Abbreviated illustrated history of tweets. Sept 24 - Nov 2

Captions sent from the road via twitter.com/corymcabee
Columns Hotel. New Orleans, LA:

tweet- Sep 24^th. 1:33 pm: I'm in New Orleans @ my hotel / built in 1883 as a private mansion. I arrived after breakfast. They made me eggs & grits anyway. I'm happy.

The Columns Hotel is where they filmed Pretty Baby in 1978. The place looks the same.

tweet- Sep 24^th. 3:45 pm: Just ate a po-boy sandwich on Bourbon St. I only get here once every few years, so I kinda gotta. My hotel is a 30 min streetcar ride away.

I made a video on the New Orleans trolley that I call, “Spot the Murderer.” It’s a lot like Where’s Waldo. Give it a try:

Give up? The answer is, “none of the above.” When I see a jogger I like to pretend there was a murder, or someone stole their clothes, or there’s a big sale going on somewhere.

Detail from Bourbon Street:

tweet- Sep 24^th. 6:58 pm: TONIGHT in NEW ORLEANS. STINGRAY SAM. TULANE UNIVERSITY TECH DAY. FINE ARTS CENTER, 1733 CONSTANTINOPLE ST. I'm heading over in a few.

After the screening we went to d.b.a. on Frenchman St where we listened to 007 perform & drank Tito's vodka from Texas. Afterward we had burgers and shakes at Camellia's grill in the Riverbend area.

tweet- Oct 1^st. 7:31 am: On my way to JFK. Going to the STINGRAY SAM screening at the ELLENSBURG FILM FESTIVAL, ELLENSBURG, WA. It is now pouring rain in New York.

tweet- Oct 1^st. 9:13 am: Flight is delayed. Last night Bobby Lurie, Karl Derfler & I worked on new music for my small film project. The autoharp has again expanded.

Mavericks Studio. Bobby and Karl:

tweet- Fri Oct 1. 4:46 pm: Landed in Seattle! In flight I enjoyed watching the 1975 World Heavyweight Title Fight, Muhammad Ali vs Joe Fraizer III. Thrilla in Manilla.

tweet- Fri Oct 1. 6:33 pm: I'm in Ellensburg, WA. It's about 2 hrs east of Seattle. STINGRAY SAM screens tonight at 7PM opening the ELLENSBURG FILM FESTIVAL.

View from my hotel room window in Ellensburg, WA:

tweet- Oct 2. 01:47 am: We won! STINGRAY SAM BEST OF THE FEST ELLENSBURG FILM FESTIVAL, ELLENSBURG, WA.

tweet- Oct 3. 10:17 pm: Made it. I'm in line for a cab at JFK. It's cold out. I'll Twit again very soon. Over and out.

tweet- Thu Oct 7. 09:17 am: Monday, my son (age 2) swallowed a penny. Last night it came out all acid burned & rainbow beautiful. I have it in my pocket. I'm keepin it.

tweet- Thu Oct 14. 6:19 pm: @ the studio rehearsing for next week’s show & west coast tour. Blackwell is here editing live BNS clips from last week. I'll post them soon.

Here is one of the seven clips that Blackwell was editing when that tweet was sent:

tweet- Sat Oct 16. 3:52 pm: I'm in the jellyfish room at the New York Aquarium at Coney Island. It's also a beautiful Fall day outside on the boardwalk. I recommend it.

My son in the New York Aquarium Men’s room:

tweet- Mon Oct 18. 8:05 pm: Tomorrow, Tues. Oct 19. 11PM. The Billy Nayer Show performs @ Cake Shop. 152 Ludlow in NYC, Friday we'll be in Seattle, then down the coast!

tweet- Tue Oct 19. 11:35 am: I just tried on a new suit. Looked nice, but I couldn't raise my arms above my head. Salesman said if I stood on a chair I wouldn't have to.

tweet- Thu Oct 21.10:42 am: Just boarded our plane - NYC to Seattle. Bobby got the aisle seat. I got stuck in center. I've had my ribs removed for just such an occasion

tweet- Thu Oct 21. 9:51 pm: 2 hours earlier we picked up my 30 yr old autoharp from Pete d'Aigle @ d'Aigle Autoharps. He souped it up for me. He does great work.

A flower pot statue of Pete erected outside of his shop.

tweet- Thu Oct 21. 11:49 pm: We're at the Showbox in Seattle watching Mexican Mask Wrestling & Burlesque with our good friend Cathy Sorbo as ring announcer.

Lucha VaVoom:

tweet- Fri Oct 22. 17:22 pm: WE WON! Stingray Sam just won for Best Director and Best Music/Original Score at Fantastic 2010 in Montevideo, Uruguay. Thank you Uruguay!

tweet- Fri Oct 22 5:43 pm: Picked up our tour manager Todd Merrill @ airport. Tonight The Billy Nayer Show performs @ Rendezvous Jewel Box. 2322 2nd Ave. Seattle WA.

Todd:

tweet- Sat Oct 23. 12:16 pm: Seattle: Last night was a blast. The venue sold out, the crowd was great, but our drink tickets were only good for PBR. 2 out'a 3 ain't bad.

Bobby setting up his drums back stage at the Rendezvous Jewel Box Theater:

View of our hotel. Seattle, WA:

tweet- Oct 23. 6:35 pm: We're back on the road heading from Seattle to Portland OR for tonight's show @ Berbatis Pan. 231 S W Ankeny St. We'll see some'o ya tonight!

View from our hotel room window. Portland, OR.

tweet- Sun Oct 24 11:11 pm: We've just crossed the state line from OR into CA. HWY 199. Deep in the heart of Yeti country USA. Raining like heck. Missed sound check.

tweet- Oct 25 6:15 pm: We are @ tsunami hazard zone, Moonstone Beach. I just saw a seal swimming a few feet from me. Then I saw a log and said it was a seal.

Surfers in the San Francisco Bay where Jimmy Stewart jumped in to save Kim Novak in Vertigo:

Bobby and Lee Vilensky at soundcheck. Café duNord. SanFrancisco, CA.

tweet- Oct 27. 05:30 am: Because of a family crisis The Billy Nayer Show will not be able to complete the tour. Shows in Sea Side, San Diego & LA will be postponed.

Everything turned out fine and the canceled shows are now being rescheduled.

tweet- Nov 2. 10:18 am: New CD by The Billy Nayer Show is here. Truth be told, it's my #1 favorite record. Find out why @ http://corymcabee.com/store/bnsOffers.php

More soon,
Cory McAbee @
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