merry something or the other

This song always make me have tears well up, there's only a few that can still do that but said just so you don't think I'm some sadsack here's this too.

feliz navidad

and the band played waltzing matilda

Been kinda bummed as I tend to be this time of the year. Though I have a great family friends and a job  that's not as bad as some the so called holidays get me down. Lost three friends and a niece in the last year and it never gets easier. Plus what the hell people round the world still fighting for no good reason I mean we haven't learned shite in all this time. We're no better the rest I'm afraid despite all the USA rahrah jesus loves us shite. It leads me to this, my friend Cornelius gave me this mixed disc of anti war songs couple years back now, not Bob Dylan or Joan Baez or stuff like that but groups you don't think about in the genre, like the Pogues.

Anyways give the people you love a squeeze as my old friend Steve W always says, be good. Wait for it, it's worth it.

Hi everybody, all three of you, maybe. Gone away from this a long time but thought I might say hey so hey. Reno is rainy like it's rarely gets, river flooding power out at work (short day yeah, got paid too so yeah again). Still riding bikes still drinking coffee, and other fun stuff still digging music, just sayin. Anyways maybe I stop by again from time to time so till then later skaters.

   

happy holidaze

this is probably the best xmas vid ever

b-l-a-c-k-nuss

so ya haven't posted in a long ass time but, I've been busy, doing stuff ya know. Riding bikes, collecting pine cones with the Sugar Pine Foundation, sleeping on the ground, drinkin whiskey and supping on miso soup and rice.

Roland Kirk, Rashaan Roland Kirk, man didn't get lot of love from the critics when he was with us, called him sideshow and worst. Players knew, Coltrane was a fan, he was one of very few folks who got free reign when working with Mingus, along with Eric Dolphy pretty good company I would say. People seem to get what he was trying these days due to the hard work of Joel Dorn, who worked with him when he was with us, and dumbasses like me who made it my business to spread the word. I first heard Roland while in high school from the herbal dealing jazz flautist who lived above my dentist's office. My friends had no use for the music but something clicked with me. The flute guy would put on "I talk with the Spirits" and go on about the percussive work of Ro's flute playing and somehow I thought yeah you're right.  So really check his stuff out especially from his Black Classical Music, right before his stroke, which incidently didn't really stop the man, He could play two horns at once before so this guy could still play with one hand and play he did, so get on the Rashaan train and Prepare to meet a Miracle. till next time we'll keep the light on for you

magyar a go go

so anyhow what about this

I don't know why but I kinda like this

Maybe there's something wrong with me

Turn Your Radio On

dug out and been listening to my old John Hartford LPs. John has always been a favorite of mine, what can I say. Lucky enough to have written Gentle on My Mind, it gave him the money to not really care about recording music that may or may not sell. I was lucky as well once, when I met John when he played in Reno some time ago, he was interested in me being from Pittsburgh since he was a riverman himself. .We talked about barges, tow boats and rivers more than music. As always he put on a great show, though later we found out that he was probably in a bit of pain as he was pretty sick towards the end. I know where I was when I heard that John had died, sitting in the Duex Gros Nez listening to the Risky Biscuit Hayseed hoot, I admit I cried right there and then. So I couldn't find a good version of Turn the Radio On, but this is pretty good too. On the night The Boy was born and nothing was right I sat there with him in in ICU singing to him, I know I sang him this one a couple times

As it turns out it was one of the first songs The Boy sang as well, along with Give Back The Keys To My Heart, but we will leave that for another time.

so we went to Pittsburgh for a spell were we stole wi fi from McDonalds

went dahn tahn an at

went for a walk along one of those rivers John and I loved, this one being the Allegheny 

ran into Pine Top Perkins at the museum 

we will get to him and the rest of the Blues Fellas

Saw a ball game

the Buccos lost but played a good game and what a ball park they have now. My old friend Steve W came down outta the hills to see it with us ending his boycott of all things owned by the Nutting family. Drank some good beer by Penn's Brewing and Yungling didn't drink any Iron City though don't know how that happened.

But anyways back in beautiful Reno again, don't laugh after the humidity of Pittsburgh the 90s round here feel like spring time. I love Pittsburgh but honestly have no idea how I put up with that. Anyways we updated the Boy's bike, new bar, stem, seatpost and even some STI shifting for him. Just about out grown the old Trek but he's not ready to give it up quite yet.

So it is Hot August Nights round these parts this week and if you don't know what that is (if anybody is actually reading this) one word "google". But that also means Hot August Bike is happening tomorrow evening as well so hold on with baited breath, what ever the hell that means, for a full report