Here’s the video from my show at Local Sunday Sessions.

Set: Paige Don’t Panic, You Have the Worst Taste in Men, You Don’t Know Anyone I Want to Know

Paul gave each of us an hour which is a damn long set. I made a list of 24 or 25 songs that I could play. I swapped some in and didn’t play others but I still played 19 songs. And as you can see, that only brushes 45 minutes.

My massive set: Becky, KD, Eliza, Zooey, Out the Other, Nicole, Apostrophe, I Gave Up, Can’t Stand Losing You (Police), I Remember Girls, Every Little Thing, Bad Scene Everybody’s Fault (Jawbreaker), Frankly Mr Turner, Lazy Man, Don’t Come Close (Ramones), News 4 U, Stay Together for the Dog, You Have the Worst Taste in Men, Selina

I’m always at a loss on how to do those shows. You know, it’s a bar. It’s midday. People likely aren’t listening. I’d flip-flopped between playing a largely covers set and playing my short pop songs. I decided that I should just play what I want to play since the crowd probably won’t care. And that worked for me at least. I should have made a longer list of songs. But there’s this distance you feel when you’re in front of a microphone and no one is really paying attention. I like those gigs in a way cause they toughen you up but man, it’s lonely on the mic for that hour. So what do I next time that happens? Just bust into half an hour of Ramones songs? Just keep playing whatever I want? I wonder.

Boris’s Acoustic Night.

My set:
a brand new one, “Jenna, I Don’t Wanna Be a Friend”
and two old ones, KD and Eliza

Set: Long Beach, Becky, Worst Taste, Ilsa, Out the Other, I Remember Girls, Every Little Thing, An Apostrophe, News 4 U, Maureen, Driver 8, Selina

I played some oldies: I Just Took a Shower With Your Girl, Nina, Ilsa

I played Boris’s Acoustic Night at Father’s on Sunday. Here’s how it went. I played: Long Beach, Lazy Man and Out the Other.

While in Nashville over the last month, I played at Merridee’s Breadbasket’s Saturday Songwriters Night. I invited my friends Sean Williams and Aaron Robinson to play the evening too. I’ve been a fan of their songs for years but haven’t ever played a show with them. It was a really great time with a lot of friends.

My set: Long Beach, All or Nothin, Leaving You, I Never Cared For You (Willie Nelson), Frankly Mr Turner, We Used to Hang, I Fall Hard, Not My Girl, We’re With You.

I was lucky enough to land a show at The 5 Spot in East Nashville last night. I was also lucky enough that some great friends filled out the bill and made it a wonderful night. My great thanks to Gentleman Drivers and Action! and all the friends who came out on a Sunday night to watch some rock ‘n’ roll.

My friends Todd K and Ryan E played with me. We started The Carter Administration together a long time ago. I had thought it would be funny to call a band Todd A and the B-Holes. So that’s what we were. This was the most fun show I’ve ever played. I loved it. We play together in some fashion when I’m in town but this was the first full band show with me on an acoustic. It was just the sound I was hoping for. My tremendous love and thanks to Ryan and Todd. That was an amazing night.

We played: Long Beach, Selina, I Gave Up, Spare the Rod, Ilsa, Apostrophe, Out the Other, Flat Wendy, Easy Street, and Stay Together.

I played a short set at The Listening Room Cafe in Nashville, Tennessee last night. The sound was great. It’s a cool room. I played: You’re Not My Girl, Leaving You, and I Fall Hard