Mary Cutrufello

Mary at Rudz (click to enlarge)

I caught old favorite Mary Cutrufello with Callie and Camille (a good, old friend who is visiting) at Rudz last night, and she put on a damn good show. Mary's always good, but last night she seemed REALLY happy, and really worked the upstairs crowd at Rudz. I used to laugh at fans of the Counting Crows when they described CC shows with references to whether or not Adam Duritz (another dreadlocked one, like Mary) seemed happy, but with some performers it does seem to make a difference. Mary jammed last night.

I wish the photo had turned out better. Unlike my tried and true manual Pentax K-1000, my digital camera doesn't perform very well in low-light conditions.

Afterwards, we were entertained by a Ukrainian worker at Diedrich's-Westheimer. I used to love that location, but in the past couple of years I've become a bigger fan of the Montrose location. I've not done much hanging in coffee shops over the past six months of intense diss work in any case, and it was kind of fun. I'd forgotten how enjoyable, actually.

Posting will be light today. More entertaining, plus proofreading the dissertation draft, and, of course, the 9/11 special on CBS tonight.

[Posted at 11:10 CST on 03/10/02] [Link]