Good morning! I am about to start my day and will be back later to post the sign in page for Poetry Wednesday, but I wanted to share this first.

I have spoken about our cousin Rob Schwimmer many times. Here is an email we just received.

Mark and Rob, with Melissa, the Polygraph Lounge…the greatest laugh, ever.

If you saw the Library of Congress tribute to Paul Simon on PBS, Mark was on stage all night backing up on guitar.

Hello, all–

I’m just sending this brief newsletter only to friends to share with you about my weekend:

I seem to have had 2 very good days in a row. Saturday we (Mark Stewart and I aka Polygraph Lounge) played at Carnegie Hall with Bobby McFerrin. The show was sold out and we had no rehearsal…giving rise to a new answer to “How do you get to…?” Anywho, we had a blast! Bobby McFerrin is not only a consummate artist, as everyone knows, but also a fun-loving lunatic (in the best sense of the word).

All in all a great day–topped by an extended visit to my old East Village bar dba for Belgian beers (Saison Dupont) and Irish whiskey (Red Breast) with Onnie McIntyre, the guitarist from the Average White Band, and Dennis Zentek, one of dba’s proprietors… And a much needed long sleep.

If that wasn’t enough, last night (Sunday) the film I composed a soundtrack for, “Freeheld”, won the Academy Award in the Documentary Short category. No, there’s no music award for such a category but nevertheless I guess I was a part of the whole sandwich…

Then there’s tomorrow… The old freelance musicians joke comes to mind:
“You won’t believe what happened to me! 2 weeks ago I won the lottery! 1.2 million dollars! Then last
week an uncle that I didn’t even know I had died and left me 45 thousand dollars! …This week…nothing!”

Tired but happy…for the moment,
Rob Schwimmer

To read more about Rob and Mark and what they do, check out the tags for Polygraph Lounge and for Rob Schwimmer. You’ll get links and music samples.

reply starfishred wrote on Feb 26, ’08 cool thanks for sharing.

reply ruraldiva wrote on Feb 26, ’08 That was truly an uplifting blog….that someone who deserves the award ‘got it’. Hooray for Rob.

reply suggar202 wrote on Feb 26, ’08 great! Thanks for sharing

reply hurricanekate wrote on Feb 26, ’08 You know what………I’M SO FREAKIN HAPPY to read this. pretty damn exciting yanno?! Hurray and congrats to your cousin! Way To Go!!!!!DOIN THE SNOOPY DANCE ALL OVER THE PLACE!

reply jayaramanms wrote on Feb 26, ’08 Cool and beautiful blog, souci. Thank you for sharing.

reply gilesy01 wrote on Feb 26, ’08 That’s great. Congratulations to your cousin.

reply kathyinozarks wrote on Feb 26, ’08 very neat-thanks so much for sharing-congratulations in order-“Happy Dancing”

reply estimiguelariel wrote on Feb 26, ’08 Whoaaa, congrats for Rob, well done !!!

editdeletereply lauritasita wrote on Feb 26, ’08 I just read it a few minutes ago ! WOW !!

reply shirgy wrote on Feb 26, ’08 Terrific!

reply shoppingfreedom wrote on Feb 26, ’08 CONGRATULATIONS to Rob !!! He and your family must be sooo thrilled there. I’m so happy for you all. Enjoy the celebration, Sue (^_^)v

reply zafreud wrote on Feb 28, ’08 Congratulations to your cousin!!! In my opinion the music part is one of the most essential and defining parts of a documentary! I believe that he should be accredited a great percentage of its success – even though he’s too humble to say more than that he “was a part of the whole sandwich…”!!!