Philip Gayle - Journal

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10-22-05
This month has been soooooooo busy! Unbelievably busy! I went to Canada and will take a break and head to Houston for a week!! Yeah!! I had to stay at home all day and work today for a deadline on Monday...I didn't get to go out to a gig I wanted to see and worked all day and all night! UGH! UGH! It's actually the 23rd now.....But, I am being productive these days and November might be even busier!! I hope to get on some gigs sooner than later! I am writing lots and lots of poetry lately too! Peace to Everyone! Happy Weekend!

09-03-05
Last night I went with my good friend Aya Kato (awesome pianist and songwriter) to Freddy's Back Room in Brooklyn to see Jay Frederick play (drums) with a trio he is in. They were amazing! Jay plays in Gojo Hearts, another band I LOVE! I saw them play at Detour on Sunday in town, and they sound better and better everytime! You should hear them play!

07-04-05
Tonight I went and saw fireworks near midtown and the East River. It was spectular! I had the best time! I didn't realize I would be so close! Before the fireworks I was at Right Track Studios on 48th St. right next to Manny's where I bought a cowbell, drumsticks, and some guitar picks way back in 1982 with old pal!! I was checking out the band Gojo Hearts. They were recording some demos and it sounded great! I recently made friends with them, and will go see them play again on the 23rd before I head back to Houston to see family and friends. I recommend you check out their music, but they are working on a web-site, so when it's up I will put it in the links section! The Mommy Row is beginning to make its way around here and there and I hope to play some gigs on the East Coast in the Fall along with some sporadic gigs in Brooklyn and Manhattan.

05-19-05
It has been too long. I hope everyone is well. The new album The Mommy Row is coming out August 16th on Family Vineyard. I look forward to a Northeast US tour in the Fall. I will be in Japan in the Fall as well, so it looks like it will be a busy end to the year. I will keep all posted for gig dates and release info. - philip


	Frank Martin and me outside Diverse Works as it burns down.		I took this photo when I finally parted with my favorite shoes.


	I must have played at the Blue Zone in Kichijoji, Tokyo over 100 times. The greatest space to be weird in. Unfortunately it burned down as well. Photo with Homma Yasunobu..


	This is Birgrumbacher. He recorded a lot of my stuff like Keguribap. He's a bassist in New Zealand. A great musician.		1980 in Vermont. I carried an old camera case stuffed with tree bark and wrote poems about puddles and frogs and sponges.