Riverfolk!

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chirosinger and chasophonic of Riverfolk were at alymid‘s in Waukegan on Saturday for a house concert. Pretty much everybody showed up to hear them...I found a fairly comfortable spot to sit on the stairs in back by Angel and Deirdre. I had a fantastic time, and it looks like everyone else did, too. I have photos up on Flickr.

Becca and Chas led a few songs that they insisted were official singalongs, as opposed to the other songs where everyone just happened to know the words. We all know the words for a lot of them. Steve Macdonald added some spectacular kazoo work on one, sort of stunning Becca. Chas and Becca are just tons of fun, and I don’t get to see them often enough. As has been observed before, if we could somehow get Becca In A Bottle, our energy problems would be over.

We had a nice filk circle after the concert. billroper and daisy_knotwise sang their two popular duets, “My Husband, the Filker” and “Apology,” and Bill sang a few of his newer ones. There were a few songs about cats, both as food and as roadkill, and also a more positive song. Steve Macdonald displayed impressive guitar skill and his twisted sense of humor. Given the size of the crowd I brought just my flute up from the basement, and when my turn came I asked if people would like Celtic or Baroque. jerusha said “go for baroque,” adding, “someone had to say that.” I don’t think my run through Bach’s Fugue in G minor was all that great, but people seemed to like it. Becca and Steve both had nice things to say about it. We got Ex Libris from Eloise. Some great autoharp from Deirdre. Eric Coleman being Eric (“How Can I Miss You If You Won’t Go Away”).

As usual, it was just great to see everybody. It is wonderful to have so many friends. Sometimes these get-togethers remind me of how things have changed in my life---Becca hugged me more times than someone who was at the time my best and closest friend did over the course of several years in high school and college.

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First, thank's for using yet another userpic and thus prompting me to go look at your userpics.

2nd, since I can log into flickr (damn good thing, since I paid for a "pro" account), I sent in a help request.

3rd, I just found out that I can access my flickr contacts' latest uploads, and comments on my pictures, via my new cell phone. Useful? Probably not. But way cool. At least way cool as long as I'm using my unlimited night and weekend minutes.