Posts by mheff
Traverse City Eve
Travel Day 11:58 pm Saturday October 4 2025 There was no show today. Just travel, which was an uneventful 3 1/2 hours of sitting in the backseat of the truck. For years I’d keep myself entertained on long trips by staring out the window of the airplane, car or tour bus. It was like meditation.…
Read MoreLansing MI
3:15pm Friday, October 3, 2025 And On The Fourth Day We’re driving north on the interstate, about half an hour from Lansing. Forty-five minutes late for load-in, and the sound check is at 4:00 pm. Nobody seems overly concerned. You have to wonder if a bit of that “we are the talent, not the staff” sort…
Read MoreHello Cleveland
What? And Quit Show Business? 9:20 am Thursday, October 2, 2025Hi Everyone!As I write, I’m still in my hotel room in Pittsburgh. I need to be in the car park by 10 am with my belongings, which includes my bulky Yamaha MODX8 keyboard that I take to my room each night so I can sleep.…
Read MoreFIRST STOP
FIVE PICKETS TO TITSBURGH To those of you who’ve been reading my blog regularly and are thinking, “AHA! He’s losing it”….. I’m aware that I’ve used a version of this old line before. I’m vague about the joke that goes with it, but you can bet that it’s as puerile as the punchline. I just like…
Read MoreGoing Back Out
Sunday, September 28, 2025 We have an interesting tour beginning this week. Seven shows in the US mid-west including Cleveland, Cincinnati and Chicago. The first show is scheduled for Wednesday in Pittsburgh. It’s six and a half hours of actual driving, plus a stop at the border in Buffalo, which could take an hour. Call…
Read MoreThe Lightfoot Band
Where’s Andy? The computer cropped the picture to make it fit.
Read MoreMike and Gary
The “against all odds” theme is a useful literary device. It comes with its own built-in dissonances and easy resolves. It’s the minority kid from a broken home, getting his degree in medicine. It’s the diminutive teen bullied because of a speech Impediment who shows up at the school dance with the hottest cheerleader in the squad. Or…
Read MoreMy First Band
Forward A story about the past is a construct even when pains are taken to be accurate. It’s as real as the future, and that is to say, not very. Reality is an infinitesimally small pinpoint called “now” that is constantly moving ahead, leaving us a step behind. For millennia, it’s been suggested that certain…
Read MoreDoug The Dog
As I was saying in my last post, we had a dog. A big, goofy Irish Setter. We called him Doug. Abstract Art In May of 1978, my sister Mary decided Dad needed a companion but instead of a cute little puppy she brought home a Tasmanian Devil. I had never before seen a creature…
Read MoreThe Legend Of Orm Part 5
Epiphany I open doors for claustrophobia I wear glasses for myopia But triskaidekaphobia Won’t let me be No More Pencils, No More Books I quit school twice in 1972. The first time was in February. I was in grade twelve. Champing at the bit to put my plan in motion, I had been thinking it…
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