Artist Lounge: Mike Viola
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Mike Viola is moving. He's off to Los Angeles in a couple of weeks, for a good long while, I'd imagine. (He does have a little girl and all. You don't want to uproot a kid a couple of times a year.) I warned Dollie that she wasn't allowed to cry, but I started myself during the second verse of like the third song. And then I stopped. And then I started again like 10 other times. So this was supposed to be the post where I talk about the huge role Mike Viola's music has... MORE
So sometime last week — Monday, I think — I finally got around to visiting Mike Viola's web site, which I don't do daily. Turns out he posted on 2/14 that this Joe's Pub party was a send-off ("I'm waving goodbye, you think I'm waving hello"). He's moving his family to Los Angeles. While we wish them happiness, fun and amazing success in L.A., it's a huge downer to lose them, especially after getting to see him play all these weeks in a row. It's been 11 years that we've ... MORE
Tonight, on our way home from a short evening out, Dollie called Vampire Weekend "Vulture Phantasm." Which is one of 12 billion reasons that I love Dollie.
And I'm not the only one.
Please witness "Dollie and Jane," a song WRITTEN FOR US by Mike Viola. Seriously, this is a life highlight.
Don't hate. Congratulate.






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