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Re: (TV) Baloon / "Black Postcards" Revisited / Steve Albini



I used to get in a band about every 5 years or so. For the last 10 years I have been doing my spoken word thing. I put out a CD in 2006 and been performing live since 1999 when I first visited Dublin and my friend Geln Hansard asked me to open for him when he was performing solo at Whelan's in Dublin. I still go to Ireland as often as I can and perform in NYC a few times a year. I got an offer to do a show in Holland and also in North Carolina. There is a bar in Raliegh owned by an Irishman who owned a bar in NYC that I've read, that has my CD on their jukebox and I hear is popular. I also heard I've gotten some college airplay in the states, the latest being in Princeton, NJ.


I think there are a lot of would-be rockers on this list. A few of us have
been in the tour vans.  My tour never happened. I wanted to drive down the
coast and play my acoustic guitar for change at coffee houses, but the car
got totaled before I could get it together. Time marches on. I've got other
things going on now and I am supremely happy about them. I still like to
play in front of people whenever the opportunity exists and also I would
like to put out my own CD of tunes one day - still working on that.


On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 2:45 PM, eRacerX <eracerx@verizon.net> wrote:

I wanted to stay out of it, but Rex hit the nail on the head for me:


From: Rex Broome: "But if you find yourself on the other side of that age
divide and never got

to be in a band like you wanted to... that's an awful lot to regret!"

I tried, but didn't get to tour in a van, or play CBGB's....
but, now I have my
http://www.myspace.com/theplaceunderthehouse
since I was 45, and had all the creature comforts, but not the rock star
haircut.

not so bad, but I don't expect to be on MTV anymore.
 - H.
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