Monthly Archives: October 2009

We Break Strings, We Do Not Break Dance

By Dave | Published: October 17, 2009
Auyon and I just got back from a great Friday night busk in Northampton (“busking” is performing on the street for tips, which is my steadiest source of both income and joy), and once again we had our share of strange encounters and meaningful moments. I’ve been thinking for a while that it would be [...]
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Op-Ed: The Dishwasher Is Dirty

By Dave | Published: October 13, 2009
No, not the dishes in the dishwasher. The dishwasher, the thing that’s supposed to clean our plates between meals — the washdishes-er, for you Spanish speakers — is dirty. No surprise, then, that dishes often come out of it hardly any cleaner than they went in (once this was particularly true, when Sam unwittingly unloaded [...]
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Our Home in Pictures

By Darlingside | Published: October 7, 2009
I’m re-posting this because I added some more pictures, and removed some others. These focus more specifically on documenting our house and home, for those of you who might be curious.
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Tuesday Market Play-by-Play

By Auyon | Published: October 6, 2009
2:00 p.m. I arrive at the Tuesday Market behind Thornes Marketplace in Northampton, mandolin and violin in tow. I just got off work at Sam’s Pizzeria on Main Street and rushed over to meet the rest of Darlingside for our second acoustic gig in Northampton. There are bountiful turnips, gourmet mushrooms and suggestively shaped squash, but [...]
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Thought Experiment

By Dave | Published: October 2, 2009
Ok, I’d like you to think of Darlingside as a happy bridegroom, and I’d like you to think of our new studio basement as a nubile young bride, and I’d like you to imagine the recent union of the two as a happy musical marriage. And the newlyweds have been getting pretty frisky these past [...]
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