nyc w of montreal’s kevin barnes

Nov 24 2025 was the show with of montreal’s kevin barnes. I forgot to ask him about the band name. the show was at nightclub 101—the one and only venue I play at in nyc. He’d heard me read my fucked up short story a couple of months prior, and invited me to play the show. I was so excited and nervous that I brought the wrong guitar with me from montreal.

The morning after the show, we happened upon the Chelsea, almost by mistake… but it became the centerpiece of the trip. We were guided back to the bar / lounge at sundown. In a past life we lived and died in that hotel. We played piano in the hallway.

Putting this out into the universe: I would like to spend 1 week to 52 weeks writing songs in the Chelsea Hotel. The duration is up to you and must be sponsored by you. Thank you for supporting the Arts <3

After the stint at the Chelsea Hotel, I recorded this cover by my hometown hero, Leonard Cohen.

vancouverton & photos developed from tour

many months later. ..

had started a draft post after the vancouver show. “1st time playing in Vancouver, lanalou’s, sold out. at soundcheck, i asked the woman running the show what the sound tech’s name was, a man with long white hair hanging in front of his face. she said his name is “Mok”. I said ya okay, Mok. Funny name, but a lot of older sound techs have their special names. The whole night I was calling him Mok. “Mok could we get some more vocals on the stage”, “Mok, what do you think about…”. Mok this and Mok that. At one point during the show, he was also bussing the tables, I noticed from the stage. I thanked him for his hard work between songs during the Ada Lea set. Then as I am packing up the merch, I overhear the woman running the show, and I start to notice something about her accent, it’s an Australian accent… How hadn’t I noticed earlier? She’s talking about Mok, and the whole night flashes before my eyes. With this new information about her Australian accent, I am starting to wonder if perhaps Mok had a regular disciple’s name. As it turns out, yes, his name was Mark.”

i never finished posting about all the rest of the shows on the tour, there was Portland, and SF, LA, Vegas!! and others.. and I don’t think the posts will ever happen, to be honest!! too far gone, now, and there’s absolutely no way of recalling any of those memories, now. But I did get my disposable camera developed and here are the shots through the midwest and the west coast, Idaho and sunny places.



creekward seattle

noel from the butte show recommended we visit missoula on our way to seattle, so we stopped off at a creek after getting some coffee.

posing for a photo but my foot slipped. i removed my wet sock and got fresh ones from my valise in the back of the van. i forgot that i’d put my wet sock on the seat, and then sat on it, and the wetness then transferred from my sock to my pants.

in any case, the show was gorgeous! hard to believe so many people came out too. close to 100!

ollella opened the show in seattle

buffalo jump

On our way to the show in butte, Montana, we stopped off at the buffalo jump and hiked for what would be two hours to reach the jump. It was well worth the sciatica pain and sun exhaustion.

hey it's me again - kalamazoo edition

so much distance covered, so little to say. i have actually wanted to say a lot, but my vodaphone e-sim works a fraction of the time….

you will never hear me recommend the #vodaphone e-sim to anyone ever

we played with our favourite band … Airplane Weather.

airplane weather - live in kalamazoo

city of apples

09/15/2025

new york, ny - night club 101 (night #2)

city of apples is Thomas’ joke, btw.

tasy, chris & summer all got tattoos. saw some old pals <3

weird fucks reading @ night club 101

09/14/2025

new york, ny - night club 101

my first reading! in ny

sadie dupuis gave me a misprinted copy of her book “cry perfume”

i wrote a story based on this theme of “weird fucks”. the story is about a Fish Man. I had read Tasy the opening paragraph before we left for tour. Then, in Providence, Tasy goes to get pizza from her friend pizza j? and comes back with a pizza box. She said “isn’t this fish man?” and it was…

we carried the pizza box around with us until we got to new york.

avalon way to go

09/12/2025

catskill, ny - avalon lounge

a wonderful show with Margo Ross opening with some angels singing in accompaniment like our friend Rose Stoller <3

filmed by rose stoller

gear left behind: my water bottle. later found under the seat in the van

in the bean of the radio frequency

09/10/2025 - Radio Bean - Burlington, Vt

the drive was smooth from montreal to burlington. our mini van rental is cherry red. (so much for wanting to fly under the radar)

we played with audrey pearl. the early show. as soon as we tore down, another band was setting up


after the show we walked to a pizza bar. a man in the street was yelling “get the fuuuu———ckoutta here” and now it’s all we say to each other

gear left behind: thumb pick