Started out in Baton Rouge last night. The Manship Theater, in a new arts complex downtown, is a gem of a room - I'd love to hear music there. The audience was small but enthusiastic; every one of them stayed for the Q/A. Normally, I like to stay for the screening because I like to feel the vibe in the room. But being a baseball fan, I snuck away to a bar down the street, Boudreaux & Thibodeaux, to watch the 6th game of the world series. I figured one beer wouldn't hurt. But it happened that the bartender was a baseball fan (in a football town), so faster than you can say Hideki Matsui, he'd placed a second pint in front of me. Not sure how cohesive I was at the Q/A, if people were staring at me with incomprehension, I didn't notice. And most stuck around afterwards to talk more. Plus the Yankees won (not sure how I found myself rooting for the Evil Empire this year, but not much to love about the Phils). All in all a solid beginning to the tour.
Well, this will be a short first post, because there's Louisiana sunshine and warmth outside this hotel window. When you're coming from Chicago in November, that's not to be missed!
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