Spent time tonight rehearsing with Faro on new stuff.

We now have four poem/music pieces beyond the “Jim’s Fall” suite:

— Getting Ahead
— Snakes on a Plane (which I’ve grown to actually like with music behind it)
— I Need A Guitar Right Now (Or Something Like It)
— Revisiting Roses and Violets

We’ve also got a couple more in progress — “Lighter” and “Cante Jondo For The Left Side.” Plus, I’ll be trying to write some work to go with his music, a reversal of our usual practice.

We’ll try and get an MP3 of some of this up on one or both of our Myspaces soon.

With the exception of “SOAP” these are all older poems (although certainly “Jim’s Fall” qualifies as recent work). This is cool, but I’d like to get some even newer stuff done as well.

Again, this is the most satisfying work I’ve done in ages.

I should mention three things:

1. Faro plays the last two on classical guitar. Which he learned a month ago. I have no adequate words for this.

2. We’re actively looking for shakedown features in the new year — colleges, venues, etc. Hit me, people.

3. I think this little duo project needs a name. We thought about just calling it “Jim’s Fall” but that seems reductionist. Any thoughts? Serious replies wanted, especially if you’ve seen us; humorous responses will likely be chuckled over and then summarily discarded.