I’m in New York, staying at Lauri Spitfire’s… it’s been a blast and I have no time to really talk about it right now, but hey guess what, I got to meet Elliott Smith last night! And saw him play, which was fantastic, AND saw Danielle Howle play at the same show. The Drag City revue on Thursday went great… maybe I’ll tell ya all about it later. I can’t tie up Lauri’s phone line too long here! …I went and saw the Waco Brothers at the Bloodshot barbecue this afternoon (after visiting my poor hospitalized Holler Sister) and I’m about to head over to the Knitting Factory to see Plush.

A review of my Ancestors single that appeared in the U.K. music tabloid MELODY MAKER…

Drag City Revue with 17 different bands playing 15 minutes each. Bands included Aerial M, Appendix Out, Chestnut Station, King Kong, Will Oldham, Royal Trux, Smog, Mayo Thompson, USA, and emcee Neil Hamburger

My band: Jim O’Rourke (guitar); David Grubbs (keyboards); David Pajo (bass); Rian Murphy (drums)

Photo by Luke J. Ferdinand.

A review of CALLING OVER TIME by Eddie Huffman that appeared in the September/October 1997 issue of Option magazine…

Rian Murphy, my longtime producer and musical butt-kicker. Photo taken at my apartment on North Ave. sometime in the summer of ’97.

A blurry QuickCam shot I took at work sometime in August ’97. I was making funny-faces and watching the results on the monitor.

I guess I’ll finally upload this thing and take it live… I’m busy getting ready to leave for New York tomorrow night to play at the Drag City showcase at CMJ. Should be a lot of fun. I’m hoping to catch Elliott Smith’s show while I’m out there… I actually wrote that guy a fan letter last week! :-)

I stayed up real late watching the news. It’s so sad and tragic and unbelievable — how could this have happened?? It was a stupid thing, something that could have been avoided. How awful…

Stole the code for this diary from the CSS Style Gallery. I’m still messing with the colors and the layout, so bear with me.

Played at the Terrace (Univ. of Wisconsin) with Mollycuddle opening

My band: Michael Krassner (guitar)

Hello… welcome to my online diary. Feel free to read all you like, though I’m not exactly doing this for *your* benefit… it’s mainly for myself, so I can keep track of major events. I have a bit of a bad memory for events… uhh… and people, names and faces… okay I just have a shitty memory, period. Without my computer I’d be a woman without a past! And, you know I have such a one-track mind… why not put it on the web, I’m thinkin’? It’ll probably be nonsense to 99% of my viewers, but so be it.

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Appeared in the August 27 – September 2, 1997 issue of The Onion…

Well, it’s just been a long, long, slow, hot summer. I got back from touring at the end of June — there have been a few gigs since then but mostly I’ve just been working at my straight job, and spending most all my free time working on new music, writing new songs and doing some recording with Michael Krassner over at Truckstop. (Mike was one of the prime conspirators in the making of the Dutch Harbor soundtrack, by the way.) You can expect to hear some of this work on my next album though I can’t say when that’s going to be finished. The Truckstop tunes sound amazing but I want to do some songs with Jim O’Rourke as well, in his studio.

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A review by Jason Zengerle that appeared in Salon‘s column Sharps and Flats…

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Opened for Archer Prewitt at Lounge Ax

My band: Michael Krassner (guitar); Julie Pomerleau (violin, viola); Joe Ferguson (bass)