Pamela MacCarthy's CD Launch Party @ Blue Flame
Friday, September 26th, 2014
Tokyo, Japan
My gig/ CD launch at BLUE FLAME went very well...
Many thanks to those who came out to support this event.
It was a cool, breezy, end of September night;
and the feeling of it put me in mind of one of my very first gigs,
with "The Watkins Family", upstate NY,
so many moons ago...
Yesterday, I had a reunion with something I never thought I'd ever see again.
My "Exotic India" Rainbow Moonstone Bracelet
( Lost 8-21-2014 )
By some strange coincidence
I was looking in a neighborhood second-hand shop as I do sometimes;
and I had to do a double take,
as I saw something all-too-familiar, lovely blue-sparking rainbow moonstones...
My heart jumped!
There was my bracelet!
I had lost it en route to a doctor appt.,
very early, one August morning;
on one of the hottest days of this past Summer...
I searched various lost and founds, called taxi companies, anywhere I could think of,
with no trace...
I was heartbroken to lose it.
I had "personalized" it, by adding a large circle and toggle closure,
as the original lobster-claw clasp was too small
to open and close it.
This is what made it undeniably my bracelet-
I customized it to fit me.
The shop returned it to me, for a very small "finders fee",
which I agreed to.
Today was my first Ikebana session,
for quite some time...
It was very fine to reconnect once again, with this larger group,
with Yoshimura-sensei as our leader,
after an extended break...
One week from today,
September 26th, Friday
2014年 9月26日（金曜日)
I will appear at my CD Sale/ Opening Party Performance,
at BLUE FLAME...
9 -2014 iPod update:
Sleepwalk - The Shadows
Someone To Light Up My Life - Frank Sinatra/ Antonio Carlos Jobim
Gone To Fortingall - Jerry Douglas
Windmills of Your Mind - Abbey Lincoln
Going Mobile - The Who
American Tune/Spain - Jerry Douglas
Frozen Fields feat. Alison Krauss & Union Station - Jerry Douglas
Sur le fil - Yann Tiersen
Caravan - Rachel Portman
Right On Time Feat. Marc Cohn - Jerry Douglas
King Silkie - Jerry Douglas
Question - The Moody Blues
1 Thing - Amerie
Blue Nocturne - Cornell Dupree
Listen To Monk - Carmen McRae
1. Flower ( "Momoiro Toiki" Sato, Takashi ) (4:35)
2. Vincent ( Don McLean ) (5:11)
3. Show Me ( Frederic Loewe-M / Alan Jay Lerner-L ) (2:14)
4. I Remember ( Stephen Sondheim ) (4:49)
5. Once Upon A Summertime ( Michel Legrand, Johnny Mercer,
Eddie Barclay, Eddy Marnay ) (3:54)
6. Les Feuilles Mortes ( Joseph Kosma-M/ Jacques Prévert -L ) (1:56)
7. Café des Pres ( Hara,Tomoya-M / Pamela MacCarthy-L ) (4:21)
8. These Boots Are Made for Walkin' ( Lee Hazelwood ) (4:17)
9. Both Sides Now ( Joni Mitchell ) (6:10)
10. Detour Ahead ( Johnny Frigo, Herb Ellis ) (4:58)
11. Haru Yo Koi ( Matsutoya, Yumi ) (4:53)
12. Moon River ( Henry Mancini-M / Johnny Mercer-L ) (3:23)
13. I'm Gonna Laugh You Right Out Of My Life ( Cy Coleman-M / J.A. McCarthy-L ) (5:36)
14. Route 66 ( Bobby Troupe ) (3:43)
15. Wayfaring Stranger ( American Folk Song ) (2:45)
My gig with Tomoya Hara last night,
at BLUE EYES Jazz Cafe,
was a great success!
Thanks to manager Ishii-san, Kawasaki-san for his video-work,
my dear Kenji Tsuboi, who was so happy to receive his CD's, at last!
Thanks to photographer Arai-san,
also in the audience, whose photos adorn the center of my CD...
Onodera-san, from Cafe Miwa,
came out to show support...
And to all new audience members, who turned out, to support us,
thank you!
"Marigold, at RCH Gardens"
Marker Pen on Paper, Digital
Now that he oppressive heat and humidity have let up;
replaced by cooler, more comfortable walking temperatures,
lollygagging has resumed...
I stopped by a new garden shop...
There was a huge yellow and black monarch butterfly darting from one plant to another,
and the more I tried to catch a photo of it,
the more it elluded me...
But, it lead me to this, my newest balcony garden addition:
Photo: Michio Yves Ueda
