{"id":32076,"date":"2024-08-28T08:27:54","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T12:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/?p=32076"},"modified":"2024-10-23T09:31:05","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T13:31:05","slug":"ego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/28\/ego\/","title":{"rendered":"EGO"},"content":{"rendered":"

 
\nA<\/strong> musician<\/strong><\/span> told me he did 200 gigs a year. Impressive. He mentioned they were all nursing-home gigs. Not impressive. (I<\/em> brag about my nursing home gigs but he can’t.)<\/p>\n

The writer Donald Hall told me how much money he made for articles in the The New Yorker<\/em> and Playboy<\/em>. He had an audience.<\/p>\n

Yiddishe Cup has an audience sometimes, sometimes not. Yiddishe Cup played for 30 people in Grand Rapids, Michigan. That was a long drive. (We’re playing tonight. Details below. A short drive — Pepper Pipes, Ohio.)<\/p>\n

A neighbor recently asked my wife and me if we were available for dinner. No, Yiddishe Cup was going on a road trip; the band was flying to Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, for a wedding, then flying to Columbus the next day for a party, and driving home to Cleveland for something — probably a nursing home gig. The neighbor\u00a0texted Alice and me: \u201cAhh, the Yiddishe Cup World Tour 2024! How could I forget? Keep on rocking!\u201d<\/p>\n

Musicians whine<\/strong><\/span> about “World Tour” road-trip trials and tribulations. And you think, \u201cI’d like to do that — go on a tour. Shut up.”<\/p>\n

Our recent Yiddishe Cup road-trip weekend was intense — and rare.<\/p>\n

A woman asked me, \u201cDoes Yiddish Cup still exist?” She had been checking out our Yiddishe Cup website, which hasn’t been updated in years. Maybe I should update it.<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

. . . My cousin Howard Golden just updated the site. Here\u2019s the new home page:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Is that legible? Probably not. Here’s what it says:<\/p>\n

“This website is way out-of-date. We don\u2019t need your business. That said, we want your business!<\/p>\n

“Some readers —<\/strong><\/span> after checking out this historic website — ask, ‘Does Yiddishe Cup still exist?’<\/p>\n

“Yes, Yiddishe Cup exists. In 2023 and 2024, Yiddishe Cup played weddings in Temecula, California; Washington, D.C.; Hillsdale, New York; and Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. And of course, we played in Ohio, at concerts, weddings, b\u2019nai mitzvot and community celebrations.”<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

Yiddishe Cup plays tonight (Wed. Aug 28) at 7 p.m. at the outdoor, covered Wain Pavilion on the grounds of Park Synagogue, 27500 Shaker Blvd., Pepper Pipes, Ohio. There are chairs. The concert is free. And if you want, you can donate to Magen David Adom (the Israel Red Cross) at the show.
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