This is part 5 of a 5 part series. Missed the rest? Click through for parts one, two, three, and four—the show! MAY 2, 2016 Quack. Quack. Quack. Stunned that I’d had the presence of mind to set an alarm at all, I rolled over to tell my ducky ringtone to go back to sleep …
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This is part 4 of a 5 part series. Click here for part one, here for part 2, and here for part 3! MAY 1 2016 First, a BIG DISCLAIMER: This is not a review. It is not comprehensive, and there’s no setlist. I remember most of this show, but not all, and in bits …
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This is part 3 of a 5 part series. Click here for part one, and here for part 2! “If I’m alive in the morning, I’ll be alive in a dream…”Eagles, “Chug All Night” MAY 1, 2016 Alive in a dream I was. I woke up surprisingly early, and as soon as I opened my …
Continue reading Dallas Dreams: Don Henley Runaway Tours 2016, Part 3
This is part 2 of a 5 part series. Missed the first part? Click here to go back! APRIL 30, 2016 The hotel looked huge and imposing from outside, but that had nothing on the inside. I walked in and just stood there for a moment, looking around, mesmerized. And lost. “Can I help you …
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MARCH 10, 2016 Reluctantly, I stood up from the break room table. Lunch hour over, I picked up my phone and started towards the door. Buzzzz. “Well, I should check that email before I go back out,” the procrastinator in me thought. I stopped, clicked the Mail icon. ULTIMATE FAN EXPERIENCE, my inbox proclaimed. The …
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Before I was a Coyote, before I was Kooky, before I even knew what a Lindsey Buckingham was, I found the Beach Boys. In grade 5, we were told to pick either the Beatles or the Beach Boys and do a project on their history and songs. (I don’t know why those were the only …
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If I wrote a screenplay of my life, late December, 2000 would be the "All is Lost"* point. The lowest point for the protagonist, the point where it cannot get any worse but you also can't figure out how it could ever get better for them. I flew to Toronto from Virginia on Christmas Day, …
Continue reading So long, 2020, the “All is Lost” moment in the world’s screenplay.
And here we are, another world away from that last post in April. There have been many times I've intended to write, wanted to write. But the hope I spoke of in April hasn't made it this far, and it's hard to write about the things I've done when in my heart, it just feels …
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Man, we're a whole world away from my last post, aren't we? I've been trying hard to come up with words for this, as I suddenly work my regular job full time from my little spare room, surrounded by photos and souvenirs of 20+ years spent Coyote-ing across North America. Sometimes, those wonderful memories are …
It's been exactly one week since the news hit. Lindsey Buckingham. On tour. Spring 2020. What?!?!?!?!?! I was at work, fangirling uncontrollably, being the worst possible mentor to my new employee. Yes, boss lady squees and dances and smiles so wide her face hurts when news of a tour drops. I'm super professional! But seriously. …
The Kooky Coyote 