Northeast Tour (so far)

A million thanks to everyone coming to shows and spreading the word about my music. I love to sing for you!
XO
Erin

On creating

"The work is in the work itself."
-Toni Morrison

having a 6 year old sister is like...

Megan: I bumped my head.

Mom: On what?

Megan: The bathroom floor.

The Importance of the Subject

"All, In Time" from the Sweet Little E.P. will be in one of the darker scenes in the upcoming film, Ruth's Locket.

(there's a really good explanation of that song in the Mixtank Interview - Track 5 of the Sweet Little E.P.)

thanks, parties, pix, and existentialism

FIRST of all, let me send out a HUGE thank you for all the love i've been receiving after the recent Perez Hilton shoutout.

and THEN, let me (this is my blog and i do what i want) heave a sigh of relief that the Sweet Little EP release party in Austin is over (i've almost recovered) and was overwhelmingly fantastic. Pictures to come, but here's a teaser...


--UPDATE-- pictures are online HERE!

i heard recently that nothing is worth reading that hasn't been worked on for at least 24 hours. but, that's just one man's opinion and for those of you who are into eating dessert before dinner, i'm all atwitter now. it's another jewel in my crown of self-enshrining dalliances. all these things come in handy, though, since i do not remember most things if they aren't written down somewhere. i wish i'd started blogging, etc. a long time ago (had it been possible in the dark ages of the 'net - aka 1998), because i have pictures of myself in cool places and i have no recollection whatsoever of what i was doing.


so, amidst dreams of hotel rooms surrounded by graveyards, my latest thoughts are of restless impermanence. i'm comforted by the notion that restlessness is appropriate until the spirit is freed from the constraints of its earthly body. somehow, giving myself permission to feel not-entirely-at-home on earth helps a lot.

reminds me of the book, The Van Gogh Blues, about existential depression and meaning. while i don't ascribe to all his assertions, i like Eric Maisel's ideas about creating (rather than seeking) meaning.

"I make my meaning—or else I don’t. All that exists until I actively and mindfully make personal meaning is the possibility of meaning and, while I wait to get started, the experience of emptiness. There is the possibility that I will experience the next hour as meaningful, a possibility that turns into a reality only if I make a certain kind of decision and a certain kind of investment."

Knockout Bash - April 12, 2008

Birth of the Sweet Little EP

Authentic replicas of these very tickets are now available for pre-sale online... and they even come with a show!


This is Conan (the Barbarian). He was our translator and also very helpful in addressing envelopes.


There were lots of envelopes. They all ended up with an airplane stamped on them.


Renee carved the stamp herself. Her creative spirit is inspiring.


As we finished our 32-hour CD-manufacturing blitz, fireworks started going off downtown in honor of the Sweet Little EP. (They were actually for the opening of the Long Center, but I choose delusion.)

Oh Crap Its SXSW

The "Oh Crap Its SXSW" Mixtape deserves it's own post:

DOWNLOAD IT FOR FREE RIGHT HERE.

New songs. Live stuff. Banter, even.

A sunburn is good when...

... it comes from watching great music on a warm, clear Saturday in Austin. Here's a wrap-up of what little I did during SXSW:

Wednesday: Photo shoot with photographer Mathew Sturtevant for upcoming Sweet Little EP album. Mark your calendar for the release party on April 12 at The Scoot Inn!

Thursday: I chauffered Ingrid Michaelson and Allie Moss through an enviable schedule of interviews and performance showcases all around the city. Variety Magazine, VH1, KGSR radio, Waterloo Records, etc. The girls are currently on the Hotel Cafe tour. Here's Ingrid at KGSR studios being interviewed for the Jim Lehrer News Hour:

Friday: I did the final studio recording for the Sweet Little EP in the morning. Then I ran home and recorded/assembled the spankin' new "Oh Crap Its SXSW" Mixtape. You can DOWNLOAD IT FOR FREE RIGHT HERE.

Saturday: checked out The Monocles and my Chicago favorites, Scouts Honor at Monkeywrench Books,

and then played my own set at Love. (Thanks to Cat for the picture!)

Also got to see fantastic performances there by Atash (below), John Pointer, and Shelley King.

That night I dreamed I put my new EP onto floppy disks (the earliest, actually-floppy ones). Then I realized nobody uses floppies anymore, so I'd put all my hard work onto a wasted medium. (Its like my psyche was questioning the relevance and intrinsic value I assign to what I deliver into the world, or the way I share the things I value. Gotta sit with this one for a while.)

Sunday: smothered my maddened shoulders in Lidocaine and hiked Emma Long Park, away from the evaporating mayhem downtown.

Incidentally, if anyone else shares my girlcrush on Zooey Deschanel, she and M. Ward have a band. And they're great!