:: mike errico diary ::

:: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 ::

The Point

Damn, this is a good place. Nice to play philly solo. New material is good.

Ireland is coming together.

Things are good. I'm psyched.

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:: mike 10:32 AM [+] ::

When I'm reading, I'm writing.

Why do I keep forgetting that? It's like the Marquis de Sade says in the movie "Quills": beware anyone who writes more than they read.

So, I read a great book, 'Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer', about crazed fans who travel the south in RVs following the Alabama Crimson Tide's football team. Really smart, funny, and interesting. Road stories from a different kind of road.

As a result, I finished a song I'd been working on for months. The song has nothing to do with the book, but that's how it always is. It's like reading, and the jumble of words, knocks something loose. I think the song is called "Run". Nothing to do with football. I swear.



:: mike 8:39 AM [+] ::

playing catch up, here:

holy cow, i can't believe so much is going on. no choice but to give three sentences on everything:

FUNK BOX (MD): Great great band show, with the pics to prove it in the gallery section of the site. (not so) sad has become a total favorite, and the fans in MD are amazing. It's always such a joy to play that city, and we have WTMD to thank for much of it.

DETROIT: A great solo show, and a new song waking up and fitting into the set with all his brothers and sisters. It's fun to witness that. We got back to the Detroit zoo, but this time the polar bears really had that look of out-of-work actors moping around a coffee shop, groaning, "I was almost on "king of queens" - i gotta get my headshots together. uhhhh."

THE SPACE, CT: What can you say when there's an open mic after your set, and someone who's driven from Boston plays "When She Walks By"? I was blown away. He does it better than I do.

MAXIM SWIMSUIT DVD: Yeah, "be your man" playing under models with sprayed on sweat clutching vice grips and pretending to fix a catalytic converter while making out. Whatever. Should be out this October.

FUSE CLUES: New TV theme for a show on FUSE network, co-written with my man Blake Morgan. They're threatening to change the name. Whatever it's called, it's scheduled as a definite GO for October.

sure. somebody get some sleep for me. thanks.

:: mike 9:01 AM [+] ::