After an exhausting day of driving from LA to the Bay area, Fragments played at the Hillside Club tonight. We didn’t play the written parts perfectly, as we haven’t played the music for a few months and had only a brief rehearsal, but I think the improvised sections were better than ever. For this reason I was very happy with the concert. Dottie and Vlatkovich played a set and then Billy did a solo drumset set.
I have to credit Michael Vlatkovich as he did 99% of the driving. Here’s a photo I took from the van. The view is pretty much like this the whole way.
Here’s a picture of Dottie with her good friends the Stones at the Hillside Club after Dottie’s set. They are wonderful people, very supportive of the arts.
I am staying at Scott and Melissa’s tonight, along with Eric and his girlfriend Ilene. (I think we are allowed to refer to Ilene as Eric’s “girlfriend” at this point although I have not officially checked in with him about this since last August.) Scott and Melissa have a new kitten which Melissa found. He is really cute, of course. Perhaps for variety’s sake I will post some pictures, maybe even some video of Theo attacking Eric’s foot. Good stuff. 🙂
Edit: Here is a video of Theo.