The Last Town Chorus' Travelogue

Technically impaired thus photoless. Takeoff was a sunset stunner overlooking New York City. On my Qantas flight, I watched a documentary about a legendary Australian lightweight boxing showdown in ’85. The guy’s aged 30, nose is broken in the 11th or so round, and he still pulls out a victory over the reigning 20 yr-old… in 15 rounds. Yeah.

Brooklyn, NY: Magical Box

Spent the day in a pre-Australia whirlwind. Leaving tomorrow. After a long day, I ate wild boar and opened a magic box (pictured).

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The last ever photograph of my short-lived not-quite-touring vehicle (on the right). Two
hundred bucks to a salvage joint in Long Island. Not because I have a crack
habit. The minivan was revealed to be a cash-sucking vortex of rotting
mechanics. It lasted slightly longer than my other attempt at NYC car
ownership… three months instead of two.

I endured political windbagging on TV to catch Stevie Wonder perform. At first I thought his harmonic sensibility had been stuck in Baggage Claim at the Denver Airport, but then realized he was simply struggling with pulling off a complicated barbershop quartet-style vocal performance in an 80,000-seat stadium. Once he settled in behind his keyboard and thumped out ‘Signed, Sealed, Delivered,’ his supremacy was duly restored. I saw him only once in person, at Radio City Music Hall. It was an unfortunate waste of his genius — twas the finale of a VH-1 ‘Divas’ taping; he was helped to the stage by one of the Backstreet Boys so that they could join a chorus of a dozen or so others in chanting a never-ending refrain of Aretha’s “Freeway of Love.”

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Brooklyn, NY: Long Song List

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The song list on the studio wall is comfortably full now. I’m leaving to tour Australia on Sunday. I spent today’s studio time on a new one about the city. It has a crunchy programmed beat and synth key lead and is something about a hot metal heart.

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Brooklyn, NY: Last Blooms of the Morning Glory

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Brooklyn, NY: Evol

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New York, NY: Turner at The Met

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Rapturous. And impossible to reproduce though I snuck this picture. Huge landscape paintings with big gobs of light drenching down from the heavens. I had that verge-of-tear feeling the whole time.

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New York, NY: Amy in East Village

Originally uploaded by MeganFromTheLastTownChorus

My mom’s visiting New York, so we went to the East Village to hear Amy (Allison) sing her perfect songs at Banjo Jim’s.

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Brooklyn, NY: Watchdog

Originally uploaded by MeganFromTheLastTownChorus

Sailor the dog barked and growled protectively when he heard me singing a particularly plaintive note in the studio. It was the song ‘Estranged.’ Dog barks aren’t particularly convenient for recording but I do appreciate the gesture.

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