My friends Noah and Hailey came with me to Zephyr to hear me play tonight – they are in town for Thanksgiving. I was excited to have them in the audience – up until now my audience has consisted mainly of strangers or acquaintances I’ve met at the bars and coffee shops. We got to...

Played tonight at Zephyr – it’s a total dive on Virginia, nestled comfortably between the adult bookstore, the Wonder Silver Peak, and a Chinese Food restaurant known for booting cars who happen to stray into their parking lot. Tonight was my first time there for open mic. Got there at...