• KBD Fall 2008 Mini Tour, Part 3

    If you are a young man or woman in charge of booking independent, experimental, alternative-venue, free, avant garde, and/or non-commercial shows with at least one out-of-town group on the bill, or you hope to be such a person, let me offer a dime’s-worth of advice. 1. The band coming in from out of town probably …

  • KBD Fall 2008 Mini Tour, Part 2

      Last night’s show was a lot of fun. We played first and shared the bill with primarily more jazz oriented groups. In other words, we were the only group without a horn to be found amongst us.  Gabe and I took the metro into DC around three, while Mike and his friend Joe met …

  • KBD Fall 2008 Mini Tour, Part 1

    After the wildly successful screening of NERDCORE RISING and stand-up performance by NEGIN FARSAD last night for the Tuesdays at the Gish Film Series, Carolyn and I drove home. By Midnight or so, I was in the stuffed rental minivan with Gabe and Mike. Gabe drove through the night. After a couple hours of failed …

  • Freedom of Expression screening

    Help us celebrate the return of the TUESDAYS AT THE GISH film series with a screening of Dr. Kembrew McLeod’s (U of Iowa) award winning and thought-provoking documentary. Though the event, like always, is free, we will be collecting donations for The Legion Arts in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Following this summer’s floodings, the building which …