Hi folks!

I wanted to share this with you because I'm very excited about it. I recently joined a project with the amazing bassist Colin Williams, the project being a (pseudo) New Orleans jazz band. He was gracious enough to let me bring one of my own pieces to rehearsal, which you may know as "Chronicles of a Kidney Thief". The stroke of brilliance was that he recorded the entire session and now I can share it with you. So please download this free track and enjoy it!

Robin Yukiko - vocals
Michael Finnican - guitar
O. Andrew Schreiber - drums
Colin Williams - bass

This version of Chronicles of a Kidney Thief
was written by Robin Yukiko
and arranged by Colin Williams.

Much love,

~Robin

P.S. Don't forget, San Franciscans, this Sunday is the FREE show at Brainwash Cafe, 6pm!

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 The guy who showed me the apartment Greg and I are about to move into calls me today and says, "Sorry, the people in the apartment have decided to extend their lease so it won't be ready by the move-in day."

Me: "Wha??"

"But we can put you in one with the same size, dimensions and direction but in a different building and on the 3rd floor."

(Backstory: I had originally looked at one like that and loved it but they had to put us in one on the ground floor which we weren't happy about)

Me: "What's the number?"

Him: "xxxx"

Me: "Wait, isn't that the one I saw? That's perfect!"

Him: "Good!"

Me: "I mean, I'm really upset. Can you give us a discount?"

Him: "Too late."

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