Mary Lee Kortes

Mary Lee Kortes (of Mary Lee's Corvette) and Andy Krikun are up next to do a short acoustic set. Kortes notes that the songs will not be as jubilant as Olson's performance or Flanders' reading. The songs are indeed a touch mournful. Krikun plays a medley of his own material and others', grinning and moving swiftly. (He's the guy who reminded me of Rinde Eckert earlier.) I'm beginning to worry that the light from my laptop, much dimmed though it is, is going to drive the person next to me crazy. I don't want to distract anyone, so I go ghost-ninja mode and fold the screen over my hands. I can no longer see what I'm ytping. The music ends. Appluaes...