In which Kelsey gets to join us since she’s on Christmas break from school; in which we have a special evening Jam just because it’s Longest Night; and in which we finish up with tasty homemade pita bread pizzas! Songs: “The Only Son”, “Goin’ Up”, “Old Black Rum”, “Pirate Bill and Squidly”, “Ferryland Sealer”, “Shout at the Desert”, “Elf Glade”, “Lukey”, “The Night Pat Murphy Died”.
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In which we have only four, count ‘em, four of us present for music; in which we break in a GBS song we haven’t done before; and in which we break in a new song of 
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I know I haven’t been properly keeping up with the last couple of Jam Reports, and this is me trying to get caught up on that! Since it’s been a while since the last couple of Jams, all I have to offer is brief notes on the actual songs we played, so I’ll go ahead and make notes of those here. We’re currently talking about when the next Jam will be, some time in December, and hopefully when that happens I’ll return to serious Jam reporting.
Songs for the 10/18/09 Jam: “Getting Away With It”, “Captain Kidd”, “Chickies in the House”, “The Last Saskatchewan Pirate”, “Elf Glade”, “Dancing With Mrs. White”, “Billy Peddle”, “Mari-Mac”, “Stars”
Songs for the 11/1/09 Jam: “Come to the Labyrinth”, “Pirate Bill”, “Elf Glade”, “Chickies in the House/Duncan’s Dance”, “Goin’ Up”, “The Last Saskatchewan Pirate”, “John Waits Polka”, “The Road to Lisdoonvarna”, “Brian Boru”, “Butterfly Jig”, “Nonesuch”
Some generally fun things to note here:
“Getting Away With It” is a newer one of solarbird
“Come to the Labyrinth” was brought into rotation by request; it’s one of s00j
Y’all may notice quite a bit of instrumentals in the last couple of rotations. This has particularly appealed to doragoon
On a similar note we also tried to make a serious run at playing through not only “Chickies in the House”, but also its companion pieces, “Napoleon’s Rant” and “Duncan’s Dance”. My eventual goal here is of course to be able to play the whole trio through without stopping, but I think it’ll be a while before we catch up with Tricky Pixie in our ability to do that!
I can also note of course that the last Jam’s pie, in favor of the holiday season approaching, was pumpkin. And as I recall, it was pretty darned tasty.
Watch this space for further Jam goodness, and very possibly, a special Solstice edition of a Jam report! Also? Now that I can play it, I am totally going to be bringing in “Concerning Charlie Horse”!
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In which I celebrate the hitting of a deadline by resuming Jam; in which we have a brand new Jammer and fellow GBS fan showing up to join us; in which we have a bit of an audience with my visiting friend from Norway; and in which we break in some stuff we’ve never played before, go us! Songs: “Ferryland Sealer”, “Mari-Mac”, “Cap in Hand”, “Skullcrusher Mountain”, “Goin’ Up”, “Dryad’s Promise”, “Captain Kidd”.
This was the first Jam we had in some time, although not quite as long as it’s been since my last Jam Report post–because I was a lame-o and never did post a proper report for the last one. This is me attempting to do better this time, especially since this was a particularly fine Jam!
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In which we have a tiny Jam but a huge Jam’s worth of tasty snacks; in which we expand our musical horizons by breaking out a little Queen; and in which we celebrate the new Trek flick by breaking out the most infamous filk song there is. Songs: “By and By”, “Captain Kidd”, “Goin’ Up”, “Elf Glade, “‘39″, “Outbirds”, “Stars”, “Banned from Argo”.
( Read the rest of this entry » )Next Jam: we don’t know yet! The rest of May is full of important weekend events, not the least of which will be Folklife, so we’re not jamming again until some time in June. Watch this space for updates. And tasty baked goods. Because mmmmm cake.
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mamishka rejoins us from her sojourn in the East; in which sutures1 also returns with her much-missed dulcimer; and in which new folk join us! Songs: "Elf Glade", "Thought You Knew", "Mari-Mac", "Brian Boru", "Road to Lisdoonvarna", "Staten Island", "Lukey", "Captain Kidd", "The Night Pat Murphy Died", "Chemical Worker's Song", "Trois Navires de Ble".solarbird, cflute, pocketnaomi, and I hold a tiny but quite effective Jam, and in which it is an afternoon of new instruments all around, including violin and piano! Songs: "Captain Kidd", "Brian Maru", "Duncan's Dance", "Clockwork Waltz", "Cherry Tree Station", "Stars".pocketnaomi gets comfier with "Elf Glade" vocals. Songs: "Captain Kidd", "Old Black Rum", "Elf Glade", "Chemical Worker's Song (Process Man)", "Lukey".kendaer and pocketnaomi take another couple rounds breaking in their new guitars; in which solarbird and I are seized by the irresistible urge to Bring It; in which I still can't sing "Lukey" in G even if I can play the chords in my sleep; and in which I inch ever closer to being badassed enough for "Elf Glade". Songs: "Captain Kidd", "Duncan's Dance", "Lukey", "Goin' Up", "Process Man", "Elf Glade".kendaer and pocketnaomi get a chance to practice chord changes; and in which I learn that it's hard to channel Alan Doyle slowly. Songs: "Captain Kidd", "Process Man", "Elf Glade", "When You Leave", "Artifacts You'll Never See", "Zombie Taylor".solarbird's new songs in Jam as well as a track off the new GBS album. Songs: "Captain Kidd", "The Last Saskatchewan Pirate", "Chemical Worker's Song", "Mari-Mac", "Stars", "The Shanty Formerly Known as General Taylor", "Pirate Bill and Squidly", "Straight to Hell".pocketnaomi joins us on some singing; and in which I break out the piccolo for the first time in ages. Songs: "The Clockwork Waltz", "The Shanty Formerly Known As General Taylor", "Captain Kidd", "Mari-Mac", "Chemical Worker's Song", "Pirate Bill and Squidly".cflute in particular has some very impressive harmonies coming together for that, and kendaer is feeling some potential for rumbling out the lead on this on days when mamishka isn't available.solarbird and I went to go visit stealthcello this past Friday night, which was made entirely of Win. She and her family have a lovely home full of lovely large Maine Coon cats as well as six two-week-old kittens, with whom we visited as well and ZOMG TINY KITTENS. Dara shared some of the music she's been working on, and Betsy answered with some of hers, and me, I was impressed by Betsy's shiny new black carbon-body guitar.desperance's Bridge of Dreams, which I have scarcely begun, but already I am impressed by the liquid rhythm of the prose.s00j's Sirens, to be followed up by vixyish and tfabris's Thirteen. I have however also squeezed in Capercaillie's shiny brand new album Roses and Tears, as well as Nickel Creek's first album, since I've been meaning to listen to them for ages. This marks the first official time I have ever purchased an album calling itself country. However, listening to it, I find it definitely upholds the Alexander James Adams Principle of Celtic and Country Music, to wit: same music, different whiskey. ;)casirafics and mamishka for the midnight show at the Cinerama, and there will be much fangirling. What can I say. There are only a few people in the world that can really get me to fangirl, but Harrison Ford is one of them.blargh. The issue seemed to be that VMWare was confused by my machine's having both a CD-ROM and DVD drive, and when I changed the VM settings to tell it not to auto-detect a drive, it started behaving. So now I have a functional Ubuntu VM to use as a test platform at work. Go me! And thanks, Traest. :)mamishka returns to the fold, bringing her mighty pipes and drums with her; in which we are almost a full jamming house, lacking only stealthcello to make our numbers mighty indeed; in which solarbird has no voice but doesn't let that stop her from jamming; in which I learn that radarrider's guitar is quite mighty to play; and in which I use the word "mighty" a lot! Songs: "Mari-Mac", "Elf Glade", "Lukey", "Captain Kidd", "The Night Pat Murphy Died", Dara's new mandolin work-in-progress!turple_purtle.)technoshaman and cflute's household is hosting a housefilk on Saturday the 26th. So the next Jam will be May 4th!
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