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ilyAIMY @ilyaimy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I haven’t run my open mic at Morsbergers steadily since… August? The beginning thereof? And so I got up Sunday morning, unsure if my primary guitar was working, unaware of whether or not my Morsbergers Open Mic Hosting ...

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The Music City Open Mic.

First thing’s first: let’s see if I can get my guitar back up and running. I’ve got my other OX. I’ve got the baritones. Hell, I even have my Seagull if I really just want t…

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ilyAIMY @ilyaimy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Our 25th Anniversary. 21 songs. 3 songwriters. It’s NOW LIVE at ilyaimy.bandcamp.com! You can listen for free, but TODAY is Bandcamp Friday – so Bandcamp gives their cut to the artist for the next checks watch 24 hours!...

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NEW ALBUM ON BANDCAMP.

Our 25th Anniversary. 21 songs. 3 songwriters. It’s NOW LIVE at ilyaimy.bandcamp.com! You can listen for free, but TODAY is Bandcamp Friday – so Bandcamp gives their cut to the artist f…

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ilyAIMY @ilyaimy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Our 25th Anniversary. 21 songs. 3 songwriters. It's NOW LIVE at ilyaimy.bandcamp.com/album/let-us-s…! You can listen for free, but TODAY is Bandcamp Friday - so Bandcamp gives their cut to the artist for the next *checks watch* 24 hours!

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ilyAIMY @ilyaimy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Déjà vu. 18 miles from Cumberland again just as we were roughly 100 hours ago. Originally we’d planned to play Cumberland and just continue west but we HAD to complete the album first. I was convinced we could’ve done t...

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Deja Vu.

I uploaded all the photos in one batch. Is this today? Or was it on Saturday? Not a clue. Same curve. Different clouds. (Driving West to Cumberland, MD), Saturday September 5th we drove into Cumber…

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ilyAIMY @ilyaimy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This wk in rob Tonight we're at Dark Horse in Annapolis Tomorrow at Takoma Park Folk Festival - 3pm Jordan Ct Stage Monday we PACK CDs! Tues I host the SPARK w the Boodle Am Sheiks Jug Band Wed I take Kristen to see Puppet Up! Thurs I record for Acacia Sears Fri we're at Old Anglers Inn Sat we're a-

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ilyAIMY @ilyaimy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This week in rob's Open Mics: Sun Morsbergers is hosted by Josiah Orsie (rob's home next week!) Mon VOM 334 (signup at vom@ilyaimy.com) Tues the SPARK w the Boodle Am Sheiks Jug Band

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ilyAIMY @ilyaimy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Kristen is making sauce. Delicious sauce. I’m a fan of sauce. Nothing’s anything without sauce. Goo. Delicious syrups and gravies. Oh Hell yeah. We’re listening to Roscoe Beano, watching the sun creep down the wall. The...

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That’s just… a lot.

We took a long way into Saint Louis on Saturday, September 12th and headed over to the Saint- actually this is a lie. We took a really DIRECT route to the Saint Louis Art Museum, but if I’d t…

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ilyAIMY @ilyaimy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I’ve been having nightmares ever since we got home. Of course, that only means two nights – but between recycling trucks, leg cramps, helicopters and bad dreams, I’ve woken up and fallen asleep more often than I should’...

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The Nightmares of the Dream.

Initially the estimate for the repairs on Heather’s car was five days and five thousand dollars. We got to another shop that got the part the next morning and had us under weigh in two days, …

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ilyAIMY @ilyaimy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

TONIGHT the SPARK open mic presents Kyra Gordon - "If you wandered into a Kyra Gordon show, you’d be struck by the powerful vocals, deft touch on the keyboard, and ... her boundless sonic range; blending alternative country, blues, folk, and rock elements." robsopenmics.com

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ilyAIMY @ilyaimy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

VOM tonight at 7pm ET - Live on FB YT and Twitch - you can still signup at vom@ilyaimy.com!

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ilyAIMY @ilyaimy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Tonight’s show at Mansions on Fifth has had to be canceled due to car troubles in Toledo. We’re okay – but we’re going to limp straight home and will NOT be able to visit Pittsburgh as planned. We’re so sorry and hope t...

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Tonight’s show CANCELED in Pittsburgh.

Tonight’s show at Mansions on Fifth has had to be canceled due to car troubles in Toledo. We’re okay – but we’re going to limp straight home and will NOT be able to visit Pi…

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ilyAIMY @ilyaimy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Damn - I'm afraid we're going to have to cancel tonight's even at Mansions on Fifth. We were really looking forward to the show, but we've had car trouble in Toledo and are just hoping to limp home after some local repairs. Thanks for understanding. We Love you and we miss you. - ilyAIMY

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ilyAIMY @ilyaimy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I’ve felt a little bad that Heather has spent hours and hours on the past couple of days getting our brief funding campaign up and running, but I’m also really impressed with it all. She said it better than I would’ve. ...

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Support ilyAIMY’s 25th Anniversary…

I’ve felt a little bad that Heather has spent hours and hours on the past couple of days getting our brief funding campaign up and running, but I’m also really impressed with it all. Sh…

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ilyAIMY @ilyaimy.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

ilyAIMY upDates: FUNDRAISER and PREORDER for ilyAIMY's New Album - Live NOW. Our 12th album, "Let Us Show You How To End It" - a 21-song, independently-produced, homemade and Lairmade, 2-disc opus - is dropping imminently. Pre-orders & fundraising begins... NOW... givebutter.com/ilyaimy2026d...

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ilyAIMY @ilyaimy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I’d Love to say something wide and encompassing like “the first morning on the road is always…”, but it’s never “always” ANYTHING. Sometimes it’s exhausting, sometimes it’s brutal. We often frontload our travels with lo...

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People Amaze. Amaze Amaze.

I’d Love to say something wide and encompassing like “the first morning on the road is always…”, but it’s never “always” ANYTHING. Sometimes it’s exh…

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ilyAIMY @ilyaimy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Somehow there is nothing more dystopian than our local Safeway. Kristen and I have been shopping there regularly for as long as we’ve Lived in the area. Even as Mosno decided he preferred the local Giant, and Amy and Na...

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Unsafe Ways.

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ilyAIMY @ilyaimy.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I’m re-reading Ready Player One and it’s hitting differently this time. As America hurtles towards something that might resemble a lackadaisical Civil War with Trump simply ignoring upcoming elections with his “I swear ...

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The Book Was Better at being Worse.

Acacia Sears brought me a guitarist (Chip) and bass player (Carley) to record songs about the end of the world. Strangely appropriate. I’m re-reading Ready Player One and it’s hitting differently t…

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ilyAIMY @ilyaimy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Heather and I are Live from the Lair celebrating our 23rd Touraversary together. We're going to play some music and THINK ABOUT WHAT WE'VE DONE! --- Live now at Facebook.com/ilyAIMY youtube.com/ilyAIMY and twitch.tv/robilyaimy

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ilyAIMY @ilyaimy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I could use a slow day. Here’s a never-posted snipped that looks like it was ACTUALLY written on July 18th, but I think I’d rather pretend it was today. Thank goodness for the slow days. I got to lay in till panic woke ...

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I want one of THESE.

I could use a slow day. Here’s a never-posted snipped that looks like it was ACTUALLY written on July 18th, but I think I’d rather pretend it was today. Thank goodness for the slow days…

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ilyAIMY @ilyaimy.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Cold light shines back at meTwisted wreathed all in leavesTake back all that I seeYou’re just the latest thief Wisdom becomes my foeMadness, the end of allCrafted, such beautiful woeSee how my shadow grows The Queen of ...

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Sylvan

Cold light shines back at meTwisted wreathed all in leavesTake back all that I seeYou’re just the latest thief Wisdom becomes my foeMadness, the end of allCrafted, such beautiful woeSee how m…

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ilyAIMY @ilyaimy.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I’m afraidthat’s my northern starit’s what guides me, and…tears me apartwraps around mekeeps my brain in checkwalks beside me‘til my very lastbreath what’s the matterthough you’d keep upsuch potentialbut it ain’t enough...

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The Litany

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ilyAIMY @ilyaimy.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

This wk in rob: Today I'm running sound for Hobbstock III Mon: record Wanderlight Tues: present Lynn Hollyfield at the SPARK open mic in Takoma Park Wed: Live from the Lair Thurs: mixing! Fri: ilyAIMY at Little Market Cafe Sat: ilyAIMY at Dark Horse Sun: I HOST MORSBERGERS!!!!

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ilyAIMY @ilyaimy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

ilyAIMY has just gone Live from the Lair w special guest @wayneunchained - facebook.com/ilyaimy, youtube.com/ilyaimy, twitch.tv/robilyaimy

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ilyAIMY @ilyaimy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Heather and I are camped out in Ocean City. Well, not “camped out”. robs don’t camp no mo. But we’re staying at Heather’s in-law’s very nice vacation home in the suburbs surrounding Ocean City, MD. It’s quiet. It’s dark...

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In the pines, in the pines.

This photo has little, if anything to do with my post. It’s just an example of a really phenomenal parallel parking job. I saw them fit in the space and I was impressed. Honestly, if everyone…

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ilyAIMY @ilyaimy.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

This wk in rob: Sun - AJ & KC's house party, 3-7pm in Crownsville, MD. Rain or shine. Mon - I'M hosting VOM 328. Signup at vom@ilyaimy.com. Live on FB, YT and Twitch at 7pm ET. Tues - recording Acacia Sears! Wed - Live from the Lair w Wayne Unchained Sat - ilyAIMY at Old Anglers Inn in Potomac, MD

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ilyAIMY @ilyaimy.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

(yep, no sound for the first 20 minutes of the webcast or so, sigh – but I WAS AWESOME!!!) Tonight was a beautiful night. Annette was on point, but beyond that, we had an all-star turnout of regulars and old friends and...

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The 200th SPARK w Annette Wasilik.

(yep, no sound for the first 20 minutes of the webcast or so, sigh – but I WAS AWESOME!!!) Tonight was a beautiful night. Annette was on point, but beyond that, we had an all-star turnout of …

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ilyAIMY @ilyaimy.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Good to be back in the Lair. I THINK I remember what all the buttons do.... ilyAIMY just went Live from the Lair Facebook.com/ilyAIMY youtube.com/ilyAIMY and twitch.tv/robilyaimy

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ilyAIMY @ilyaimy.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

It’s amazing when someone you’ve only ever heard online shows up and delivers. Tight harmonies, great songs, great playing. It was my first time back to the SPARK in several weeks and though we had very light turnout, i...

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The SPARK w Pet Names.

It’s amazing when someone you’ve only ever heard online shows up and delivers. Tight harmonies, great songs, great playing. It was my first time back to the SPARK in several weeks and t…

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ilyAIMY @ilyaimy.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

This wk in rob: Sun we played Musikfest in Bethlehem PA and it was AMAZING. Today we're tracking piano w Sharif Tues SPARK 200 w Annette Wasilik Wed we RETURN TO THE LAIR! Fri Westside Creative Market in Rehoboth DE Sun AJ and Kc House Concert in Crownsville MD!

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ilyAIMY @ilyaimy.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Tonight me and Joey Campfire / Joseph Swelterpants / host of the New Deal Cafe decided to swap open mic nights. I was pretty sure I’d have a good time, I was not incorrect. It was a much broader crowd than I’d expected,...

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The New Deal Cafe Open Mic.

Fantastic night, great list. Noisy night. But with a sound system to match. Tonight me and Joey Campfire / Joseph Swelterpants / host of the New Deal Cafe decided to swap open mic nights. I was pre…

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ilyAIMY @ilyaimy.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I slept in today. I’d like to say it was Lovely, but in truth, at the moment – “sleeping in” really only means lying in bed until the weight of inactivity begins to crush me. I wish it was relaxing, but it just feels li...

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The Ringing in my Ears.

This photo’s something of a non-sequitur, except that it reminds me of a similar moment of calm and quiet. After we played at Backwater Books last weekend, in the aftermath of a thoroughly Lo…

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ilyAIMY @ilyaimy.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Ugh. This concept of “worth” is still bugging me. At the root of “should I listen to AI music if it’s not harming me to do so” won’t leave my head because at the root of it it’s about what we value, right? And somewhere...

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Worth Less.

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ilyAIMY @ilyaimy.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I’ve been feeling a weight of stress that’s actually leaving me dizzy. Overwhelmed and tired and buzzed. Stuff with my mother, money, Life, the Universe, my career, the album, the next “tour”. I think I’m low-grade frea...

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Dreams.

Sharif recording tracks for Heather’s tunes on the new album. I’ve been feeling a weight of stress that’s actually leaving me dizzy. Overwhelmed and tired and buzzed. Stuff with my mother, mo…

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ilyAIMY @ilyaimy.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Happy #throwbackthursday. I’ve basically just been nabbing any photos tagged as July 9th and throwing them to the winds of the world wide web… I have coherent photographic records by date going back to 2002.

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July 9ths of the past.

Happy #throwbackthursday. I’ve basically just been nabbing any photos tagged as July 9th and throwing them to the winds of the world wide web… I have coherent photographic records by da…

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ilyAIMY @ilyaimy.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

This wk in rob: Today, playing Little Market Cafe in Ellicott City 12-3 w Heather, Kristen and Monso Al-Moseeki! Mon MIXING Tues hosting the NEW DEAL CAFE open mic Wed Live from the Lair Thurs MIXING Fri Worman Mills 5-8pm in Frederick Sat Backwater Books Bibliopub in Ellicott City 8-10pm

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ilyAIMY @ilyaimy.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Tonight actually was a joy, but that does NOT mean I won’t be taking a break soon! I got into town early, driving in the insane Maryland sun as the temperature outside crept well into the 90s and radio meteorologists ex... f.mtr.cool/zginlzvmcw

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ilyAIMY @ilyaimy.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

We do this every Sunday night at Morsbergers Tavern at 713 Frederick Rd, Catonsville, MD, 21228. Signup around 6.30pm, music at 7pm. 2 songs or 10 minutes, whichever’s shorter. I’ve given up telling people about the foo... f.mtr.cool/hcnerliwxp

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ilyAIMY @ilyaimy.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

TONIGHT - Quiet the Mountain returns to the SPARK open mic in Takoma Park, MD. School of Musical Traditions (7112 Willow Ave) | signup before 7pm | webcast Live on fb, YT and Twitch.

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ilyAIMY @ilyaimy.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

VOM (Virtual Open Mic) is Live right about... now! facebook.com/robsopenmics youtube.com/robsopenmics twitch.tv/robilyaimy

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ilyAIMY @ilyaimy.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

TONIGHT is VOM 323 w host Rowan Corbett. Live on FB, YouTube and Twitch. Signups are a little funky right now, email robilyaimy@gmail.com before 5pm if you want to know more! robsopenmics.com/robs-open-mics

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ilyAIMY @ilyaimy.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

TONIGHT in CATONSVILLE Juels Bland hosting the Music City Open Mic at Morsbergers Tavern Signup at 6.30, music from 7 till we're done. robsopenmics.com/robs-open-mics

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ilyAIMY @ilyaimy.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

THIS week in rob's open mics: Sun Juels hosts Morsbergers w Juels Bland (I'm playing in Sandy Spring w Rowan Corbett) Mon VOM 323 w Rowan Corbett Tues SPARK w Quiet the Mountain robsopenmics.com/robs-open-mics

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ilyAIMY @ilyaimy.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

For the past twenty years we’ve generally been playing the day of Independence Day so we don’t have TIME to go see fireworks. When Kristen and I first started dating, we tried to find the time – I think in an effort to ...

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The Fourth of July.

While Living with my friend Brennan we’d walk down to the Catonsville 4th of July Parade together. Weird cars (about a billion Corvettes for Jade), accordions, hot dogs and hot people. I wasn…

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ilyAIMY @ilyaimy.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

It’s “Pending”. It’s “In Progress”. It’s complicated. ilyAIMY.com will celebrate its 25th year in August, and over that time the hosting services I’ve used have been myriad. Not by intention, but because bigger business...

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WTF is up with ilyAIMY.com?

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ilyAIMY @ilyaimy.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

This wk in rob: Tonight: hosting Morsbergers for the LAST TIME till Oct? Wed: Live from the Lair Thurs: Record Braedon Fri: Kristen Jones Day AND Heather Aubrey Lloyd's Simon and Garfunkel tribute at Birchmere! Sat: Monocacy Brewing. Sun: Frank Letkiewicz' Sandy Spring Museum Songwriter Showcase!

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ilyAIMY @ilyaimy.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

SO – the 21 Songwriters was a perfect example of the perfect imperfection of a plan meeting reality, and of a community of people making things work. Whether it’s the weather or the simple practicality of getting people... f.mtr.cool/xbgdmskhnu

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ilyAIMY @ilyaimy.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I’m listening back to the recording from Sunday night and I wish I could relive the night from the audience. Dan Blakeslee was (contrary to the way I usually tell the tale) my GIRLFRIEND’S RA in our freshman year of col...

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Dissolving Castine.

Playing the Kitay’s house concert in Sharon, MA on Sunday June 14th was given a level of import with a LABEL MAKER! Worse ways to wake up. It looks like Love but it’s really lust. I had…

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ilyAIMY @ilyaimy.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Going Live RIGHT NOW from the SPARK open mic in Takoma Park, MD. Join us on facebook.com/robsopenmics, youtube.com/robsopenmics and twitch.tv/robilyaimy

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ilyAIMY @ilyaimy.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

TONIGHT at the Takoma SPARK open mic - we're hosting featured artist Jeff Miller. Yeah. We've hosted him a lot. But he's also really, really good. Signup before the music starts at 7pm. Webcast Live on facebook.com/robsopenmics, youtube.com/robsopenmics and twitch.tv/robilyaimy

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