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Yesterday was the 24th anniversary of Heather Aubrey Lloyd and I playing our first gig together. We could never have known that over half-a-Lifetime later we'd still be bound up tight in Life and music. We spent our anniversary creating a Livable apartment for my mom. Happy anniversary Heather Lloyd

TONIGHT in Ashburn VA – Shoeless House Concerts with ilyAIMY. Come see me struggle with boot-cut jeans and the pinchy pinchy of my wah pedal sans boots. We’ll also provide harmonies, Irish bones and percussive acoustic guitar, electric cello and moderate charm.

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Tonight and tomorrow. Playing with friends. Tonight in Westminster w @rebeccaberlin.bsky.social , Juels Bland, and Sean Morse... tomorrow we are ilyAIMY in Ashburn, VA.

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LIVE NOW – ilyAIMY Live from the Lair - Kristen and Heather and I are Live from the Lair on FB, YT and Twitch w special guest Sean Morse.

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This week in rob:
Today: Finish Rebecca Berlin's album(?!) & run Morsbergers Tavern Open Mic in Catonsville.

Tues: the SPARK open mic with Sean Morse

Wed: Live from the Lair with more Sean Morse!

Fri: Covalent Spirits in Westminster, MD.

Sat: Shoeless Sounds House Concert in Ashburn, VA.

Happy birthday Rowan Corbett! Happy 50th!

YouTube video by ilyAIMY 11/5 - ilyAIMY Live from the Lair 282 w Rebecca Berlin

Tonight Live from the Lair ilyAIMY w Rebecca Berlin - Live from Baltimore MD - a goooood eeeeevening...

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YouTube video by robsOpenMics 11/4 - The Takoma Park Open SPARK w Kosi

Tonight it's my pleasure to present featured artist Kosi, who is now from Baltimore, no matter what she may claim. The SPARK open mic at School of Musical Traditions. Signup before 7pm. Livecast on FB, YT and Twitch.

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This week in rob:
Tonight I host the Music City Open Mic. Signup before 7. Music AT 7. Morsbergers in Catonsville.
Tuesday: SPARK open mic in Takoma Park w a special birthday feature for KOSI
Wed: Rebecca Berlin joins us in the Lair
Fri: Old Anglers Beer Garden may be one of my new favourite places!

robilyaimy - Twitch dangerous music for dangerous times. Monday night is open mic night. Wednesday night's ilyAIMY Live from the Lair. Then other stuff happens tooooo.

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October 12th, 2025. The Music City Open Mic. Before heading over to Morsbergers to run my open mic, a cellist snuck downstairs to record some tracks for our old friend Sahffi. T'was a chill night and I got to come home relatively early. I approve. Relatively short list, we ended up going around again for a third song and I got to play bass with Fayo as WELL as Alex in Treblepants which has been a dream for the past several years.

October 12th, 2025. The Music City Open Mic.

Before heading over to Morsbergers to run my open mic, a cellist snuck downstairs to record some tracks for our old friend Sahffi. T'was a chill night and I got to come home relatively early. I approve. Relatively short list, we ended up going around…

ilyAIMY just went Live from the Lair
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September 22nd, 2025. Sunset of Death. A "rest stop" where the dumpster is bigger than the rest rooms... Full-disclosure, I’m writing this in post. I’m certainly romanticizing it. But people keep asking “what was your favourite moment” “what’s the most beautiful thing from the trip” “what was the best part”? And I don’t have a clear answer to that. At this point in the narrative, our best gigs are perhaps still ahead of us (though it’s a close thing, Reno WAS pretty awesome – and there were BIG HEART moments) and Yellowstone behind, but as I write this on October 15th, looking back, this is the moment that stands out as a favourite because it’s unplanned, strange, surreal…

September 22nd, 2025. Sunset of Death.

A "rest stop" where the dumpster is bigger than the rest rooms... Full-disclosure, I’m writing this in post. I’m certainly romanticizing it. But people keep asking “what was your favourite moment” “what’s the most beautiful thing from the trip” “what was the…

September 23rd, 2025. Rollin’ rollin’.

September 22nd, 2025. Outsiders. This picture says it all. Start the long drive home where all the traffic Lives? Or stay out west? Sigh. We've got no REAL choice. Our cat is back east. Outsider artists, visionary arts, independent musicians. Not waiting to be told that you’re good enough, self-belief, or perhaps never needing any belief, just a DRIVE. The world knows that if I’d waited for someone to tell me I was “good enough” to record I’d have never bought my first 4-track, and if I’d waited for some popular form of acceptance before the Trip I’d never have seen this country the way I have.

September 22nd, 2025. Outsiders.

This picture says it all. Start the long drive home where all the traffic Lives? Or stay out west? Sigh. We've got no REAL choice. Our cat is back east. Outsider artists, visionary arts, independent musicians. Not waiting to be told that you’re good enough,…

This week in rob:
Tonight - hosting Morsbergers Open Mic
Tues - hosting the SPARK w featured artist Ronya Lee
Wed - Live from the Lair
Fri - 10/17 - ilyAIMY at the Old Anglers Beer Garden
Mewf.
(and next Sunday NO OPEN MIC)

September 21st, 2025. My oh my that was a BIG Amygdala!

It's hard to read, but the pole says "I am ashamed". Heather took us all out to an all-you-can-eat sushi place and in all honesty I ate far more than I should've. I feel like I learned a lot about my body this day. I should feel more guilty…

September 18th, 2025. Locusts. The vintage postcards we found back in South Dakota continue to serve us well! Farewell Coyote Lodge. You weren't awesome, but you WERE close to everything! Today is the longest drive. Initially we were racing west to Reno from Yellowstone so we could play gigs Friday, Saturday and Sunday, but the ineffable complexity of tour scheduling inevitably took its toll and now it’s more about hanging with friends and not paying for another hotel.

September 18th, 2025. Locusts.

The vintage postcards we found back in South Dakota continue to serve us well! Farewell Coyote Lodge. You weren't awesome, but you WERE close to everything! Today is the longest drive. Initially we were racing west to Reno from Yellowstone so we could play gigs…

September 17th, 2025. Yellowstone. Even the view outside our Bozeman, MT hotel the morning before entering the park was epic. We'd never seen the park under the influence of moody mists and rains, and it was like an entirely new experience. ilyAIMY with our new drummer... a Sasquatch from West Yellowstone, MT. There's no hope of really capturing our Yellowstone experience in photos. Kristen did a better job of photography than I ever could and that's BEFORE you get into the emotional highs and lows.

September 17th, 2025. Yellowstone.

Even the view outside our Bozeman, MT hotel the morning before entering the park was epic. We'd never seen the park under the influence of moody mists and rains, and it was like an entirely new experience. ilyAIMY with our new drummer... a Sasquatch from West…

September 15th, 2025. Driving to Bozeman.

September 15th, 2025. Driving to Bozeman.

Tonight from Omaha NE - One last Live from the Lair from the road. We'll be joined by Kyle Knapp, who 22 years ago ago took us in off the road sight-unseen. It's good to reintroduce ourselves and play music with him. Join us at 7pm ET on FB, YT and Twitch.

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Sun 9/21 – Reno Public Market w Big Amygdala Sun 9/21 – Reno Public Market with Big Amygdala/Jagged Little Pills. 299 E Plumb Ln, Reno, NV 89502 6-9pm Join us at Reno Public Market for an unforgettable night of live music as ilyAIMY hea…

Listening to Joel Ackerman and Justin McMahon rehearse their parts on Heather Aubrey Lloyd's newest material gives me LAYER envy! Gorgeous voicings. Hear it tomorrow in Reno, NV. This sort of thing only happens once....

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LOGISTICS! We're actually going to delay Live from the Lair to THURSDAY twice this month. We will webcast from Sioux Falls, SD TOMORROW! No Live from the Lair tonight - we'll see you tomorrow!
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*eyeballing the skies*
I was very excited that
Friday at Monocacy Brewing 6-9pm in Frederick MD
Saturday at Harkins Mill Wines 6.30-9.30pm in Ambridge PA
& Sunday at the Switchboard from 6-8pm in Toledo OH
are all outdoors - but now I'm VERY glad they all also have indoor options!
(rain or shine!)

The Takoma Park Open SPARK w ilyAIMY Tuesday night open mics at Takoma Spark. School of Musical Traditions | 7112 Willow Ave., Takoma Park, MD  20912 | signup ends at 7pm when the music kicks off | list’s randomized as we go Twe…

Happy 22nd Touraversary Heather Aubrey Lloyd!

(playing tonight at the SPARK in Takoma Park, MD - and Live on FB, YT and Twitch)

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Damn. Well, 22, but who's counting?

This wk in rob:
Today I host my Morsbergers Open Mic in Catonsville
Mon Heather & I play Sugarloaf Mountain VInyards at 2pm
Tues we are the feature at SPARK open mic in Takoma Park for our 23rd Touraversary!
Wed LftL
Thurs PACK
Fri Monocacy Brewing 6pm Frederick
Sat Harkins Mill Wines in Ambridge PA

HelLO perfect weather. In the distance, the sun goes down over Sugarloaf Mountain. Shall be a beautiful night tonight.
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Tonight - Live from the Lair.
Friday - ilyAIMY at Bethesda Streetery in Bethesda MD.
Saturday - Comus Beeeeer Garden in Dickerson MD.
Sunday - my last Morsbergers for a munff.
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8/26 – The Takoma Park Open SPARK w Dave Benham Tuesday night open mics at Takoma Spark. School of Musical Traditions | 7112 Willow Ave., Takoma Park, MD  20912 | signup at 6.30pm, music at 7pm Tonight w featured artist Dave Benham. An experimen…

TONIGHT w Dave Benham - ethereal Native American flutes & grooving synths - as my featured artist at the SPARK open mic. He's just released material recorded at our VOM over COVID and you can get some of that Live tonight in Takoma Park (or on FB, YT or Twitch)
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