1 – I leave town at 7am, so my suitcase is on the floor half-packed. The other half is filled with my cat Atticus who thinks suitcases make great beds.
2 – At 12 noon, I’ll be on North Carolina NPR radio station WUNC. It’s a show called The State of Things. They will be interviewing me, and I’ll be playing a few songs. You can listen in by clicking here. Or just tune your radio dial to 91.5 if you live in the Raleigh-Durham area.
3 – My show tonight is at the Holly Springs Cultural Center. (It’s in Holly Springs – a suburb of Raleigh-Durham.) The show is at 9pm – NOT 8pm. (Everything I’ve sent out says 8pm.) Oops. I suppose I’ll have to make sure the lobby is filled with dancing girls and beer kegs just so people don’t get unruly. (You know how these acoustic music crowds are.)
4 – Tomorrow night I’m at The American Theatre in Hampton, VA. This is a very cool theatre. Here’s a true story about the last time I performed there…
It was during my tour with the ballet company. Typically when I perform with them, I stand on stage playing my songs, and they dance around me. It’s part of the show. But at the American Theatre, the stage was so small that I had to stand in front of the stage in a spotlight.
During rehearsal, they told me that they’d open the side door of the theatre at my performance time. I would walk into the theatre and down to the front of the stage.
So, at performance time, they opened the door. I walked into the theatre. But then they closed the door behind me. And the theatre was dark because they were waiting for me before they put the spotlight on. I couldn’t see a thing. And I walked hesitantly down the aisle, feeling my way in the dark. The theatre was dead quiet as the audience waited for something to happen.
An older patron was sitting in the third row. She had left her walker out in the aisle. I hit the walker, tripped over it, lost my guitar, and landed in her husband’s lap. There was much banging, clamoring and confusion. When I finally got into the spotlight, my hair was everywhere, and my bra was hanging out. Needless to say, it wasn’t one of my better performances.
Amazingly — they’ve asked me to return as a solo performer! Here’s an article about the show.
5 – Atticus is still in my suitcase.
Hey Christine (I didn’t know where else to put this, but…),
I’m listening to Putumayo’s internet radio show, and your familiar tones started coming through my speakers… did you know you were featured on their World Folk show?
It’s the song ‘She Don’t Like Roses’… anyway, I’m just jazzed, hearing you in unexpected places.
WOW!!!!! First time for hearing Christine! Many more to come. Such heart, lyrics, laughter and truth and what a VOICE!
Christine, Great solo show at American Theater! We hooted with laughter throughout. Boy did you peg it in “4 legs good, 2 legs bad.” When I first got with the man I later married, he was UNnerved in the bedroom by the 4 doggie eyes watching and cold noses intruding… Huh? That’s my pack! Well, I chose BOTH man and dogs, and now dogs are banished from new bedroom… But… I’ve moved my office into doggie space for good communal times.
Thank you for your WONDERFUL self!
smiles
Rebecca
(Keeley’s mom)
Hey Christine,
Not sure if you were going to make it back to Elise’s blog to read further comments, but keep up the good work. Elise and I are good friends (I designed her website.) Elise sent me one of your CDs on iTunes because she knows I’m a sucker for folk.
I was especially moved by The Good You Do, brought tears to my eyes. I can’t help but think that was one of your more intimate writing sessions. And of course the line “so go home and get some rest” hit me in the middle of a crazy project and brought a smile to my face. So, thank you….
Christine,
I heard an interview you gave to NPR. I was on the station from UNC. I listen to NPR religiously and while traveling throughout NC go from station to station. I heard you sing. Spell Binding! Beautiful! Very engaging! I will be buying your album as soon as I get a chance. Hope to hear you perform in person soon.
elaine1 – patticus would insist that they be allowed to fully experience their kittenhood before they are exposed to such rigorous training.
meryl – well, they didn’t actually cut me off – they just ran out of time! (the interview before mine ran over. ) such is radio. thanks for the kind words. that song will probably be the title track of the next cd!
I absolutely loved the radio interview…especially the new song! I believe there is a rather large contingent of fitted-sheet foldingly challenged people in the world; that line made me smile. 😉 But those rude people…they cut you off and that made me sad.
I’m currently kitty-sitting 7 kittens this weekend…
Hey…I now have 7 kittens and 7 zippy kitty bags?!… may be I could try out the new brand idea!! Do you think kittens can adopt the patticusian pose, or have they got to be older and more distinguished before they can adopt this pose?? May be Atticus could mentor them (how good are his keyboard skills?)?!
Thank you for sharing your humble moments 🙂
hi g’s – i actually had the chance to make up for it the next night because we performed two nights at this theatre. (i did sit out on the tour bus and cry after that show though. i called my husband and said, “do i just suck? am i terrible?”) my cat gracie climbs in anything that crinkles. don’t you love that?
david – we call it the patticusian suitcase pose. (like downward facing dog – only easier.)
hi romanlily – oh, i have lots more humble moments i could share!
This just made me laugh out loud. (Guffaw, actually.) Maybe a some sort of subtle miners’ head lamp would be in order for your next journey down the aisle? Thanks for being willing to share the humble moments with us, as well as the mountaintop moments.
…hail the patticusian post. Atticus, in patticusian meditation, awaits the departure of his people.
Sorry, I’m laughing but I could see me doing that and nobody would have to turn the lights out.
Seriously though, maybe they felt badly that people didn’t get a chance to see you at your best and they are trying to make it up to you.
“Zippy-kitty” bags huh. Well Misty likes to hide in grocery sacks and then jump out and scare the gee-whilikers (sp?) out of me.
Have a fun weekend.
wow elaine — blogging is just opening up whole new branding ideas for me!
Re torch on head… if you have a hand free as you walk up to the stage you could do hand shadows of animals on the back stage wall… almost a light show!! Love the ‘zippy-kitty’ bag idea!!
hi lyman – gosh, i rarely play in LA. only for showcases here and there. maybe you could promote a show! the “creating a better life” concert series! 🙂
thanks hagit!
elaine – i do like the idea of strapping a light onto my head. it’d be like camping! (my cat gracie stuffs herself into any little box or bag too. (maybe that’s a new use for our little zippy gift with purchase baggies…?)
…Oops! well I guess you made an impactive entrance (ouch!)!! Atticus sounds like my cat Ashley… it’s amazing just how cats can position themselves into small boxes, cases etc…Cases and computer bags are Ashley’s favourite!
Have a great time being interviewed and I’m sure your shows will be brilliant!! (Hey don’t forget your torch…just incase it’s dark!! – I believe you can get ones that you can strap around your head…Hmm though this might not create the opening image you’re looking for :-))
Here’s to an amazing weekend!
What a story!:)
Good luck!
And you’ll be coming to LA… when? Please? 🙂