the dirty spot

Finding a permanent practice space has always been somewhat of a hassle for the Venetia Fair. When we go into writing mode we usually practice five days a week for seven or eight hours each day, so we need to find a practice space that is available to us pretty much 100% of the time. […]

Being on the road in our situation can be very exhausting. By “our situation,” I mean barely scraping by. I'm talking about pooling money together to buy an 8-pack of hot dogs and a loaf of bread for dinner and then sleeping in the van in a Wal-Mart parking lot. That's actually a very common […]

When the Venetia Fair lost their original keyboardist about four years ago, I was playing guitar in a band that I had been in for about four years. Benny (TVF's vocalist) and I had been hanging out daily, so I mentioned to him that I might be interested in joining. I toyed around with the […]