peterockwell

Sorry I've been neglectful, my lovely children. You know how it is. Complicated, this life.

I'm back in full effect starting Monday. Holla if you hear me.

XO

First: I'm not sure I like the new front page layout I'm seeing on SG.... Not so pretty. A little too utilitarian.

Now, about my last entry... I've gained some perspective since I made that post. While it's still true that I sometimes think about quitting one or all of my shows, I had to face what every comic has to face: Sometimes, you're just...
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I guess it's just been a bad week. The kind that leans over from the passenger seat and pulls straight down on the side of the wheel it's closest to, slamming you head-on through the guardrail and sailing into the busiest junction of the cloverleaf below, while it laughs and laughs and laughs.

I'm beginning to wonder if there's any point to doing the show...
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First, thanks to all that have been reading my journal so regularly and leaving comments. There's sort of a limbo we all sit in between the time we "save entry" and the time we see the first comment, as though the catharsis of writing builds up fluid just under the dermis, and the pleasure is held in escrow until a kind reader comments, piercing the...
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Monday. Three point show? You tell me. I know a couple of people got the wrong end of the rotation, and for that I am sorry- I promise I'll take care of you when next you tune in. Sometimes slips get lost, and sometimes God himself steps in to save our ears from being used as noise-toilets. I'm hoping I can get more of you...
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It's been a busy week. The private party on Friday night went as well as such a thing could possibly go. We sang, on someone's back deck (in the Velvet Underground area, for those who knows) until well after 3:00 am, and nobody called the cops, not even when I did Take Me Out (with the volume ca-ranked). No paper slips, no bullshit, just a...
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Tonight's show, for those that are counting, was a three point show. Songs I sang tonight (in order, as best as I can remember):

+ Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street
+ Tragically Hip - New Orleans Is Sinking (har har)
+ The Beatles - Come Together
+ Sheriff - When I'm With You
+ Radiohead - Karma Police
+ Chris Isaak - Wicked Game

I...
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When I write about how the show went, I imagine people could make the mistake of confusing MY point of view on the show with how a listener would see it. You see, my idea of what makes the show good for me is much different than what would constitute a good show for one of the listeners. For regular readers of this journal, it's...
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Okay. Tonight's show was something more like I'm used to. It was nice to see all of you, and get a little more cozy. You're all super nice, and it's an incredible difference between you and... Well, the internet can be a small place, so I'll mind my words just this once. If you want to know, you can ask me.

Our girl Oryx decided...
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Bad show tonight. Don't even really want to talk about it, but it suffices to say that I can't remember a show I wanted out of worse than the one I did tonight. Hopefully Monday will be good and wash the bitter taste out of my mouth.