, the owner and sound man, was a real sweetie. I wish we had a place like this wherever we went. That said, it would be useful to have a bathroom near the dressing room.
Promotions: (10/10) Peter made stickers, fliers, posters and hung them all over Kansas City. He took adds in the paper and on the radio. Baba and I appeared on the community radio station live, Linda's show about Women's music, KKFI. We had a wonderful kind and loving crowd, (although smaller than Peter would have liked), it was perfect for us.
Opener: (10/10) No opener.
Sound: (10/10) The sound was great for me. I didn't get any comments besides from Peter who said it was a little too loud the first set and perfect in the second.
Stage: (10/10) The stage was so fitting. It was a nice black box theater and the front of the stage came out into the audience so I could us it as a dancing drum and get real close to the angels that I was sharing The Tonic with.
Audience: (10/10) The crowd was quiet at first, as got to know eachhother. There were
three beams of light shining from the first row and they allowed me to get the whole room lit. Ronnie sang along to all the songs and as I saw her lips moving, I felt the songs belonged to both of us. It is so much like a fire that we all gather together and agree to light. Truly. Baba and I brought the matches (courtesy of Queen Eternity) and those front seat Beings were the paper that so easily helped the fire loving fire manifest. Then there were sticks sitting further back, who shined from afar or came forward to serve the wood's burning. Baba and I and Mama and Eternity, blow through the room song after song after song, bringing the breeze to give thhanks to the trees for the kindling they made and the shelter they gave. Then we all turned to the wood and the wood became our warmth that we shared, a light that will last until next time we are together. The audience gave their line with joy when I asked, "What time is it?". Then they joined me in the proclomation of the evolution revolution of Now in "Look What They Done!" By the end of the first act, we were all singing "tie a yellow ribbon 'round the whole wide world". By the middle of the second act, we all took oour breathe together and sang for gratitude so we could get the key. Howlelujah to ya, the Time Has come to sit here in the sun, now we k*now the race had already been won!
My performance: (10/10) I talked to Mama all night long. The indian came and moved through me too and I wondered who we were calling this time. From the moment I lit the candle, I felt the warmth of Now and was able to perform for the Queen in my best form. She was happy indeed and proud to give the key to get back into my body for I re*membered to breathe and how to grow the magical tumblweed with all who could be free at that the wonderful cabaret, the re*membering school of Now. The Queen,as I left, told Mama to come, to give me the key and she set my being free, to lead my form today, in my continual re*search on how things seem to work on earth. Howlelujah to ya, the time is NOW and we have WON!!
Baba: 10/10 Baba's playing was on and as electric as any magic tumblweed I've ever seen. He was gentle on the ballads, read Kahlil Gibran like a prophet, blazed pasisonately through the cabaret songs and the ragtime explosions. He sang with me as if we were one perfect voice in harmony and saluted the crowd time after time. Queen Eternity made a point of saying how it would place among her favorite re*membrances up 'til Now. She gave Baba his Key and his individual bottle of Tonic and she gave me him a map to get back to The Tumblweed Cabaret tonight. We've planned to meet there and keep re*membering, until we are able to show the Queen we are ready to be free of fear in The Wonderful World Of Now forever. I love his soul, he led the Being Freeing, Happiness Happening. X=H/M
Set List Highlights: Starfish Lullaby, Run Why Do WE Run? Demons, Chariots Rise, Jenny, Mercy Me, Be Where Your Feet Are, Gently Bring Me Home, 19 Miles, Thank You
Sharing The Road: reviewing the experience from the artist's eyes.
"Great Art Needs A Great Audience..." Walt Whitman
Overall Show Rating: 10/10
Hosts: (10/10) Peter produced this show. He worked and shined on the vision like a true sponsor, He did amazing promotion, got a beautiful venue, constantly brought us goddies like gourmet cheese and wine and cookies. We had water and a place for the dharma dog. DOG BLESS Peter for making Kansas City so perfect last night.
Venue: (10/10) The Westport Coffee House Theater
Great venue. Great sound system. Dharma Dog Friendly. Tom, the owner and sound man, was a real sweetie. I wish we had a place like this wherever we went. That said, it would be useful to have a bathroom near the dressing room.
Promotions: (10/10) Peter made stickers, fliers, posters and hung them all over Kansas City. He took adds in the paper and on the radio. Baba and I appeared on the community radio station live, Linda's show about Women's music, KKFI. We had a wonderful kind and loving crowd, (although smaller than Peter would have liked), it was perfect for us.
Opener: (10/10) No opener.
Sound: (10/10) The sound was great for me. I didn't get any comments besides from Peter who said it was a little too loud the first set and perfect in the second.
Stage: (10/10) The stage was so fitting. It was a nice black box theater and the front of the stage came out into the audience so I could us it as a dancing drum and get real close to the angels that I was sharing The Tonic with.
Audience: (10/10) The crowd was quiet at first, as got to know eachhother. There were
three beams of light shining from the first row and they allowed me to get the whole room lit. Ronnie sang along to all the songs and as I saw her lips moving, I felt the songs belonged to both of us. It is so much like a fire that we all gather together and agree to light. Truly. Baba and I brought the matches (courtesy of Queen Eternity) and those front seat Beings were the paper that so easily helped the fire loving fire manifest. Then there were sticks sitting further back, who shined from afar or came forward to serve the wood's burning. Baba and I and Mama and Eternity, blow through the room song after song after song, bringing the breeze to give thhanks to the trees for the kindling they made and the shelter they gave. Then we all turned to the wood and the wood became our warmth that we shared, a light that will last until next time we are together. The audience gave their line with joy when I asked, "What time is it?". Then they joined me in the proclomation of the evolution revolution of Now in "Look What They Done!" By the end of the first act, we were all singing "tie a yellow ribbon 'round the whole wide world". By the middle of the second act, we all took oour breathe together and sang for gratitude so we could get the key. Howlelujah to ya, the Time Has come to sit here in the sun, now we k*now the race had already been won!
My performance: (10/10) I talked to Mama all night long. The indian came and moved through me too and I wondered who we were calling this time. From the moment I lit the candle, I felt the warmth of Now and was able to perform for the Queen in my best form. She was happy indeed and proud to give the key to get back into my body for I re*membered to breathe and how to grow the magical tumblweed with all who could be free at that the wonderful cabaret, the re*membering school of Now. The Queen,as I left, told Mama to come, to give me the key and she set my being free, to lead my form today, in my continual re*search on how things seem to work on earth. Howlelujah to ya, the time is NOW and we have WON!!
Baba: 10/10 Baba's playing was on and as electric as any magic tumblweed I've ever seen. He was gentle on the ballads, read Kahlil Gibran like a prophet, blazed pasisonately through the cabaret songs and the ragtime explosions. He sang with me as if we were one perfect voice in harmony and saluted the crowd time after time. Queen Eternity made a point of saying how it would place among her favorite re*membrances up 'til Now. She gave Baba his Key and his individual bottle of Tonic and she gave me him a map to get back to The Tumblweed Cabaret tonight. We've planned to meet there and keep re*membering, until we are able to show the Queen we are ready to be free of fear in The Wonderful World Of Now forever. I love his soul, he led the Being Freeing, Happiness Happening. X=H/M
Set List Highlights: Starfish Lullaby, Run Why Do WE Run? Demons, Chariots Rise, Jenny, Mercy Me, Be Where Your Feet Are, Gently Bring Me Home, 19 Miles, Thank You
Friday, April 06, 2007
Audience Review of Saturday Night
First of all, I just wanted to thank you for an amazing night on Saturday.
My mom and I were truely moved and will remember that night for many years
to come. I was a little bit overwhelmed to be honest, because the show was
so moving and the intimacy of the venue made it so real. I'd like to give
you some feedback on the show if you don't mind. I really think that you
and Baba make a great team, there is some real magic there. A couple of
songs that I would like to see added..... "Time to Cry" from the Holy Road
CD ( love the harmonica !!).....maybe you could work this in somehow with
handing out the tears? Another song that I absolutely love is "Sometime"
also from the Holy Road CD. It has a great message that would fit easily
into the show. Hope that all is going well with you!!
Thanks again,
Gus
My mom and I were truely moved and will remember that night for many years
to come. I was a little bit overwhelmed to be honest, because the show was
so moving and the intimacy of the venue made it so real. I'd like to give
you some feedback on the show if you don't mind. I really think that you
and Baba make a great team, there is some real magic there. A couple of
songs that I would like to see added..... "Time to Cry" from the Holy Road
CD ( love the harmonica !!).....maybe you could work this in somehow with
handing out the tears? Another song that I absolutely love is "Sometime"
also from the Holy Road CD. It has a great message that would fit easily
into the show. Hope that all is going well with you!!
Thanks again,
Gus
Audience Review from Last Saturday's Show
Hey---------It's really difficult to put into words. The evening we experienced was way beyond what I expected. I was into Lizzie's music (& message) for the past 3 years. My son, Gus, turned me on to her CD, I guess he knew I would love it! I was following what was happening in Columbia on the lizziewestlife site. Gus & I finally connected (he lives in Columbia) & we decided to come on the last performance March 31st. I knew there was a script involved but really didn't know much else about it.
We arrived at the Holy Road House & were greeted by a friendly face seated on the front porch. It was a little strange coming in, not knowing anyone or what to expect. We took a seat, and listen to a versatile group (Soapbox Sirens)rapping/singing some powerful lyrics from Louisville, KY. I was excited! There was alot of reaction from the crowd- almost like a revival of 'the church of what's happening now' . They played for a while & ended with a familiar tune that everyone got into. When Lizzie started it was so amazing to hear her voice live! I really liked it on the recording, but hearing the tones, vibratos, and quality blew me away. Well when the dialogue started , I was hooked. It was everything I believe in, Anti-fear, Time is Now!, Midwestern Tumbleweed etc... Gus & I both had experience in theater productions, so we really appreciated the acting & script. Lizzie was so incredibly talented! I also enjoyed the total audience participation. My favorite as being funny was 'George Bush' arriving and many other lines,etc.... Lizzie's recollection of her mother moved me deeply, and I really felt her pain. The anti-fear tonic really works! Lizzie's energy is amazing ! Thanks for an incredible evening. I know my thoughts are really scattered, but I have SO MANY wonderful memories of that night and the best part- sharing it with my son! I love you Lizzie-------------
Keep the movement going! The time is now!
Peace, Pat Frank Augusta, MO
We arrived at the Holy Road House & were greeted by a friendly face seated on the front porch. It was a little strange coming in, not knowing anyone or what to expect. We took a seat, and listen to a versatile group (Soapbox Sirens)rapping/singing some powerful lyrics from Louisville, KY. I was excited! There was alot of reaction from the crowd- almost like a revival of 'the church of what's happening now' . They played for a while & ended with a familiar tune that everyone got into. When Lizzie started it was so amazing to hear her voice live! I really liked it on the recording, but hearing the tones, vibratos, and quality blew me away. Well when the dialogue started , I was hooked. It was everything I believe in, Anti-fear, Time is Now!, Midwestern Tumbleweed etc... Gus & I both had experience in theater productions, so we really appreciated the acting & script. Lizzie was so incredibly talented! I also enjoyed the total audience participation. My favorite as being funny was 'George Bush' arriving and many other lines,etc.... Lizzie's recollection of her mother moved me deeply, and I really felt her pain. The anti-fear tonic really works! Lizzie's energy is amazing ! Thanks for an incredible evening. I know my thoughts are really scattered, but I have SO MANY wonderful memories of that night and the best part- sharing it with my son! I love you Lizzie-------------
Keep the movement going! The time is now!
Peace, Pat Frank Augusta, MO
Tuesday, April 03, 2007
Sharing The Road: reviewing the experience from the artist's eyes.
Sunday, March 31, 2007
Sharing The Road: reviewing the experience from the artist's eyes.
"Great Art Needs A Great Audience..." Walt Whitman
Overall Show Rating: 10/10
Hosts: (10/10) The bonds we are all developing are grow, becoming rich and full of life. The art house truly does feel like a garden that we all share, each of us tending to with our personal touch. We are creating our reality together. And I repeat my last review comment as well..."The Holy Road House and Arts Co-op is hosting our March residence (we are some of our own hosts, two hats is confusing sometimes, but necessary to live well in this world.) Anyway, I'm just so thankful to have this enviroment and family to come home to every few months. The team we're all creating together at The House (The Tumbleweed Hotel) is doing a great job learning how to make a perfect enviroment for us (and so, the other traveling artists who will benefit from the holy road when the time comes.) Alisa, Miker, Kaos, Mike Clark, James, Brandon, Karla, Blake, (Zeek back in New Yoork) me, Baba, The Dharma Dog and all the growing family worked hard to make last night (and this whole month, Aly and Ron on the hike, Peter's making the Kansas City show happen) a success. Matt Bearman and Scott filmed and recorded." THANK YOU again TO FD, Kaos, Mike Clark, Aly, James, Mike Roberston, Ron, Brandon, Karla, Blake, Laura, Scott, Matt Bearman, Kristy, Jo, ALL OUR CO-OP GARDNERS, for making this month so wonderful for us and for our visiting artists.
Venue: (10/10) The Holy Road Easy Speak
Matt Bearman is recording these shows and Scott Wilson is filming them. WE've settled into the hous as a venue and the stage is perfect (thanks to brandon). The rooms upstairs make for great private space while we get into character. The sound system feels full and generous (thanks to Blake and Karla). The Soap Box Sirens (artists we hosted from Louisville, kY) filled the house with music and harmony. They enjoyed the boarder rooms and during sound check we all rehearsed a group piece that opened their show. Matt did a fantastic job making the living room an ideal sound envirmont. Miker watched the door. FD and Aly fed us and took care of all the last minute production details. James and FD shined as Eternity's helpers throughout the night. THANK YOU.
Promotions: (8/10) the show was packed and energized with folks who wanted to be there, to understand and celebrate and be part of it all. The e-mails, cards, a few posters and a radio interview of the Sirens, with Kevin Walsh, was enough to fill the Holy Road Easy Speak on Saturday.
Opener: (10/10) The Soap Box Sirens drove from Louisville,KY. They are angels of Now and they brought the house such blessings. The Columbia audience adored them and gave them howling love. They passed around the songs amongst themselves. Baba sat in with them. I sang from the audience front row. They got the crowd ready for The Tumbleweed Cabaret better than any other has done!
Sound: (10/10) I love Matt Bearman and Karla and Blake and Baba for making the sound perfect. Hope the recordings sound as good, I'm sure they will. I didn't get any comments from the audience but I'll assume that means, no news is good news.
Stage: (10/10) The stage (by brandon) doubles as a drum which is perfect for my dancing and stomping and calmer moments too. The baby grand came from mama and it is so stunning, the way it sounds.
Audience: (10/10) The crowd was howling, singing, sharing tears of laughter and loss, passing out the tonic, making sure everyone got some, and they couldn't have been more suppportive or appreciative.
My performance: (9/10) The first three songs were slightly stiff but by the time I got to Jenny, the spirit had risen and the voice had opened. In Mercy Me, spirit took me for a ride and sent me crashing through the crowd. 19 Miles had everyone wearing the yellow ribbons 'round themselves and we sang together, "'round the whole wide world, something fgood has begun." By the time we got to the second act, I was out of body and the songs and characters of The Tumblweed Cabaret were in charge, and they know what to do better than this form could ever know. Considering Baba and I are still so fresh in learning the script as we write it, I'd say, we brought the loving audience home to a howlelujah place called Now. The Tonic was passed out for everyone to take into tomorrow. I hope they're drinking it as we speak, I know I am. Thanks for being part of our March expiriment, we'll be getting the recording and DVD together over the next month. I think the show runs a little too long, this week we'll be cutting it and simplifying it for our Kansas City presentation. It would be hard to hand out 100 bottles of tonic, 100 yellow ribbons, etc. PS: I know the camera was blocking the view sometimes, but I think it'll be worth it when we see the brilliant work of Mr. Wilson.
Baba: 10/10 Baba strutted his genius throughout the first act and then he miraculously became DR. Tumbleweed and Dr. Kavanaski in act two, helping us all remember how to grow the Tumbleweedwith our healthy soil, tears of laughter, loss, and love and how to pour on that soul shine. Baba is the one. Howlelujah to ya DR!
James: James acted as Eternity's helpers, Officer Haggerty, George Bush, and The Tubleweed Plant! He did such a wonderful job capturing all the characters. We threw so much last minute information at him I'm suprised his brain didn't explode. He pulled it off perfectly. A great addition to the cabaret.
Set List Highlights: Bones playing Bones on a couple tunes, Rise Spirit, Starfish Lullaby, Run Why Do WE Run? Demons, Chariots Rise, Jenny, Mercy Me, Be Where Your Feet Are
Sharing The Road: reviewing the experience from the artist's eyes.
"Great Art Needs A Great Audience..." Walt Whitman
Overall Show Rating: 10/10
Hosts: (10/10) The bonds we are all developing are grow, becoming rich and full of life. The art house truly does feel like a garden that we all share, each of us tending to with our personal touch. We are creating our reality together. And I repeat my last review comment as well..."The Holy Road House and Arts Co-op is hosting our March residence (we are some of our own hosts, two hats is confusing sometimes, but necessary to live well in this world.) Anyway, I'm just so thankful to have this enviroment and family to come home to every few months. The team we're all creating together at The House (The Tumbleweed Hotel) is doing a great job learning how to make a perfect enviroment for us (and so, the other traveling artists who will benefit from the holy road when the time comes.) Alisa, Miker, Kaos, Mike Clark, James, Brandon, Karla, Blake, (Zeek back in New Yoork) me, Baba, The Dharma Dog and all the growing family worked hard to make last night (and this whole month, Aly and Ron on the hike, Peter's making the Kansas City show happen) a success. Matt Bearman and Scott filmed and recorded." THANK YOU again TO FD, Kaos, Mike Clark, Aly, James, Mike Roberston, Ron, Brandon, Karla, Blake, Laura, Scott, Matt Bearman, Kristy, Jo, ALL OUR CO-OP GARDNERS, for making this month so wonderful for us and for our visiting artists.
Venue: (10/10) The Holy Road Easy Speak
Matt Bearman is recording these shows and Scott Wilson is filming them. WE've settled into the hous as a venue and the stage is perfect (thanks to brandon). The rooms upstairs make for great private space while we get into character. The sound system feels full and generous (thanks to Blake and Karla). The Soap Box Sirens (artists we hosted from Louisville, kY) filled the house with music and harmony. They enjoyed the boarder rooms and during sound check we all rehearsed a group piece that opened their show. Matt did a fantastic job making the living room an ideal sound envirmont. Miker watched the door. FD and Aly fed us and took care of all the last minute production details. James and FD shined as Eternity's helpers throughout the night. THANK YOU.
Promotions: (8/10) the show was packed and energized with folks who wanted to be there, to understand and celebrate and be part of it all. The e-mails, cards, a few posters and a radio interview of the Sirens, with Kevin Walsh, was enough to fill the Holy Road Easy Speak on Saturday.
Opener: (10/10) The Soap Box Sirens drove from Louisville,KY. They are angels of Now and they brought the house such blessings. The Columbia audience adored them and gave them howling love. They passed around the songs amongst themselves. Baba sat in with them. I sang from the audience front row. They got the crowd ready for The Tumbleweed Cabaret better than any other has done!
Sound: (10/10) I love Matt Bearman and Karla and Blake and Baba for making the sound perfect. Hope the recordings sound as good, I'm sure they will. I didn't get any comments from the audience but I'll assume that means, no news is good news.
Stage: (10/10) The stage (by brandon) doubles as a drum which is perfect for my dancing and stomping and calmer moments too. The baby grand came from mama and it is so stunning, the way it sounds.
Audience: (10/10) The crowd was howling, singing, sharing tears of laughter and loss, passing out the tonic, making sure everyone got some, and they couldn't have been more suppportive or appreciative.
My performance: (9/10) The first three songs were slightly stiff but by the time I got to Jenny, the spirit had risen and the voice had opened. In Mercy Me, spirit took me for a ride and sent me crashing through the crowd. 19 Miles had everyone wearing the yellow ribbons 'round themselves and we sang together, "'round the whole wide world, something fgood has begun." By the time we got to the second act, I was out of body and the songs and characters of The Tumblweed Cabaret were in charge, and they know what to do better than this form could ever know. Considering Baba and I are still so fresh in learning the script as we write it, I'd say, we brought the loving audience home to a howlelujah place called Now. The Tonic was passed out for everyone to take into tomorrow. I hope they're drinking it as we speak, I know I am. Thanks for being part of our March expiriment, we'll be getting the recording and DVD together over the next month. I think the show runs a little too long, this week we'll be cutting it and simplifying it for our Kansas City presentation. It would be hard to hand out 100 bottles of tonic, 100 yellow ribbons, etc. PS: I know the camera was blocking the view sometimes, but I think it'll be worth it when we see the brilliant work of Mr. Wilson.
Baba: 10/10 Baba strutted his genius throughout the first act and then he miraculously became DR. Tumbleweed and Dr. Kavanaski in act two, helping us all remember how to grow the Tumbleweedwith our healthy soil, tears of laughter, loss, and love and how to pour on that soul shine. Baba is the one. Howlelujah to ya DR!
James: James acted as Eternity's helpers, Officer Haggerty, George Bush, and The Tubleweed Plant! He did such a wonderful job capturing all the characters. We threw so much last minute information at him I'm suprised his brain didn't explode. He pulled it off perfectly. A great addition to the cabaret.
Set List Highlights: Bones playing Bones on a couple tunes, Rise Spirit, Starfish Lullaby, Run Why Do WE Run? Demons, Chariots Rise, Jenny, Mercy Me, Be Where Your Feet Are
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