Lisa Gatewood: Home

As I write this, I have a terrible headache either being caused by too much beer last night, not enough caffine this morning or my ponytail being too tight. In either case, I'll keep this short.

Tomorrow afternoon I make my Summerfest debut with my Borrowed Band. Needless to say, it's downright peachy to be asked to play at the world's largest music festival and I've been vacillating between excitement and barfing for weeks over the opportunity. I hope you'll stop down to the US Cellular stage tomorrow if you're at the fest. Conrad Plymouth plays at 12:30 (Totally awesome) and then we start at 1:45. A great day for local music at the Summerfest Grounds.

After the fest I'll be running off the grounds to get to another fest: PBR Fest in Bay View. If I don't get a chance to say hi to you at summerfest pop down to Burnhearts and say hi. I should be playing around 4:30 or 5. And then later that night-- MUCCA PAZZA! Which, if you haven't seen, is life-changing.

Hope to see you at some of these July shows.
Stay cool. Wear your sunscreen. And don't go changing to try and please me.

love,
Lisa

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My Favorite...
.... New instrument to play: Saxophone
.... Instrument on my album: Glockenspiel
.... Technology: Netflix streaming to my Nintendo Wii... I mean, what the what?!?!
.... Song: Trouble by Cat Stevens
.... Movie: The first 20 min of Momento. I'm sure the rest of it is great too, but that's when I fell asleep.

When I was in high school, my friend Lindsay introduced me to Joni Mitchell’s BLUE album. I used to listen to "The Last Time I saw Richard" and fantasize about the longing and heartache that lay before me in my life. How romantic it all seemed then. Joni would sing, "All good dreamers pass this way someday, hiding down bottles in dark cafes"... and man, I wanted to be one of those good dreamers. Lately I’ve been going out to see a lot of music and I’ve seen a lot of really great jazz players. And sometimes, particularly at the Estate on Murray, I feel like I’m in that dark café of the fantasies of my youth... and I start to wonder if I might have the life I planned for myself without even know it.

I’m in the studio again recording with Todd Richards. Although this isn’t the album I had anticipated creating and releasing this year, I believe it is the right one.

Songwriter, Ben Cervenka and I will be playing an early show tomorrow night at Circle A in Riverwest– check the listing below for details. We’re really excited to be back there. The show will include a couple duets and even a special appearance from one of those aforementioned "great jazz players". There is nothing like a Friday night ALIVE AT 8 show at Circle A. We really hope you’ll join us.

Lots of outdoor shows in July– keep an eye on the SHOWS page on the website. We’ll see you soon.

Love,
Lisa

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SHOWS!

Friday, June 11th, 2010
Lisa Gatewood & Ben Cervenka @ Circle A - 8:00-10:00 PM
932 E. Chambers St.
Milwaukee, WI 53212
US
Price: $5

One good turn deserves another. Join us as Ben & I return to Circle A for more songs of pensive mischief and love gone horribly, horribly wrong.

Saturday, July 3rd, 2010
Lisa Gatewood & Her Borrowed Band @ SUMMERFEST
1:45-2:30 PM
US CELLULAR STAGE
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Price: See website for Admission Prices

(come early and see CONRAD PLYMOUTH play just before us!) 

Saturday, July 31st, 2010
East Side Green Market @ Beans & Barley - 12:00-2:00 PM
1901 E. North Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Price: FREE

For all you early birds-- come visit me at the East Side Green Market located in the Beans & Barley parking lot on North Ave. The parket runs from 10AM-2PM and I'll start playing at noon.

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My Favorite...

Song: The Subway Home (Casiotone for the Painfully Alone)
Album: Leave Ruin (Strand of Oaks)
Show I'm seeing this weekend: BRAZAVILLE, Saturday 6/12 @ The Cactus Club. Be there. Do it.
New totally ridiculous waste of time: Stupid poker application on Facebook that keeps me from sleeping. P.S. I'm terrible at poker.

"Many things– such as loving, going to sleep or behaving unaffectedly– are done worst when we are trying hardest to do them." – C.S. Lewis

It’s Monday night and after working a 10 ½ hour day on 2 ½ hours of sleep, I’m eating leftover pasta out of the pan, because it’s all I have the wherewithal to do. March came in like a lamb, I think. Yesterday I opened my balcony door to air out the winter and let in the spring and today I walked all over downtown running errands without a coat on for the first time since fall. But in other parts of the world, there are signs that the earth is trying to shake us off like parasites. But I digress because I’m exhausted and delirious and it seems that all I do lately is try to trace fault lines with my fingertips.  

I’m playing at Linneman’s Thursday night and I hope you will be there. I’ll be joined by two great songwriters, Jonathan Burks & Quinn Scharber. And thanks to the Onion’s AV CLUB for making this show their pick for Thursday night! Come out of your winter hiding places and remind me what you look like.

Love,  
Lisa

SHOWS  

Thursday, March 11^th 9:30 PM
Linneman’s Riverwest Inn
1001 E. Locust St.
Milwaukee, WI
w/ Jonathan Burks & Quinn Sharber
Cover: $3

Wednesday, March 17^th 7:30 PM
St. Patrick’s Day w/ John McGivern
Irish Cultural Center
2133 W. Wisconsin Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53233
Tickets: $20 in advance; $22 at the door
www.ichc.net  

Friday March 26^th 9:00 PM
Women in Music
Conway’s
2127 W. Wells St.
Milwaukee, WI 53202
w/ Roxie Beane & Annie B
Cover: $5  

My Favorite...

...Song: TAKING ALCATRAZ (Conrad Plymouth)
...Album: LEAVE RUIN (Strand of Oaks)
...Book: I’ve been rediscovering RAISE HIGH THE ROOF BEAM CARPENTERS by Salinger. ...Food: Rosemary potatoes with garlic aioli dipping sauce
...Person: Richard & Jeff for buying me brunch on Sunday, and Heidi for lots of reasons.
...Ingredient to cook with: Balsamic Vinegar
...Robot: All robots.