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Redheading #4 – Time to wave goodbye (for) now
Waving goodbye to Ocean to Ocean… Tonight’s the final show of the tour and I am IN MY FEELS. I’m feeling a little too much of everything at once, which has led to a lot of staring at the blinking cursor. This is not the essay I’d set out to write for tonight, but here…
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Redheading # 3 – Failure isn’t the end… it’s just a beginning
Tonight, dear reader, I am struck by the story of Tori’s debut record, Y Kant Tori Read, which turns 30 this year. Way back in the mid-to-late 90s, it was quite a trick to get Tori to sign a copy of YKTR. She’d giggle or maybe give you a little side-eye and smile if you…
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Redheading #2 – Summoning Scarlet: an invocation for tonight
Dearest Scarlet, It’s been twenty years since you left and I still see you everywhere I go. Waiting for the bus and in the shops. Playing piano in the hotel bar, a giant brandy snifter stuffed with ones that won’t quite be enough to cover the rent. I see a woman drinking coffee in a…
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Redheading #1 – back on my (tour) bullshit, part 1
First of all, I want to thank and welcome all of you. I wasn’t quite expecting such a warm response, so thanks for taking the time to read my work and support this project! Please feel free to add to the conversation in the comments section and/or email me with your feedback. I’d love to hear from…
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Welcome to Redheading
It’s magick time. Across the small sea of people finding their seats, the smell of incense and burning sage mixed with just a tinge of fog machine, hangs high in the air. There’s excited chatter and nervous laughter bouncing off the walls of the theater. Some of us quietly sing along with whatever Beatles or Zeppelin Mark…