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Since the last one has generated many amusing responses, another video clip from the same 1993 show at the Talkhouse: "She Believes", again with the amazing Rich Lyles on guitar. I'd very nearly forgotten about this one; now I'm thinking I might play it Saturday night.

Next Saturday (December 16th, 2006) at 8pm I'm back at the Sun Shoppe for another evening of music and disjointed rambling.

Will there be guest vocals from Christy? Could be.

Brad on percussion? Very possibly.

A new song or two? One might hope.

Bloodshed? Almost certainly.

Always, always a great time playing there. All the more so if you join us.

Paul Roub

Saturday, December 16th, 2006 at 8pm

The Sun Shoppe & Cafe

540 E New Haven Ave.

Melbourne

321-676-1438

As always, see paulroub.com/gigs for show details, directions, etc.

Jeff Nall wrote a very flattering review of several of my tunes for the 12/8/2006 Florida Today. I'd link directly to the article, but it doesn't seem to have made it online. So I'm leaning on a fairly liberal interpretation of "fair use" and posting a scan of the whole thing right here:

Holy crap.

1993. The Stephen Talkhouse in South Beach. The "Artist Support" benefit show. Me, with a very... colorful shirt and extra-large hair. The fantastic Rich Lyles on guitar. "The Simple Things". Sorry for the quality, pulled this off a 3rd-gen VHS copy.

So I neglected to say "thanks" to everyone who came out to the Sun Shoppe last Saturday -- a surprising number of you, in more ways than one. And it really was a good night -- not least thanks to my brother, Brad, bringing on the percussion.

Midway through the first set, I looked down and wondered why the hell these new strings already looked so rusty. Then I remembered that every time I've had that thought, it has not been rust, but rather the result of me wripping my right index finger to shreds. At that point, I also noticed that the strings were not the only part of the guitar so anointed.

Unusually, this time it was not during "Closer", when all caution and restraint are generally abandoned. I think it was during "Room To Breathe", but I don't know. Definitely a while before I actually noticed it had happened.

Hard to get a decent picture of the results, but here's the best I could get (click for a larger version):

And yes, those are droplets inside the guitar as well. You can't really make out the lovely spray pattern on the pickguard. One of the unsung benefits of tortoise-shell patterns, I guess.