the bremen cafe

thanks so much for the turn out at the bremen cafe. we had a fine time playing there. i only hope we didn't piss off the establishment as apparently we were supposed to play last instead of second. then nearly everybody left after our set. i was battling the vicious flu bug that night and am still kind of sick today, but i think that was our first performance in a while where i didn't forget any lyrics. . .

we have a few more shows to close out 2005:

dec. 4th at the oshkosh public museum
Noon-4pm we'll be doing a couple of sets and some christmas songs during their annual holiday open house. the museum is small, but has great exhibits and is free! so if you're in the area, come on over to see us.

dec. 10th at the wonderful world cafe in sheboygan
8-10pm
this is a "solo" show with me, kara, and emily. i'll be playing over two hours of my songs acoustically. so if you like that kind of thing, and you live near sheboygan, come on over. they have good food and coffee there; and we get paid in tips!

dec. 17th at the new moon cafe in oshkosh
8-10pm
$3 cover
we're playing our annual mid-december show at the new moon. southerly is opening and no longer micah. also we'll have some artwork on display there, but i'm not sure by whom. it's a mystery!

jan. 26th at the water city grill in oshkosh
9-11pm
21+
we're the background music for drinking. you can watch sports and listen to us play! it's the perfect combination! sports! sports! sports! i like when they kick the ball.

steev

various topics, some of which will interest you

just got back from a kind of late practice. namiah, our current drummer hopeful, has decided not to play with us on thursday (i guess that's tomorrow since it's a quarter of 1 in the morning), citing various issues, none of which have to do with us particularly. but rest assured, he's coming along nicely and should hopefully play with us on december 17th at the new moon.

but tonight scott, emily, jessica and i recorded a song on my portable recorder. it's not the best quality, but you can at least hear what we're up to lately. the song is called "newfoundland" and it's been put into regular rotation in our setlist since mid-summer. i'll post it in the next few days on our website, so look for it there.

still no news on recording, but i have a few new songs so we have a lot of stuff to choose from. old songs like "book of job" and "don't try" (arguably the first official inkwell collective songs, along with "small town skin" and "medicate!"), a couple of tunes that were left off our last cd ("ghost story" and "ECR", neither of which we play live anymore), new versions of old songs ("they found a hand. . ." has improved dramatically along with "my use of metaphor") and a whole slew of songs new this past year: "domestic fiction," "o lord have patience," "i need you to fail so i can succeed," "did you find russia," "newfoundland," "the leaves are falling and so am i," "bloodstains," "middlewest," "moscow, idaho."

some of these songs will appear on my solo cd "leaving wisconsin," which i haven't really worked on in a while, but which i have lots of ideas for and which i hope to get out before sufjan steals my state from me.

be sure to come and see us in milwaukee on the 19th! we need all the support we can get!

best,

steev
for the inkwell collective