Austin, TX - Linda howls with Domino. Or Domino howls with Linda. Housemates.

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Austin, TX - Carrie sells out the Cactus Cafe.

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Austin, TX - Carrie's new boyfriend.

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Austin, TX - Carrie's feet have lil fingers!

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Austin, TX - backstage Cactus Cafe. Pregame ritual. Jesse Aycock, Andre Moran, Forest Sun. Me, perv.

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Denver, CO - My sister Lauren. Snowy walk. Don't get those in Austin.

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Denver, CO - cousin Adrian and niece Maya. Fun with magnets.

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Denver, CO - My new CD arrived in Austin. Carrie opens first one for me on Skype.

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First feeling of Hope since Book of Revelations comes out in paperback.

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Chuck Brodsky plays great concert. Then comes and hangs out and tests my new guitar.

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Side Door Sessions and the wonderful Frederick family.

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American Gothis at Side Door Sessions.

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1/11/09 - San Antonio, TX

Monster Frickin Truck Jam!!!

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Open Ears Concert series at St Andrews Church in north Austin. My kind of church . . . long on tamales, short on faith.

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Sizing up new guitar for a case.

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Traditional southern New Year's Eve egg toss.

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My house. Residual Halloween-meets-Christmas decorations.

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New York City. Last night of tour. Great times. Happy to be going home.

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Dancing the horah at the wedding. Like hiphop dancing for people without fast-twitch muscles.

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All the pretty girls getting ready for cousin Josh's rehearsal dinner party.

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Given my new guitar from Martin Guitar artist rep, and Siamese twin, Chris Thomas.

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Crack of frickin dawn. Loot & jammies.

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The kids sucking up to Santa (and the reindeer) on Christmas Eve.

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Carrie getting famous on Hooferdoofer.com session recording.

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Austin & Lexi are happy to see their Aunt Carrie. That, and they had too much sugar.

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Talented upstart, Will Pittman tames the Alien Circus crowd.

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Mr Bentz Kirby. Animated storyteller extraordinaire.

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Uncle Gram at WUSC. A champion of independent music. And a gentleman of the highest order.

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Carrie gets henna tattoo in traditional southern Xmas ritual.

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Lovejoy house concert moved cozily inside temporarily after a rain shower.

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Carrie stays healthy on the road. By flushing her brain every night.

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Elam & Cassie, good friends, comrades, and concert hosts.

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Two morning songbirds.

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Randy & Norma and some kind kind hospitality. And cool cabin concert simulcast on Whole Wheat Radio.

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Hollywog's not such a little tadpole anymore.

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The Faery Angels of Asheville.

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12/12/08 - Charlottesville, VA

Silas & Tim both gone mad. Decaf.

Carrie communes with young Linda Ronstadt. Creepy and uncomfortable.

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Janus challenges Carrie to arm wrestling match. And then gets beatdown in front of his boy. Low moment.

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Carrie gets ready to sing pretty, backstage Gravity Lounge.

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12/10/08 - Charlottesville, VA

Sharing the stage with Paul & Devon. Benefit concert. Actually raised money. Not just cuteness.

Tim & Leigh tell us their engagement story. Makes all those guys that just get down on one knee on a sunset beach sound lucky to have gotten a "yes".

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Janus & Silas play Rock-n-Roll Guitar Mountain. Seriously. That's what the game is called. I didn't make it up.

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Make no mistake . . . my girl is smo-OO-kin' hot.

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Carrie's cousin's wedding. I meet Carrie's mom for first time. We tell her I'm a doctor. Playing it safe.

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Martin Guitar factory tour. Our own personal angel, Chris Thomas, pulls $250,000 dollar 1941 D-45 out of the museum case and lets us play it for 15 minutes. Considered the Holy Grail of acoustic guitars. I'm ruined. Nothing now to guide my crusade.

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Carrie lights her first menorah. Finally chosen. Early Hanukah cause gonna be gone all of December. Only one night of presents. Bullshit.

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11/27/08 - Austin, TX

Thanksgiving. Leo gives me my first guitar lesson.

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