Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 09:30:15 -0500
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] On the road


So Tom-Tom ,  I thought you had moved to FL.  My daughter lives in
Harlem now and we will have to get together next trip.  Must be nice
to have Elise along with you.  I find bringing family always makes me
run a bit late.   But Sue who has a Middle School Marimba band and I
did a gig together at the national Orrf conference and it was fun but
exhausting.  I thought my loadin was difficult.  She drives a small
school bus packked to the gills with instruments.  The kids usually do
the loading and set-up but this time we had to.  Yow!  Makes me
appreciate my relatively small amount of gear.


On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 8:41 AM,  <BNathanson-AT-aol.com> wrote:
> Hobey, you got lost off the Long Island Expressway in Queens???   Elise and I
> live in Queens, at least part of the year.   You were probably 5 minutes from
> our apartment!!!   If you had only called, I could have been your private
> Tom-Tom.   Wait a second.   That doesn't sound right.   I have a 3-year old Dodge
> Grand Caravan with 129,000 miles (averaging 43,000 miles per year).   When I
> first started on the road, I used to unload everything into the motel.   As
> the years passed, and my bones ached more, I now leave my wood frame stage and
> 75 pound fibre case in the van (which has tinted windows because of the Florida
> sinshine).   I bring in my Passpot sound system, small trunk which has the
> puppets and blue tote bag, which has lights and wires and cables.   I figure if
> anyone is willing to schlep my fibre case and stage away from my van in the
> middle of the night, they are welcome to what remains of my career.
>     Now that Elise is no longer working, she tours with me a lot, which
> makes the trips so much less lonely.   We try to sightsee whenever we can, but
> there never seems to be enough time.
>     I listen to NPR wherever I can get it, and have tons of CD's in the car.
>  Believe it or not, I have never used books on tape, although I always meant
> to.
>     As far as dining, I find that challenging, and we usually do fast food
> salads for lunch, and try to find local restaurants for dinner that aren't
> expensive.
>     I agree with your truck driver analogy.   I always considered myself a
> trucker/moving man/puppeteer.
>     When I was young and had hair, I used to love to get out on the road.
> Now, I do it only because of necessity.
>     Bob N.
>
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