Friday started off slow and rainy. i headed into manhattan to see Susan Werner at Joes Pub. After a great dinner with my friend Chris and catching up, susan put on a great set. WIth greg holt on bass, she previewed two or three new songs.
i ended up staying for the late show as well. so thanks to woj the setlists are:
Susan Werner
May 19, 2006 (early show)
Joe's Pub
New York City, NY
Unread Book
Don't Work With Your Friends
Let's Regret This In Advance
No One Needs To Know
Stay On Your Side Of Town
Give Me Chicago Anyday
Philoanthropy
I Can't Be New
Time Between Trains
Shade Of Grey
Barbed Wire Boys
May I Suggest
Movie Of My Life
Thy Kingdom Come (?)
My Strange Nation
encore: Drive [The Cars]
Susan Werner
May 19, 2006 (late show)
Joe's Pub
New York City, NY
Unread Book
Don't Work With Your Friends
Let's Regret This In Advance
Don't I Know You
Much At All
Philanthropy
Tall Drink Of Water
Give Me Chicago Anyday
I Can't Be New
Less Talk More Music
Time Between Trains
Movie Of My Life
What Do I Do? (?)
Why Is Your Heaven So Small? (?)
Thy Kingdom Come (?)
My Strange Nation
first encore: Drive [The Cars]
second encore: Never My Love [Don and Dick Addrisi]
when i left Joes pub, i forgot that the Q train stops running and a shuttle has to be taken to Ocean Ave and Newkirk so i walked home. I got in after 1am and got to bed about 2am. I was overtired and needed to sleep
i made plans with my friend George and Susan to meet them at their house and got to West Milford. i got there about 5pm after a walk to the park and back and going to the bank. We started out towards the GWBridge and there were hours worth of traffic.
so george went over the TappenZee and we headed to NJ that way. We had to go to the other side of Ringwood, near the PA border. stopping at a diner for Broiled scrod and baked potato. then the show at another Presbyterian Church. All these folk shows at churches seem to look alike.
susan was great. she played two instrumentals with this Classical player named Rolf Strum. He was tall and resembled john platt but had this long long long braided beard. he was losing his hair on his head but had this long beard. He was graying but could play. his instrumentals were boring but susan called him out to play with her and she lit him up. he even smiled
susan played two more new songs. SHe must have about 7 new gospel/doubt/questioning gawd and the organized church songs. she sang an emily dickenson poem that one of her students years ago set to music. she is also looking for him.
she sang a new song about knowing she needs to be somewhere on sunday morning but not quite there. in the middle of the song, she recalls her childhoods in church with her family and the experience through the eyes of a kid, called sunday morning
we left after saying hello and the headed back to NY. i had to drive home from george's house and got in after 1pm
yesterday, i decided to go up to the 9th ave food fest. i tried to go and got sprinkled on. i ran into lots of Aids Walkers. the walk through the city was hard and i was sick and exhausted when i got home. I think i stayed out too late or the stress and strain of my last few weeks has taken its toll. i was just pooped out and feeling tired and queasy. i stayed in last night and tried to relax and feel better. the queasyness came in waves.
i stayed in bed this morning and skipped graduation. i didnt feel well enough to get up and get dressed and drive to nassau collisium and sit there and listen to the commencement speech though i wanted to hear Senator Clinton. i just didnt feel well enough to go.
so i didnt
i am sleeping later and later or getting up and then napping. i am still tired and worn out. i dont do a whole lot but have been on the go for over a month. i like having more time at night to relax and maybe watch a movie where when i was working, i would walk every night so that i didnt get settled til 9pm...now i am walked by 6 and can sit down and read the paper and watch a movie or a tv show.
