<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7078229973033834720</id><updated>2011-07-28T16:21:33.433-07:00</updated><title type='text'>monica passin (aka li'l mo)</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monicapassin.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7078229973033834720/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monicapassin.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>monica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03095682381883627330</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>14</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7078229973033834720.post-92850912621335349</id><published>2008-08-16T20:01:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-16T20:03:09.525-07:00</updated><title type='text'>next gig-august 21</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-eBY94u0Id0/SKeU01tYHQI/AAAAAAAAAEE/QPttSdytz5U/s1600-h/aug+21+gig+poster.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-eBY94u0Id0/SKeU01tYHQI/AAAAAAAAAEE/QPttSdytz5U/s400/aug+21+gig+poster.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235316727333002498" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7078229973033834720-92850912621335349?l=monicapassin.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monicapassin.blogspot.com/feeds/92850912621335349/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7078229973033834720&amp;postID=92850912621335349' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7078229973033834720/posts/default/92850912621335349'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7078229973033834720/posts/default/92850912621335349'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monicapassin.blogspot.com/2008/08/next-gig-august-21.html' title='next gig-august 21'/><author><name>monica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03095682381883627330</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-eBY94u0Id0/SKeU01tYHQI/AAAAAAAAAEE/QPttSdytz5U/s72-c/aug+21+gig+poster.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7078229973033834720.post-2172652647358766468</id><published>2008-06-30T21:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-30T21:14:34.353-07:00</updated><title type='text'>country garage</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-eBY94u0Id0/SGmu-O1LoFI/AAAAAAAAAD8/mQaUCdx79hQ/s1600-h/JULY1+PROMO.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-eBY94u0Id0/SGmu-O1LoFI/AAAAAAAAAD8/mQaUCdx79hQ/s400/JULY1+PROMO.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217894027441709138" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;YEARS BACK, MY BEST FRIEND AND I STOOD OUTSIDE THE BOTTOM LINE IN SUBZERO WEATHER WAITING FOR STANDING ROOM TO SEE THE PATTI SMITH GROUP. NOW I'M PLAYING WITH PSG GUITAR MAN LENNY KAYE ON A HOT NIGHT IN JULY. WE'LL PLAY SEPARATELY AND TOGETHER. WE'VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE. LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS. MUSIC ALL EVENING. COULD START AS EARLY AS 8. MOST LIKELY WE'LL HAVE GUEST MUSICIANS.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7078229973033834720-2172652647358766468?l=monicapassin.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monicapassin.blogspot.com/feeds/2172652647358766468/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7078229973033834720&amp;postID=2172652647358766468' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7078229973033834720/posts/default/2172652647358766468'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7078229973033834720/posts/default/2172652647358766468'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monicapassin.blogspot.com/2008/06/country-garage.html' title='country garage'/><author><name>monica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03095682381883627330</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-eBY94u0Id0/SGmu-O1LoFI/AAAAAAAAAD8/mQaUCdx79hQ/s72-c/JULY1+PROMO.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7078229973033834720.post-3938760183720417862</id><published>2008-06-17T13:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-17T13:53:59.427-07:00</updated><title type='text'>a night of women country singers!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-eBY94u0Id0/SFggQ2QDDxI/AAAAAAAAAD0/-7p_8-wtYvI/s1600-h/hta+show+june+24.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-eBY94u0Id0/SFggQ2QDDxI/AAAAAAAAAD0/-7p_8-wtYvI/s400/hta+show+june+24.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212952042494168850" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;click on the poster for a larger view&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7078229973033834720-3938760183720417862?l=monicapassin.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monicapassin.blogspot.com/feeds/3938760183720417862/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7078229973033834720&amp;postID=3938760183720417862' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7078229973033834720/posts/default/3938760183720417862'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7078229973033834720/posts/default/3938760183720417862'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monicapassin.blogspot.com/2008/06/night-of-woman-country-singers.html' title='a night of women country singers!'/><author><name>monica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03095682381883627330</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-eBY94u0Id0/SFggQ2QDDxI/AAAAAAAAAD0/-7p_8-wtYvI/s72-c/hta+show+june+24.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7078229973033834720.post-4795625198216943610</id><published>2008-04-27T21:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-01T12:25:09.710-07:00</updated><title type='text'>upcoming gigs</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-eBY94u0Id0/SBoY09d50GI/AAAAAAAAADs/NWYbtdbAI5Q/s1600-h/lilmosoloshows.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-eBY94u0Id0/SBoY09d50GI/AAAAAAAAADs/NWYbtdbAI5Q/s400/lilmosoloshows.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195492418257539170" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-eBY94u0Id0/SBVZXNd50FI/AAAAAAAAADk/-aNuT8UGVxM/s1600-h/may+4+poster.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-eBY94u0Id0/SBVZXNd50FI/AAAAAAAAADk/-aNuT8UGVxM/s400/may+4+poster.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194156000528683090" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7078229973033834720-4795625198216943610?l=monicapassin.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' 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xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-eBY94u0Id0/SBoY09d50GI/AAAAAAAAADs/NWYbtdbAI5Q/s72-c/lilmosoloshows.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7078229973033834720.post-347162369367089410</id><published>2008-04-01T15:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-01T15:16:18.213-07:00</updated><title type='text'>LORETTA LYNN Birthday Tribute</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-eBY94u0Id0/R_KzpT83PYI/AAAAAAAAADc/1MDPqViZx4c/s1600-h/lorettapromo10.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-eBY94u0Id0/R_KzpT83PYI/AAAAAAAAADc/1MDPqViZx4c/s400/lorettapromo10.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184403643368422786" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;click on the poster to enlarge!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7078229973033834720-347162369367089410?l=monicapassin.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monicapassin.blogspot.com/feeds/347162369367089410/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7078229973033834720&amp;postID=347162369367089410' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7078229973033834720/posts/default/347162369367089410'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7078229973033834720/posts/default/347162369367089410'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monicapassin.blogspot.com/2008/04/loretta-lynn-birthday-tribute.html' title='LORETTA LYNN Birthday Tribute'/><author><name>monica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03095682381883627330</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-eBY94u0Id0/R_KzpT83PYI/AAAAAAAAADc/1MDPqViZx4c/s72-c/lorettapromo10.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7078229973033834720.post-487277031627287355</id><published>2007-12-04T10:56:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-12-04T11:00:55.475-08:00</updated><title type='text'>the sun is bright (detail) by monica passin</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-eBY94u0Id0/R1WjHQZ6cBI/AAAAAAAAADQ/psh_47GeY7M/s1600-h/squinting+in+the+sun"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-eBY94u0Id0/R1WjHQZ6cBI/AAAAAAAAADQ/psh_47GeY7M/s400/squinting+in+the+sun" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5140193894771355666" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7078229973033834720-487277031627287355?l=monicapassin.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monicapassin.blogspot.com/feeds/487277031627287355/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7078229973033834720&amp;postID=487277031627287355' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7078229973033834720/posts/default/487277031627287355'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7078229973033834720/posts/default/487277031627287355'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monicapassin.blogspot.com/2007/12/sun-is-bright-detail-by-monica-passin.html' title='the sun is bright (detail) by monica passin'/><author><name>monica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03095682381883627330</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-eBY94u0Id0/R1WjHQZ6cBI/AAAAAAAAADQ/psh_47GeY7M/s72-c/squinting+in+the+sun' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7078229973033834720.post-3666043429757958252</id><published>2007-11-26T21:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-26T22:02:17.417-08:00</updated><title type='text'>LI'L MO &amp; THE MONICATS ILLUSTRATED EDITION!</title><content type='html'>please see The New Yorker link below.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7078229973033834720-3666043429757958252?l=monicapassin.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monicapassin.blogspot.com/feeds/3666043429757958252/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7078229973033834720&amp;postID=3666043429757958252' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7078229973033834720/posts/default/3666043429757958252'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7078229973033834720/posts/default/3666043429757958252'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monicapassin.blogspot.com/2007/11/lil-mo-monicats-illustrated-edition.html' title='LI&apos;L MO &amp; THE MONICATS ILLUSTRATED EDITION!'/><author><name>monica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03095682381883627330</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7078229973033834720.post-4200234090379157217</id><published>2007-11-15T22:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-12-04T11:02:19.061-08:00</updated><title type='text'>END OF THE YEAR GIGS!</title><content type='html'>GEORGE HARRISON TRIBUTE&lt;br /&gt;i will be participating, with many others, in this tribute to lovely george at BANJO JIM'S&lt;br /&gt;THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13&lt;br /&gt;here comes the sun...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LI'L MO &amp; THE MONICATS&lt;br /&gt;HOLIDAY DANCE PARTY&lt;br /&gt;AT CONNOLLY'S, 121 west 45th street near 6th avenue&lt;br /&gt;7:30 to 11pm   $20 (free dance lesson at 6:30)&lt;br /&gt;great hardwood dance floor here, but whether or not you dance, we're going to make this a real rockin' honky tonkin' country shufflin' rhythm n' bluesy party.&lt;br /&gt;i will be selling my Painter girl Chocolates as well, for your last minute gift buying! proceeds from the sale of the "Laissez les Bon Bons Roulez" will, as always, benefit the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts.&lt;br /&gt;please see the Let's Zydeco website below for more details.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7078229973033834720-4200234090379157217?l=monicapassin.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monicapassin.blogspot.com/feeds/4200234090379157217/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7078229973033834720&amp;postID=4200234090379157217' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' 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third record out. but you just can't rush the muse. or tell her you're supposed to be a country singer, when she gets you to write r&amp;b, zydeco, and sixties-style pop tunes. i finally wrote a new country shuffle, though, just last week, and i will make sense of all this, i swear, in 2008. i already have the cover art in mind. meanwhile, i'll keep listening to exile on main street, the ebony hillbillies, james hunter, slim harpo, and the yodelin' brakeman. wish me luck.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7078229973033834720-920295587957316925?l=monicapassin.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monicapassin.blogspot.com/feeds/920295587957316925/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7078229973033834720&amp;postID=920295587957316925' title='0 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lovely. highlights for me: my dear friend banjo lisa bestowed upon me a danelectro guitar that had belonged to her husband, banjo jim. i will do my best to live up to this kind and supportive gesture. i witnessed a virtual accordian shootout between the cajuns and the mexicans at the rhythm &amp; roots festival---hoo boy! steve riley vs joel guzman---still can't get over it! and i have re-united with a dear friend from my teen years, so it's back to hanging around his room listening to blues records, except now we're not cutting school to do it. thinking about painting a portrait of buddy guy...&lt;br /&gt;i'm in the process of writing songs for my third album, and i'm beginning to book shows for the fall. next up:&lt;br /&gt;TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, HILL COUNTRY&lt;br /&gt;hope to see you...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7078229973033834720-8067769087324301524?l=monicapassin.blogspot.com' alt='' 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