naomiland

old faces who swear you remain friends

visiting nyc is very hard for me sometimes...mostly because i miss the hell out of it. saw some old friends at my sin-e show last night and it was truly wonderful. met some amazing new people, as well. it was beyond cool.

but back to the sad shit.

i ate at lombardi's pizza. the first pizzaria in this country, according to the signs on the wall of the restaurant. hmm...could be slanted. but i choose to believe it. i love lombardi's. and it's in my old neighborhood. the last place i lived before moving to los angeles was on mulberry between grand and broome. walking around those streets was almost painful. many memories. or maybe it was all the pizza i ate. i don't know. at any rate, i was in some sort of pain.

and the show was fun. i forgot about all that nonsense and truly enjoyed myself. and i got to see my old friends, as i mentioned. which only made me miss nyc more.

now i'm upstate at my mom and dad's house for a show tomorrow night and thanksgiving. ran to my old high school this morning and decided to jog on the track for a while. when i was in high school i couldn't make it around twice without having to walk - ya, that's 1/2 mile, and i know it's pathetic - so i found it quite amusing to run and run and run...and then run back home. of course, the ice cream, chicken parmesan, bread and butter, tapioca pudding and brownies that i later consumed certainly negated any positive steps i might have taken towards superior physical fitness...oh well.

i have this weird habit that has been part of my homecoming ever since i can remember. i open the refridgerator and look through everything - tasting as i go. i open the cabinets, too. i look on the counters by the stove because that is where my mom usually keeps bread and bread-like items such as cookies and pound cake. i'm not hungry and it doesn't matter.

also discovered that my parents drink "molson XXX" - that awful tasting 7.2% beer. ick. what happened to the microbreweries, pop?

in other news, i watched my friend on TRL today. his first video on mtv. weird feeling. less than a year ago we were staying in a beyond shitty motel 6...he woke up one morning face down on a bare, stain-covered mattress...why would he want to trade that for rock stardom, huh? well, maybe i can get him some "dirty feet" scented candles. he can light em up in the nice, clean hotel rooms and remember the good old days...

oh - and happy thanksgiving to you all...
xoxo terra

the last few days...

the last few days have been odd...

in columbia, MO:

a random man: "i felt the holy ghost when you sang"

me: "wow..."

a.r.m.: "i prayed today and the holy ghost told me 'naomi' and here you are."

me: "wow..."

a.r.m.: "so how long have you been a christian?"

me: "i'm NOT a christian."

a.r.m.: "well, maybe not yet, but you will be!  you're a born again, even if you don't know it yet!"

and then i drove away...quickly...

a moment to breathe...and type...

so i wanted to post regular updates on this tour. that was my goal - i swear. as it turns out, i find time to post MAYBE every five days...sorry for that...but it's pretty crazy out here. i am in columbia, missouri tonight. was in lawrence, kansas last night. and tulsa the night before...tulsa was insane - thanks to my wild hosts (that's YOU, karen and patrick) i ended up playing 4 shows in 3 different venues that night...sounds confusing because it was...i am lucky to know some amazing people all over the country who look after me in strange cities and make me do weird things. like playing 4 different shows in one night. ;) so ya - i had a latte this morning. my first since i left california. it's been gas station coffee every day...yikes...which reminds me - another highlight of my time in tulsa - WARM FOOD! wow - was that nice. an actual restaurant. not that there's anything wrong with the wendy's drive through, but sometimes it's nice to sit at an actual table to eat. and on that note, i think my ass is conforming to the shape of the passenger seat of my car. hmm... thank you to all the people who have shown such unbelievable hospitality over the past two weeks: tom kemper courtney fairchild keith @ the moonlight music cafe patrick malloy and karen keith camille pecarek shayna manion margaret in lawrence and anyone else who i might be overlooking at this moment in time...i hope i haven't forgotten anyone...but i have hours and hours and hours of driving time to think about that and make corrections if necessary! the biggest thank you goes to my dear friend/tour manager, arlan hamilton. this would not be possible without her, so when you see us in your town please come up to arlan and say a special thank you to her, ok? looking forward to the next three weeks... xoxoxoxoxo terra =)

howdy from dallas

hey y'all...ya - that's my attempt to assimilate here in dallas...

played a house concert last night with kym tuvim hosted by tom kemper - so happy to be meeting INCREDIBLE people in every city i play!  it's wonderful.  and this is only the beginning of the tour.

playing at radio stations almost every day - check the news section for updates and numbers to call to request my music at these new stations.  so far the DJs have been very cool and accomodating...that seems to be the theme of this tour - cool, accomodating people everywhere we go...wow...

ok...going to UT Dallas for a radio show now...and off to club dada tonight...sorry i don't have more time to rant a bit...you know there are things i wanna vent about - so i'll get to that at a later date...

love,

terra =)

whoa from the road...

sorry it's been so long! i keep getting kicked off the free computers i search so hard to find...public libraries, hotel lobbies, and now Schlotzky's Deli! who knew they had internet...apparently the couple staring angrily at me knew, and now they want me outta here...hmm...what to do...keep writing, i think...

so it's going well so far. won an open mic competition in austin and got a gift certificate to a local restaurant...arlan and i ate for free for two days...that rocks!

was then invited last minute to open for Bitch from (bitch and animal - on ani's label) last night at Flamingo Cantina and it was AWESOME!!! she's AMAZING. and you gotta check her out! www.bitchmusic.com. i might open for her again in LA when i get back. yay.

now we're heading to houston for some radio shows and i SWEAR if this woman doesn't stop glaring at me i'm gonna SCREAM!!! jesus. what's with these people. don't they know i'm half crazy? don't wanna mess with me...nope...

anyway - i guess that's all for now. tough to think when you're being silently bullied by an elderly couple in a Schlotsky's Deli on the side of the highway.

love to all...=)