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"I was absolutely
entranced with the Brilliant Expressive work of the man credited only as Ted The
Fiddler" Dirty Linen Site Updated 7/4/08 Jeepers! I just realized there is now a link to my web site from the Colonial! I never get around to reading our own Newsletter that often.... guess I'd better get on with the revamping of this web site! right now, it's a mess. So happy 4th to every one. Phoenixville is pulling out all the stops today and hopefully the rain will stop by this afternoon. There will be a couple unveiling/dedications today, plus music in the streets and fireworks tonight right down town. Should be a great party, but hard to park. I know I'm going early because I need to be ready for the Blob Plaque unveiling at 7 and to run the projectors for Iron Man tonight. I wanted to add a cartoon or an old Serial episode to the program, but with the Fireworks, I was afraid the movie would run to long. The movie is slightly over two hours. Hope to see some of you there and at Blob Fest next week. 5/27/08 The Stumble down the Mountain Boys will be in the Malvern Memorial Parade this coming Sunday, if the weather holds out. Last year it rained on us and Ric's bass amp got wet and blew up! So we'll hope for the best. I've lost track of how many years I've done this, but several people think it's over 20 years now!!!! The one steady job I've ever had. 5/11/08 OK! Today the Stumble Down The Mountain Boys will be at Fitzwater Station along the Canal just East of Phoenixville. You can check my Where's Ted pages to click on a link to the Fitz and get directions and details. We're kicking off the first of the summer concerts today. This year I think John has the music booked every other weekend. I'll be over there with the Manatees too in a couple weeks. I've forgotten the Date though, but that's also a very good afternoon.... The Fitz has been one of my favorite places to play for the last 10 years or more. John Dodd and Ric Lake and I got together Friday Night to go over a few tunes for Today and it sounded better than ever so I'm really looking forward to this afternoon. 4/24/08 Ah! Summer!!! Well... spring, but.... Ah! Summer!!!! We’ve got gigs!!! I realize this is short notice for this Sat, but I’ll be at Historic Sugartown from about 2pm until 5:30pm both strolling and playing on a stage near the food. The Stumble Down The Mountain Boys will be opening the season at Fitzwater Station again this year and we’re also in the Malvern Parade yet again. Ex Mayor John Flint thinks it’s over 20 years now we’ve been appearing in this annual parade. So you see, I can hold down a steady job after all! You can check out the “Where’s Ted Playing" page to get all the details and I’ll also try to update the Point Concerts I have listed, but you can always check the Colonial Theatre web site for that too. We’ve got Dickey Betts next Wednesday Night back for a second time at our venue…. Site Updated 4/8/08 I don't know if any one will notice this, but I'm getting hit with so much spam... I'm pretty sure my domain here has been compromised, so I'm shutting off my e-mail. Probably forever. I'll keep the domain so the web site stays up and can be found from Google, but I no longer have or use e-mail. If you need to reach me.... use the telephone. So much for modern technology. I guess this is a form of Identity Theft. I was getting over 100 spams in less than 5 minutes, all addressed to some version of me from some other version of me. Today it became unbearable and unmanageable. 3/17/08 Well, as you can see it's been a VERY long time since I updated my site. I just got back from Cinefest in Syracuse, NY. 4 days of non stop films from the early days of sound and the silent era. We're talking films as early as 1914-15 up to around 1940. About 16 hours of films each day.... yes, I said each day! It's one of the bigger gatherings of film preservationists in the world too. People who work every day restoring and trying to make available our film past. The Movies are a walking talking time capsule of American History and social attitudes. The main reason I'm writing today is I will be playing at the Sly Fox tonight from 7pm until 10pm for the first time in a long while. This film Festival used to be the first week in March, but they've moved it to the second week to try and cut down on the bad weather from the lakes up there in upstate New York. Generally that wipes out St Patty's Day for me. I'm not around any more. But... This year it fell on a Monday and I'm back in time, and so the Tradition of Ted & St Patty's Day at the Sly Fox goes on! See you there if you discover this in time. 9/26/07 Ah! The Blog, The Blog! What to say.... I have nothing to say, but I just posted some new Point Concerts on the Schedule list for the Colonial Theatre. Also September 29th at 3pm and Midnight. I should be on TV again on WYBE PBS in Philadelphia. It's called Spotlight with Dianne Canney and I think this show was about Motorcycles and Movies about Motorcycles 9/4/07 Summer is now History. Yes we did play a few places. I just never got around to updating this web site. I don’t know at this point if any one reads this, but I do want to get better at keeping it updated. 05/22/07 So... we had a great time at Fitzwater on Sunday. The first of the season there. We got a little rained out, but got two good one hour sets in. I was sitting in with Randy & Will of the Manatees. I'll be there with the Stumble Down The Mountain Boys on Fathers Day, so mark your Calendars. 4/14/07 Time zooms by and I realize I haven't updated the web site. There are a couple of new dates for the Stumble Boys and a whole lot of new Point Concerts on the Schedule page. 04/03/07 So.... I have not said beans in months. I think I'm too drunk now to say anything, but I'm here. Thinking a lot about a lot of things. Just waiting for a couple of people to die so I can really say what I think.... I put a notice here on the home page that I was planning to redo this whole site very soon. I just realized that was a year ago! I haven't had time to do anything. The older you get the faster time seems to go... There is a great new club near my house called Chaplin's. I hope you'll check it out. Nothing new to report, except I'm thinking of creating a page for myself to rant and rage on. Ted's Blog, because of a suggestion from Gene Shay that I'm the original Blogger. I used to write these long multi page letters to people and I got pretty well known for it in certain circles. Mostly Musicians. Now it's all the rage in the internet, and I certainly have some things to rant about with these elections coming up. I haven't been able to send out a Newsletter since I got DSL service, so I'm thinking about resurrecting the hard copy version. Normally I'd keep it updated here at least, but I haven't had much to say lately. Too busy to write actually. The Newsletter was never intended to be a Blog. It's more of an advertising gimmick. I tell a funny story and you remember it and me with a good feeling, plus I'd list my upcoming Appearances. A Blog is different in that it can go on and on on anything I chose to write. Most Blogs I think are interactive, but it will take a while until I can get that working here. I still don't know much about web design, or the software, but I'm learning. I've got a song I wrote listed on Folk Alley's Open Mic, you can go there and Vote on it and see if more people will notice it. Folk Alley is a wonderful Internet Radio station. This web site is about to get a Major overhaul. Keep checking back to see what's going down. |
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