Boom

The Boom show is canceled for tonite due to a family emergency of the other artist (who owns the PA). We've rescheduled for next month, Wednesday, May 28th, 7:30pm.

Tomorrow evening is the Demo Panel Review at First Ave - should be fun. And the Wild lost last night to the Canucks. Depressing. My brat and cheese curds dinner was very enjoyable though.

Terami & Natalie & Nina

I was at the "Collected Sounds" house concert last night where Terami Hirsch, Natalie Wattre and...I played. I wasn't really on the bill but Terami was kind enough to invite me up on stage. Cool huh? It was an intimate gathering that went pretty late. The highlight of the evening was chatting after the show. As an independent musician it's easy to become isolated from your peers and even your following so it's nice to keep in touch with ones contemporaries.

As far as travel tunes go...I've been listening to Eva Cassidy's "Live at Blues Alley" - it's magnificent. She had a gorgeous voice and the most eclectic taste in music! And after hearing about Nina Simone's death last week I made a quick trip to the music store to clean house on her compilations. I purchased a few discs that were missing from my CD collection and even an Ella Fitzgerald mix of old spirituals. So it's been blues and jazz for about 2 weeks straight. Phrases like 'aching heart', 'do I quiver?' and "train a comin' have crept into my vocabulary. For a pasty white Irish girl...I think I relate to the blues rather well.

Music

My Friday night concert at Borders was a bit odd. I was set up by the side door so people interested in checking things out had to actually walk right between me and the audience just to get inside. After careful consideration, there really wasn't any other place for me to be set up but it was slightly distracting. No worries...I managed. Thanks to those of you who listened and signed up for the mailing list (especially those of you kind enough to purchase a CD).

Saturday night Mr. Manager and I went to a Mink Hole party to see a few bands in St. Paul. Fabulous fun! We even caught a late, late, late dinner at the legendary Mickey's Diner.

The Minnesota Wild Hockey team won last night against the Canucks so I'm all fired up for Tuesday's game at Xcel (I realize this isn't exactly music news but it's noteworthy none-the-less)

Tonight I'll be going to a house concert featuring Terami Hirsch. I've never had the pleasure of seeing her live so it'll be a treat.

Wednesday evening is chick singer night at Boom. Hattie and I will be playing for sure. Music is at 7:30 sharp. No cover :)

Finally

I've been aganozing over this one song called "To Forget" for over a month now. Last night I finally spit it all out. I swear to God it was like giving birth. Finishing things makes me feel extremely productive though. It always makes me happy to sing new songs at a show....soooo, if you want to hear my new stuff you can stop by Borders in Block E tomorrow night after Happy Hour from 6-8pm for some Anne Deming Live. See you there!

Nina

Nina Simone died yesterday. The world has lost a beautiful voice. Sad.

Borders

I'll be playing Borders this friday night, Block E. Lately I've been spending a ton of time down there. Strange but true. After visiting my favorite book haunt, Dreamhaven, I had to resort to the corporate chain for my desired reading materials thsi weekend.

Anyway, back to music: I play at 6pm sharp and go until 8pm. Downtown is lovely this time of year and I highly recommend a happy hour followed by some Anne Deming music at Borders on April 25th. Hope to see you there!

The State of Hockey

Last night's painful lose to the Colorado Avalanche was thoroughly depressing. I feel a bit groggy this morning for no other reason than because. My grandma is going in for a nasty surgery tomorrow so I think I'm just preoccupied. I wrote a funky little tune in my head last night on the drive home from St. Paul...we'll see if I can add some guitar. Plan on a ladies night at Boom on April 30th - should be fun!

WILD

I've mentioned my Minnesota Wild Hockey addiction in the past so I figured it would be safe to chatter on about going to the playoff game this evening. I'm rather excited, plus I get to eat a hotdog for dinner (another ridiculous obsession - I know...I have a problem)

I'm reading Anne Rice again, but this time it's her erotica. You gotta love that. I've decided to start a collection so I ordered a bunch of books like "Story of O" and "Marketplace" - should be interesting....

Borders

My Eau Claire Borders show was, uhm, interesting. I met a handful of wonderful people. A few kind souls listened attentively throughout the night and even managed to applaud at the close of a song or two. But seeing as I was in the middle of a store...I felt a bit like wallpaper. People were playing checkers (loudly) 4 feet from the stage and one couple even read aloud from a travel guide during my second set; it was painfully distratcting. I survived however and I don't regret the experience, perhaps it made me stronger. To be honest though, it was not an easy show.

After the music we headed out to the Joynt for a beverage and the I accosted the hot dog vendor close to 1am for a delicious beer dog! The night ended well after all...

Borders

I'll be playing at Borders in Eau Claire, Wisconsin this evening, 8pm ...stop by and say hi if you're in the neighborhood. No snow - life is good.

Tour

So, I made it back to Minneapolis through Rain, Fog, Sleet, Snow and Damn near blizzard conditions. I had a glorious time in St. Louis and Chicago and hopefully Eau Claire on Friday will be fun and profitable. All in all, not exactly smooth, but never-the-less interesting. Must sleep more...

Concert

Mr. Manager and I went to see Papa Roach last night at First Ave...it was....uhm...interesting.

I rented "The Weight of Water" but got sleepy around midnight so I'll have to finish it off this evening. So far it's a wonderful screen adaptation of a beautiful novel. I'm currently reading this month's issue of "Money" magazine. I'm thinking I would like to devote my literary interests solely to magazines and newspapers this month...that could be really wild. We'll see...