Fine Music and Evil Wal Mart

Last night's show was really really fun. I love playing with Adam and Johnny, they are SO good and I need to work to keep up with them, I don't know most of thier songs either so it is quite a challange to learn then on the fly. We had some wonderful Jams, too, with Adam and I trading lead breaks between guitar and fiddle. One of the best was when I asked them " What the heck happened to the lilting irish songs from the old country, we are MEANT to be playing Irish " and they said, go for it, play something lilting.

So I started Dueling Banjos, of course, knowing Adam would follow, then into Old Joe Clark. Lilting will never be the same.

Malloy's shows are never dull. One doesn't have to work as hard either, they, and the audience , seem to be just as content to banter, and tell jokes, as they do to play or listen to music.

( and I thought the studio got bad!!!! Blushed a few times I did !)

Adam, Johnny told me , had News, and so I was rather excited going in, thinking it Surely Must have something to do with one of his new novels ( Singer of Souls or Pay the Piper ) but it turns out he won a Poker Tournament. Oh. Great. Says I. How nice for you. Then he told me he won $20,000 in it. OH! SAYS! HOW VERY NICE FOR YOU!!!!

We played Lorraine a' malena cd during the set breaks and the response was wonderful! People seemed to really enjoy it, and many said they were coming to the Liffey on Friday to pick up a copy, I'll have them there.

So here is my rant for today...I went to Wal mart ( yes, I know, I don't like them either, they are evil, but I needed a LOT of cd mailers, go figure, and Wal Mart is it for them in this town ) and I thought I would go back to their Halloween Town section to get a few goodies for the week to come, only to find it was GONE. A few things left in carts on clearence, and the entire section had been transformed into CHRISTMAS WORLD!

Huh?????

I asked one employee if it didn't feel a little surreal to be dismantleing the Halloween section two weeks before Halloween in order to put up Christmas things , months before Xmas, and indeed not even winter yet and she said, That's Retail.

What's retail? What do they think, a customer ( ME! ) is going to walk in the week before Halloween for some Spooky Gear and finding it gone are going to say to themselves " oh, look, good, Xmas things, may as well get that tree up early"

Hmmmph.

It looks like next week is going to be some fine fun. Apparently I am getting some new clothes, and will be playing dress up every day. I must admit I have never been called a " sexy fiddleing Rainbow Brite " before. I like that. We will keep you posted with pics and blogs.( -I- want to water the courtyard in high heels and a corset! THAT picture will be on the site for CERTAIN )

She scares me.

I love that feeling.

Love and Spooky, Lorraine