Faro and I are rehearsing to be ready for shows in the area over the next few months. New stuff, new CD to drop shortly, and all that good stuff.

August 30 (this Thursday): We’re performing at the Java Hut at 9:00 as headliners for a good evening of poetry and music. My mouth isn’t one hundred percent yet, so we’ll be resting (or I will) periodically so Faro can show off his chops while I recover. Still we hope to perform not only stuff we didn’t do at our last shows in Worcester, but maybe some brand-new-to-everyone stuff too. I hear tell thisrabbit‘s on the bill too, and who knows who else?

Sept. 19 (Wednesday night): We’ll be featuring at the Cantab on Mass Ave in Cambridge, MA. Definitely some new stuff there. We’ll be doing at least a couple of cuts off the new CD; maybe even recording for some live releases.

October 6 (Saturday night): Premiering our new show, “Americanized,” at the Perishable Theater on Empire St. in Providence, RI. Expect a chapbook/CD release.

November 11: Featuring at the Lizard Lounge in Cambridge! Probably some collaboration with the Jeff Robinson Trio as well. Can’t beat that — two basses, percussion, and Jeff on sax. I feel superflous. Maybe I’ll just sit back and listen.

November 29: We headline the new poetry night at the Hotel Vernon in Worcester’s lovely and puzzling Kelley Square. Brave the traffic and be there.

December 14: The lamented Storyteller’s Open Mike returns (hey, where is this gig? gotta find out). We’re there, and we’ll be having fun. Figure on Faro doing “Carol of the Bells” solo on bass (you have to see and hear it to believe it) in a nod to the holidays.

More to come soon, I hope.

And if you’re in NYC, I’ll be performing a couple of poems solo as part of the reading for the November 3rd Club’s contributors/editors reading at the Bowery Poetry Club on — when else? — November 3rd at 6 PM. It ain’t just me of course — Jane Cassady, Michael Cirelli, Brian Dauth, Lea Deschenes, Guy LeCharles Gonzalez, Gary Hoare, Rachel McKibbens, Lynne Procope, Skip Shea, Jackie Sheeler and Patricia Smith; hosted by Victor D. Infante. C’mon down!