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No pics of the actual dinner (last night) and lunch (today), but had some very yummy sausage. Standalone last night, and in a wrap with apple BBQ sauce today for lunch.

One of my best friends manages a CA East Bay Punk band called Stay Out. They made their first East Coast visit this weekend. Lots of fun, but shit did I feel old! Another "old" local punk band, the FU's, also played (and their age was showing as they didn't want to headline, as that would be too late 🤣). Great fun, energetic and often melodic music, and weary bones and muscles. Stay Out did a REALLY good version of Green Day's "Welcome To Paradise" as an encore.... Stay Out is the second/longer video, FU's are the shorter one. FU's lead singer reminds me of Gibby Haynes from Butthole Surfers.... IMG_6003.MOV IMG_6006.MOV

Holy shitballs! That Dream Academy cover gave me the chills! Thanks, Stretch! And thanks too for the Cowboy Junkies post. I lusted big time for Margo in those days.....glad I finally saw them live after many many years. The Sun Comes Up It's Tuesday Morning video is wonderful too (my favorite song by them, followed closely by 'Cause Cheap Is How I Feel; two great noir-like narratives).

Belated Happy Birthday! Hope it was great!

Got the mole....🤣

Andrew & Amy took me out for a Father's Day celebration last night, since we'll see my dad today. A nice restaurant in Burlington MA called The Treasury. Restaurant sub-title is Indian and Greek Restaurant (!) but 1) on the online order form there is little to no Greek food, and 2) last night was a limited menu anyway, all Indian. Everything was delicious though! Beet w/Goat Cheese appetizer, 3 variations on curry dishes (2 chicken, one paneer), garlic naan, a mango lassi, and rasmalai dessert. Good food, great company.

A few more from cleaning the drive.....

Some pretty cool spacey-psych-groovy music from Japan

I thought Uncontrollable Urge wasn't too bad, maybe a bit too tame (I've always like the manic-ness that Devo brought to the stage). I appreciate they did "the dance" where they line up and switch their feet back and forth.....

Hmmm, is that Gilda Radner in her satirical commercial for "Haley's Bristol Cream?" She parodied the real commercial of a woman telling another woman to call a man and not wait for him. So she tries it a couple times and the men are not available; she ends up yelling out to a stranger int he street, and you then see a bum in her apartment drinking with her.... Tried a quick search for the video, didn't find it.

RIP Brian....even though I didn't listen to a ton of Beach Boys music, the massive respect and recognition is there for their - and especially HIS - greatness. Also RIP to Douglas McCarthy of Nitzer Ebb. Their music was in good rotation in years past.... Only 58 too, likely related to liver issues..... https://www.stereogum.com/2311466/nitzer-ebb-frontman-douglas-mccarthy-dead-at-58/news/

The more I listen, the more I love this; unique sound and she still has so much passion in her singing. "This House" hits a bit hard, but all is great.

This past weekend I went up to my Maine condo. Met up with an Audio friend for lunch in Portland, then worked my way South back to the condo. I ended up talking non-highway routes (Rt 1), and made stops coincidentally at several places Karen and I visited last Fall when we did a similar trip. Was both sad and wonderful, good memories but emptier without her. For anyone travelling to Southern Maine, some fun foodie places: The Cheese Iron in Scarborough - https://www.thecheeseiron.com/ Holy Donut in Portland and Scarborough (and a smaller location right near my condo!) - https://www.theholydonut.com/ Len Libby Candy shop Scarborough and home of Lenny the Chocolate Moose - https://www.lenlibby.com/ Maine is a beautiful state, lots of great small towns near and off the water. When we would go up, we'd literally feel the stress wash off and our shoulders relax as we crossed the bridge from NH into Maine. Gratuitous pic of Lenny the Moose.....

I always thought (wanted?? maybe) the "DS" is for Doug's initials..... 😄 Nice review!

I can only hope the murderer is put in prison and made someone's - or better yet SEVERAL someones' - ass bitch! Scum deserves it deeply.... A dog, too.....