Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Autumn Action

It has been a busy fall in loopland – we apologize for the lack of blog time. We’ve been posting some mobile updates on the Twitter page; you can link to that through our homepage at www.loop243.com. We of course reserve the more juicy, detailed scoop for this blog.

We traveled up to Ithaca, NY early this fall for a concert at Ithaca College, where we were hosted by the one-and-only Gordon Stout. Gordon is a legendary marimbist and a wonderful and generous human being. We stayed at his home, surrounded by trees, fields, crickets and stars and were inspired by nature. One can start to feel a bit removed in the concrete jungle.

We had a fabulous concert in Ithaca’s massive orchestra hall. The audience was mostly Ithaca students and we invited people up on stage afterwards. The downside of the trip is that the Loop-wagon was pulled over and we were issued a speeding ticket on the way to the show. I am still dealing with that beauracratic mess! I really don’t think we were traveling 81 in a 55….

We made friends in Albany the next day at our show at Emack and Bolio’s and then headed back into the city.

We were soon off to Pittsburgh and Garfield Artworks, a grungy gallery near downtown. Pittsburg seems like a tough town for music..maybe we need to dedicate something to the Steelers...props to Mannie for all his support!

From Pittsburgh we hit the PSALM Salon in Phillie. This was a really nice set-up. A stage built into a fabulous old house, great audio gear, etc., and a very warm crowd.

We were back in Brooklyn for a couple of weeks and did a pair of shows near Park Slope before heading to New England – more on that to come!