victory, FL, bean factory
That’s me a couple weeks back at the Victory Muse show. There are more and better pictures here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/micahtaylor/sets/72157615602779470/
Rachel Kurtz and I did the song ‘bootstraps’ for the first time in 8 years (it’s on the rare and hard but not hard enough to find boy.girl CD ‘cheaply painted barns.’) Jonathan Rundman joined in on accordian and Lars Carlson played along for the closer – I’m Troubled and I Don’t Know Why. The Victory Muse house concerts have been awesome and this Saturday Rachel Kurtz will be playing with her husband, the legendary guitarist, Michael May. For those of you with the Mysterious Kung Fu…. CD, Michael is responsible for the rock and roll solo on Get In the Tub. So check out the Victory Muse and check out the show.
1. I got stopped at security at the airport on my way out. They wanted to check my bag. As the security personal started looking through it she said – “do you have a teapot in here?” I correctly assumed she was referring to my ceramic coffee cup and said, “Yeah, it’s right under here…” and reached over and began pulling my socks and underwear out of the way. She quickly moved the bag away and said curtly. “You can’t touch this.” Keep in mind it was 4:30 in the morning so my judgement was a bit off as I immediately started humming the rest of the chorus to this MC Hammer classic. She wasn’t ammused. Or at least on the outside. Inside I think she was cracking up. Or deciding whether or not to turn me into the feds. Of course in the end the lingering question remains, so what if it was a teapot? Whatch out for that guy, he’s already had 3 mugs of chamomile this morning. Dangerous.
2. I led a songwriting workshop on saturday morning and the group came up with an awesome gathering song that we used for Sunday morning worship. My favorite part was they used the simile of hot chocolate as the warmth and comfort we find in gathering together. It fit the context of camp, but also of being filled, of being a vessel, not to mention comfort. A lot of us are used to all the old church language in hymns. It’s good to break out and use new imagery. This group did it way better than someone like myself, stuck in my ruts, usually does. Good work!
3. sheesh, what’s number three? Could be running in warm weather, or the hanging out before and after the event, could be the group singing, or… Oh here’s a good one. Sunday night walking out of target we heard a weird sound. Looking up in the air at a distant trail of smoke Chad pointed out that we had just heard the space shuttle launch. Sure enough there was a little light zooming out into space. We saw the space shuttle. Sweet.
Finally, this Friday Micah and I will be at the bean factory here in St. Paul up on Randolph. 7-9. if you want to sing a few songs bring an instrument. we’d love to have you.