I was bound to host a house concert that was poorly attended at some point, and regrettably Matt Harnish was it. Heck, because unbeknownst to me Matt brought along an opening act, for a while it looked like the bands would nearly match the audience. Fortunately, that didn't happen, but only barely. Our attendance was:

The BandsMatt ( Read more... )

My friend Brandt is a big fan of an indie pop band called Bunnygrunt. Matt Harnish from Bunnygrunt is doing a solo tour in May, and he just happened to have a spot free when he was near Cleveland. A few emails later and our eight house concert is on the schedule for Friday, May 20 ( Read more... )

Once is chance. Twice is coincidence. Thrice is pattern.

Based on this formulation, having Matt Pond PA perform in my living room is now a pattern. For this third visit, they offered the tickets to their Facebook friends. My friend Ed & I divvied up the other tickets to a few friends. For the third time in a row, we broke the living room ( Read more... )

After our successful July house concert, Matt Pond PA decided that house concerts were a viable business model, so they put together an entire tour of them. Naturally they stopped in Cleveland, so Matt & Chris rolled into my living room on Thursday, October 1Unlike the first time, this was a paid gig with all tickets sold in advance. No worries ( Read more... )

First off, a quick review of the Jeremy Messersmith show in my house on September 14. Sadly, it will be quick because it was cancelled. Advance ticket sales were abysmal, presumably because it was on a Monday night, so Jeremy's team pulled the plug on the show. This is disappointing, but such is life. In our defense, we did suggest that Monday ( Read more... )

Back in 2012, Minnesotan singer-songwriter Jeremy Messersmith performed in front of 25 people in my living room. Everybody involved had a great time, so when he put out the call for hosts for his new tour, Ed and I were all in. The customary wrangling of schedules went on for a bit, but I'm pleased to announce that my living room will host Jeremy ( Read more... )

Wait, what? There's a house concert review but no "you are invited to a house concert" post? I can explain.

So indie rock band Matt Pond PA has been around since 1998, first intruding on to my consciousness when Matt and the gang headlined my radio station's annual concert, Studio-A-Rama, in 2006. Although I checked out his albums in the ( Read more... )

The second time Eliza Rickman played my living room she stayed over for an extra day and I fed her dinner. When Phil Ajjarapu played my living room in July he also stayed over for an extra day, and I fed him dinner.

As it happens, before Phil was certain he'd be staying an extra day I'd invited my attorney zoethe over for dinner to discuss some stuff ( Read more... )

I hosted my fourth house concert on Sunday, July 13, when Phil Ajjarapu played my living room. This gig was dead simple to book. Phil is my fraternity brother (in fact, he's my big brother) so when he announced that he and his faithful dog Molly were on tour to support his solo debut album Sing Along Until You Feel Better booking him was as easy as ( Read more... )

On Sunday, July 13, I will be hosting my fourth house concert. Austin singer-songwriter and close personal friend Phil Ajjarapu will be invading my living room to play pop music from his new album to 30 or so of my closest friends. You should join us. Here's the Facebook invite with full details ( Read more... )