It has been a long pair of years for me since I wrote this post. Time passes quickly more often than not, but there has been a great deal of agonizing over the doubts and fears I exposed when I set down that road. Much has happened that cannot and will not find their way [...]
Posted on October 5th, 2008 by Zsallia
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“Are you sure about this?” Aiko asked me, her face radiating doubt as we drove through the campus.
“No more clubs, no more bars… this is what’s left. Besides, they said one of the guys heard us in Chicago, so they must know what they’re getting.”
She gave me her “Inscrutable Asian” look, and then turned to [...]
Posted on August 10th, 2008 by Zsallia
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It had already turned cold before the bar emptied out and over the next hour the temperature dropped like a stone. I was wearing a light denim jacket over my stage outfit and the cold dug into me remorselessly, but I forced the sensation down, concentrating on listening and watching. Cigarette stubs littered the ground [...]
Posted on February 7th, 2008 by Zsallia
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The air was thick with spilled beer and old cigarette smoke.These little clubs always seemed so desolate once the crowds had filtered out. The four of us were sharing a bottle while the waitresses and the bartender cleaned up for the night. Neff and Aiko seemed relaxed and happy, but Dalene was cool and pensive, [...]
Posted on January 3rd, 2008 by Zsallia
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A crowd had gathered- they always did when Dalene sat outside with her guitar, but that evening it was larger than ever. We were leaving in the morning and it seemed everyone we had met that summer wanted to stop by to hear her play one last time. She sat on the steps of the [...]
Posted on August 11th, 2007 by Zsallia
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