hi everyone,

i am writing this on board  a 747 heading home from a trip to Prague, and Paris.

I went to Prague to perform with Lou Reed at a very special event.

It was a gala event celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the Velvet Revolution and the fall of the Iron Curtain.

It was held by former President Vaclav Havel, who invited Lou, Joan Baez, Suzanne Vega and Renee Fleming to perform.

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 I've had a few good weeks of seeing some good friends making Art.  Two weeks ago my brother Andy and I played a 40th birthday party for Octopus Books in Ottawa.  The Bidini Band was on the show with us.  It was life affirming to see Dave Bidini rock out the way he always has with the Rheostatics.  He has surrounded himself with exciting, convention bashing musicians who take the music higher at every turn.  Doug Frieson on Bass, Paul Linklater: guitar, and Don Kerr: Drums.  The Rheostatics will always be at the core of what has inspired the Ladies.

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