This Weekend

I’ve got two exciting shows this weekend. First up Friday night Megan and I will be doing a duo set at Johnny Brenda’s. We’re opening for our neightbors and friends, Turning Violet Violet for their EP release party.

Although I’ve been saying this for years, starting this October, I am going to start official recording of Pangaea: When the Continents Were One (my long awaited opera). That being said, I plan to seriously scale back playing live and immerse myself in the studio to work on this life long dream project. You may see some solo Ghost Darling shows or shows the hot new project with Joe Hallman, Attita Taylor and Johnell Lawerence in 2010 and 2011, but for me it’s studio, studio, studio (Phil Collins style). So Gemini Wolf shows for the rest of the year and 2011 will be scarce. This may be your last chance to catch us for a while.

I’m also planning a special treat of playing my Fender Rhodes for this show. When I was a young man, I had no problem lugging the 100 pound beast up and down club steps at 2am on Tuesday night. Now that I’m old, I’ve been sticking to mostly portable MIDI gear. However, since this maybe my last rock club show in quite a while, I decided to bring the (new) Rhodes out for one last show.

The second show this weekend will be the Gears of Sand showcase at One Thousand Pulses in North Jersey. It’s been over four years since I’ve played with Bill and Ben from GoS and I’m really looking forward to this gig. It’ll be a great night of new drone, ambient and electronic with some subtle visuals. I’ve been hearing great things about the 1000 pulses series and am looking forward to heading up to play.