Some tunes I've been digging lately...



Just an update...

It's a beautiful Memorial Day weekend here in upstate New York. This week Sarah and I celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary! It's wild to think about how much has happened in the past three years but on the other hand, it doesn't seem like that long. We both had hectic weeks so we couldn't take a trip anywhere this year but we did get a way for a night at The Lincklean House in Cazenovia and had a great dinner at this Mexican place in Chittenango. Sarah got me A Guide to the Birds of Costa Rica so I can start studying up for our trip next February! I didn't get to see much migration this spring but I've still had a couple nice birding days. Might try and get out to see some breeding birds in June. Of course things are busy getting ready for Groove next weekend. We had our last "committee" meeting a couple nights ago. Hoping the weather cooperates. And pre-production for the new A&N Band album is coming along really well. Gotten in some good rehearsals this month. The songs and arrangements are starting to take shape. More on that later I guess. Think I'm going to go get some lunch now.

SHOCK-N-STOCK

Made it back Monday night from an epic weekend! Giant Robot Dance and Perpetual eMotion played in NYC on Friday and Saturday with Will Mentor and Nils Fredland. That was CONTRASHOCK. Then on Sunday we all drove down to Glen Echo, MD and met up with Swallowtail for the ultimate finale: CONTRASTOCK. The whole thing was crazy, exhausting, ridiculous and awesome!

One of the really surreal parts of the weekend was playing in The NYC Dance Parade. Ballroom dancers, ballet dancers, belly dancers, hip-hop dancers, tons of different ethnic dancers, zumba dancers, stilt dancers, at least one pole dancer AND... contra dancers! Giant Robot Dance and Perpetual eMotion both piled on to a flatbed trailer pulled by PeM's awesome old Volvo with a kicking solar powered sound system!
Before the parade... Dan and Noah tying down the drum setGetting things set up... just don't forget about Michael...GRD's horn section on Saturday nightSarah, Paul and Stacy (where is your hand Stacy?)Dan, me and ChrisThe Spanish Ballroom at Glen Echo ParkThe 14-piece all band jam at the end... and then... Nils...
went CROWD SURFING...

Thanks to MJ for this pic

Come To The Groove!

I apologize for the skimpy posting lately. Need to get my little camera fixed. Things have been good here for the most part. I was really sick last week which was a bummer. Fever, major sore throat, etc. But I started feeling better on the weekend and I'm doing great now. We've been getting busy with preparations for THE GREAT BEAR GROOVE DANCE WEEKEND! Coming up soon! For any of you folks who are thinking about coming we made this little video especially for you...

We've also dived right in on our next recording project. Rehearsals have been going really well and we have studio time booked starting in June! More on that later. But spring has finally caught on here. Sarah planted our onions a couple days ago. The garden is looking terrific. I had year bird #200 this morning: a nice male Magnolia Warbler. Might be able to get out a bit more next week. I guess that's all for now :-)