The performance last night at the High Mayhem Festival(Santa Fe, New Mexico) was pretty good. Because we had more time than at the NWEAMO Festival, we were able to do a couple of other pieces. These were a little ragged (due to lack of rehearsal) but never-the-less, seemed to go over well. We closed with eftah, the piece we've been playing a lot and it was by far the best performance yet. Jeremy and I are starting to get to that next layer of performance chemistry that only comes from repetition. Things are going to be different with him living in Arizona...we'll have to work long distance.

The High Mayhem Festival is really impressive. A three day event with about 30 musical/poetry acts, the organizers really do a great job of moving things along. This is not affiliated with any universities...just some really dedicated people who work really hard all year to put this thing on. All of the music I heard was interesting and varied, from very "out" to "sort of out" to groove based. The sound technicians were all patient and helpful and there seemed to be no shortage of people around to help with moving and carrying things.

I met all kinds of cool people, some of them other artists and some just local folks just there to hang out and listen. Jeremy took the kids back to the hotel room (starting to fall asleep) about midnight but I stayed to the bitter end (3:30am).

There has been some really cool hangs. Jeremy's sister Andi and her husband Kevin were in town vacationing, so we had a few meals with them. They also came to the show so it was nice to have a little support...It was cool to have Isaac and Ben there as well, I'll miss seeing them. There was also a continued Cleveland-San Francisco hang as Last Chance for the Loneliest Kitten (Josh, Kurt and Ava) were also performing.

Today it's rainy and cold, so I'm just sitting in a coffee shop, checking my email and blogging. I sort of wanted to go hiking somewhere but the weather and very little sleep are keeping me firmly planted on my ass. Later, I'll go and wander about downtown Sante Fe's shops and galleries and look at all of the stuff I can't afford to buy.