Transit Oriented Pop

5/25/23 at Good Weather Bike Shop. “That's the way the whole thing started/Silly but it's true/Thinkin' of a sweet romance/Beginning in a queue” —The Hollies, 1966

Rob Joynes & Malia Seavey (of the Seattle bands Fell Off @felloffband and Salt Lick @saltlick_ , respectively) understood the assignment. On Thursday, May 25th at Good Weather Bike Shop @goodweatherinseattle, they delivered a mesmerizing set of transit tunes arranged for weird computers (Rob) & ethereal vocals (Malia).

They blessed the audience with 21st Century re-arrangements of some classic mid-1960s pop gems : The Hollies’ “Bus Stop,” the Beatles’ “Ticket to Ride,” and the Impressions’ “People Get Ready (There’s a Train a Coming).”

5/25/23 at Good Weather Bike Shop.

I read from my new book The Night of Electric Bikes —and also sneaked in a brand new, unpublished poem: “Metro Election Sonnet,” giving the audience two choices for the first line: A) WITH Council Member Tersa Mosqueda’s name or B) WITHOUT.