wax your cats, folks

And before I forget, there is beginning to be actually important stuff on my website regarding "Old Growth".

Like, a press release.

And a tour schedule, with show deets and ticket info as available.

And don't forget the ACKYFESTO!!

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kicking the kicker in the shin's shins

It's been over a month! And where have I been? "Young man!" It depends what level of detail you want. I could say I've been to the bagel shop on St. Urbain a whole bunch of times before going to my favourite Korean restaurant near Christie Station, only to end up commuting daily to Elgin and Gladstone... or I could say I've been to the train (which nearly derailed I swear to Gord), followed by the Composer's Kitchen, followed by the train (a smoother ride), followed by the parental basement followed by driving followed by Jack Purcell Community Centre followed by Sir John A's house followed by this computer...or I could say Toronto Montreal Toronto Ottawa Kingston Ottawa (and shortly Toronto) ... or I could simply say I've been alive and kicking, and sometimes being kicked.

This show feels like that, sometimes. I will only say this.

We're two weeks into rehearsals - and of course we've had to change our plans many times. Aura needed more time off after her Master's degree than she expected (which climaxed with a flute recital that was the day before I came up to begin the process)... and there's a lot of material to get through - though less all the time, as I chop and cut and let flutter many beautiful and cloying bits of overwriting to the floor. We need time for, like, a 2-minute piece of music at the end, to bring us and our crowd down from the high-lows to a nice gentle centre. Then we'll all be fine. Yes.

It is an intense show. I will not say otherwise...

And there is a lot of work in front of us. This week, we begin some extra sessions beside the usual 4-hour rehearsal. Line sessions for Aura and I. Music sessions for Aura and I. Magic sessions for Alison and I. And some us time between me and a beagle named Jake.

I am promising myself that if I let my bloggos be brief, that I'll actually write some. Is that a promise? More like a vague supposition.

To coin tricks, and on to bed!

Oh, PS, one of my friends and pairs of eyes pointed out that I'm using the word "recursion" incorrectly in the show. I have decided that I don't care. Faugh upon faugh upon faugh.