Some random quotes...

"Believing there is no God gives me more room for belief in family, people, love, truth, beauty, sex, Jell-O and all the other things I can prove and that make this life the best life I will ever have."

~Penn Jillette

"When I was a baby my feet didn't touch the ground for 3 years. Ladies kept passing me around, that's why I'm so confident"
~Ron Bennington

"You don't know what pressure is until you've played for five dollars a hole with only two in your pocket."
-Lee Trevino

"The fundamental problem with golf is that every so often, no matter how lacking you may be in the essential virtues required of a steady player, the odds are that one day you will hit the ball straight, hard, and out of sight. This is the essential frustration of this excruciating sport. For when you've done it once, you make the fundamental error of asking yourself why you can't do this all the time."
-Colin Bowles

Ryan's Winter Solo Shows

Jimmy and John will be hibernating for December, but I'll be heading out for a series of solo shows. I'll be playing a bunch of new songs from our upcoming record, The Oak and the Acorn. Most of these songs we've never played out before. I'll also be playing a very special holiday cover. Here're the details:

Wednesday, 3 December
Ryan solo
The Burlap and Bean
with Tommy Murray
204 South Newtown Street Rd
Newtown Square, PA 19073
burlapandbean.com
484-427-4547
7p; free; all ages

Saturday, 20 December
Ryan solo
Goodbye Blue Monday
1087 Broadway
Brooklyn, NY 11221
myspace.com/goodbyebluemondayinc
718-453-6343
8p; pay what you wish; 21+

Friday, 26 December
Ryan solo
Overnight Sensations
88.7 WRSU
New Brunswick, NJ
Listen live: wrsu.org
10p

Friday, 27 December
Ryan solo with Mike Hunchback and friends
The Parlor
Call or email for address
New Brunswick, NJ
973-747-8998
6p; pay what you wish; all ages

Sunday, 28 December
Ryan solo
The Shepherd and The Knucklehead Pub
with Junkyard John and In Ribbons
529 Belmont Ave.
Haledon, NJ
myspace.com/shepherd_knucklehead
973-942-8666
9p; free; 21+

Friday, 2 January 2009
Ryan solo with Fillmore and friends
Fillmore house
Call or email for exact address
New Brunswick, NJ
973-747-8998
6p; $3; all ages; coffee and snacks

Saturday, 3 January 2009
Ryan solo and friends
Octopus Studios
Call or email for exact address
New Brunswick, NJ
973-747-8998
6p; pay what you wish; all ages