Yayanos Back on the Road, Heading East
East Coasters, are you sad that you missed Mer’s theremin performance at the launch party? New York, Chicago, Indianapolis, Lousiville, Nashville, Atlanta, Columbia, Knoxville and Baltimore, you’re in luck: Faun Fables is coming through, and Mer is performing with them. Click here for the tour dates.
You know the drill: we’ll be light on Mer-posts for the next couple of weeks, but when she returns, there’ll be wonders to show! When the tour went through Europe, Mer revealed the the most depressing towel rack ever made, found at the Tyrolean Folk Museum in Austria. When she toured the midwest, Mer uncovered The Tarnished Beauties of Blackwell, Oklahoma – a poignant post that inspired both my mom’s first-ever Coilhouse comment and a heartfelt comment from Shirley Love, a 72-year-old native of Blackwell. What will Mer discover on her East Coast adventure? Stay tuned.
August 15th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
That is a Crazy schedule. Hopefully I’ll get to see them, in action.
August 15th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
Sweet! Knoxville’s right over the mountains. I’ll be there.
August 15th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
I loved that tarnished beauties post so much as well…
What a treat it was to meet Mer and see her play the theremin live. I can’t wait to hear/see more of her work.
August 15th, 2008 at 6:09 pm
I will be at the Atlanta show. Faun Fables is one of my favorite bands (almost any musical endeavor involving Nils Frykdahl is probably going to be “one of my favorite bands” but FF and SGM especially so). Not only that its going to be at my favorite venue.
August 15th, 2008 at 8:21 pm
Baltimore is only a 2 or so hour drive from VA. I believe I’ll be making some travel arrangements.
August 16th, 2008 at 9:15 am
I’ll be seeing her there! FINALLY MEETING MER!
August 16th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
The east coast is in for a treat…hope some of you going take pictures!
August 18th, 2008 at 6:01 am
deep sigh
…again, no love for Charlotte
August 18th, 2008 at 9:22 am
Paul, dear, we’re not scorning you on purpose. Promise. Remember, Dawn is in her third trimester. The tour schedule/routing has to be short, but sweet. Besides, we are playing in Columbia, S.C. It’s a bit of a drive (a little over an hour), but hey, it’s definitely in the neighborhood.
August 19th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
Mer, I want to thank you and the band for the show tonight at the Earl in Atlanta. It was such a wonderful experience to meet and speak with both you and Nils; and such a treat to see you on that theremin. Thank you also for the theremin tips, hopefully one will be in my possession soon.
Good luck on the rest of that tour and hopefully Dawn actually has that baby on stage like promised . . . just be cautious of the janitor’s wrath. I could’ve swore the one cleaning up the Earl was homeless.
August 20th, 2008 at 1:03 am
Tonight’s Faun Fables show was everything I had hoped it would be. Nils and Dawn are two of the most enchanting stage presences you will find anywhere. The music was wonderful from start to finish but special compliments for the powerful performance of Eyes of the Bird that the show closed on.
I was also extremely happy to meet and talk with Mer in person.
August 20th, 2008 at 5:28 am
Then I guess I should thank Ben for starting up a conversation with Mer . . . had he not I don’t think I would’ve approached her at that water cooler.
And I agree wholeheartedly with your statements on the quality of the show: amazing, intimate, and supremely entertaining. “Eyes of the Bird” was incredible live.
August 22nd, 2008 at 12:08 am
For the record, that’s an awesome portrait. REALLY catches the eyes nicely.
August 25th, 2008 at 11:51 am
She’s better in person.