–Landed new contract to do outplacement counseling/workshops at companies doing layoffs. Business, say the folks I’ll be working with, is booming and no let up in sight. Good for me, I guess; the idea of getting a profitable chunk of business off of the misery of others is a little off-putting, but I can’t afford to turn it down right now. At any rate, I’ll be doing something to help people in trouble, and that’s a small saving grace.
No, I won’t be the guy doing the layoffs themselves.
Other work is starting to pick up, too, after a long wait. This is good. I have been a little desperate wondering what needed to happen to get things rolling again, and have been working every networking connection I have for weeks now…
— Decent Duende gig last night at GotPoetry Live. No rehearsal time, so we held off on some of the tougher new work; still, a good set.
Set List:
Celia (newly recorded, although we’ve been doing it live for a while now)
By The Numbers (new; first live performance)
The Last Word (second live performance — the poem better known as "Let’s Fuck"; we only did the first half of the newly recorded version which includes a segue into "Revelation")
Meditations On A Black Excursion
Classic Rock
Faro’s solo (a gorgeous melodic piece on bass — tech troubles with guitar sound made this an all-bass set)
Me solo ("How To Become A Phoenix," which I think we’ll be recording)
Jim At Home
Snakes On A Plane (first time resurrecting this one in a while)
Next gig (which will be different and I hope includes "Get Up" and the full "Last Word/Revelation") is at Stone Soup, Out Of the Blue Gallery, Cambridge, on 3/2.
— Worked today, a training class that was like pulling teeth. Second day tomorrow; I’m not looking forward to it.
Dark Matter 
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