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"The life of a repo man is always intense." RIP HDS

RIP Grant. Fuck the fuck out of cancer. Seeing Bob Mould in a few weeks at Hardly Strictly. Gotta play some Hüsker Dü in the meantime. Here are Bob's words from FB yesterday : It was the Fall of 1978. I was attending Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota. One block from my dormitory was a tiny store called Cheapo Records. There was a PA system set up near the front door blaring punk rock. I went inside and ended up hanging out with the only person in the shop. His name was Grant Hart. The next nine years of my life was spent side-by-side with Grant. We made amazing music together. We (almost) always agreed on how to present our collective work to the world. When we fought about the details, it was because we both cared. The band was our life. It was an amazing decade. We stopped working together in January 1988. We went on to solo careers, fronting our own bands, finding different ways to tell our individual stories. We stayed in contact over the next 29 years — sometimes peaceful, sometimes difficult, sometimes through go-betweens. For better or worse, that’s how it was, and occasionally that’s what it is when two people care deeply about everything they built together. The tragic news of Grant’s passing was not unexpected to me. My deepest condolences and thoughts to Grant’s family, friends, and fans around the world. Grant Hart was a gifted visual artist, a wonderful story teller, and a frighteningly talented musician. Everyone touched by his spirit will always remember. Godspeed, Grant. I miss you. Be with the angels.

The tomato pie was good but almost too sweet. My tomatoes are super sweet so I should not have included even the small amount of sugar she has in the recipe. I'm going to try a leftover slice today to see how it has aged.

Preparing for their SFJazz gig this weekend.

I think that's Jimmy Buffett.

Happy birthday and cheers to the good health news!

Yup. From her cookbook. Jealous that you and Debbie had her food multiple times. I have eaten the tomato pie from this recipe made by my sister in law but mine will be better!

Not really like pizza but not totally unlike it either. It has a pie crust with tomatoes, caramelized onions, thyme and basil. The cheese "crown" is fontina, parmesan, and mayonnaise. Southern cooking, baby.

Took most of my remaining ripe tomatoes, but I made a tomato pie from the Farmer and the Chef's recipe and I am desperate to eat it even though I have to wait awhile.

Glad you're doing okay Gary.

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass finally posted the full lineup. Pretty great for a free music festival blocks from our house. FRIDAY OCT 6 (Noon - 7pm) Foy Vance, The Sam Chase & The Untraditional , Brandi Carlile, T Bone Burnett, Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands, Seun Kuti & Egypt 80, Dry Branch Fire Squad, Billy Bragg, Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express, Conor Brings Friends for Friday featuring: Mega Bog, Jesse Harris, Big Thief, The Felice Brothers, First Aid Kit, Conor Oberst, Terri Hendrix with Lloyd Maines , Tracy Blackman, Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors, Molsky’s Mountain Drifters, The Bo-Keys featuring Don Bryant and Percy Wiggins SATURDAY OCT 7 (11am - 7pm) HSB Blues Revue featuring Sugar Ray Norcia, Annie Sampson, Chris Cain, Steve Freund, Austin deLone, Ruth Davies and Tony Braunagel, Ozomatli, Steve Earle & The Dukes, Moonalice, Tyler Childers, Patty Griffin, Buddy Miller's Cavacade of Stars featuring Gurf Morlix, Bill Anderson, Lillie Mae, Dan Penn, Buddy Miller with The War and Treaty, Blackfoot Gypsies, Rising Appalachia, Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn, Gillian Welch, Jamey Johnson, Alison Brown & the Compass Bluegrass Allstars, Peter Rowan Dharma Blues featuring Jack Casady, Dan Auerbach, Willie Watson, Midnight North, Justin Townes Earle, Henry Rollins, The Nth Power, Tim O'Brien Band, Reed Mathis & Electric Beethoven, The Brothers Comatose, Poncho Sanchez, Nancy & The Lambchops, The Wood Brothers, Sam Outlaw, Hardly Strictly Silent Disco featuring Ren the Vinyl Archaeologist, Steve Fabus, Deejay Theory, Tom Thump, DJ Phleck, DJ Tobiwan, Motion Potion, U9lift, The Go To Hell Man Clan, Robyn Hitchcock, Robert Earl Keen, Sturgill Simpson, Colter Wall SUNDAY OCT 8 (11am - 7pm) Jon Langford's Four Lost Souls, Jello Biafra, Ghost of Paul Revere, Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile (and the Sea Lice), Kane Welch Kaplin, Lampedusa featuring Steve Earle, Patty Griffin, Emmylou Harris, Buddy Miller, Lucinda Williams, Big Freedia, John Prine, Poor Man's Whiskey, Tyler Childers, Junior Brown, Bob Mould Band, Lucinda Williams, Sisters Morales, Aaron Lee Tasjan, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, Dave Alvin & The Guilty Ones, Shelby Lynne & Allison Moorer, Marco & The Polos, The Flatlanders, Norbert Putnam and Friends, The Sons Of The Soul Revivers, Ciaran Lavery, The Secret Sisters, Lila Blue, The Brothers Gibb, Hot Tuna Electric, Ornette's Prime Time Reunion Band featuring Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Al MacDowell, Charlie Ellerbe, Badal Roy, Denardo Coleman with Special Guests David Murray, Wallace Roney & Marc Ribot , Weyes Blood, Emmylou Harris, Randy Newman, Cheap Trick, The Well Known Strangers, Jade Jackson, Will Durst, Hardly Strictly Silent Disco featuring 4NR, Gordo Cabeza, DJ Alarm, Mophono, DJ Tyme, King Most, Motion Potion

Good news Jim!

Sorry for the delay, but here is Gene's morning update: All ok here, Al. Irma took last minute veer to the east (inland) and spared us the worst. No damage, flooding or injuries. Just shrubs, branches, small trees, and litter to clean up. Very lucky. Powet expected to be out for a while, but we have water service. It was an adventure for sure. Also, Steve is back "home" at the trailer park but he is staying in another person's trailer because they are out of town and Steve's trailer would be rather breezy (big hole in it). He has no power or internet so he is not likely to be here much for the moment. He wanted me to let everyone know he is good and I'm excited that he is seriously considering moving back to the Bay Area by November. Woot!

I helped make some juicy IPA with a teacher friend of Claire's. Looking forward to seeing how it turns out after dry hopping in a few days.

I checked in with Gene again and he is fine for now but will be spending the night in a windowless hallway six floors up. He is comfortable with their safety but worries about the aftermath, obviously. I love this picture of Carl and Bonnie hunkering down on FB:

Carl! I hope you and Bonnie are safe and sound and dry. Stay safe!

I checked in with Gene today and he and Becky are staying at home in Sarasota, but they have prepared and have hurricane glass windows, etc. He'll check in after Irma passes. From Facebook, it appears Vicki and Mike are both away from their homes and should be safe. Raffy lives inland so he should be a wet but safe little sherpa.

Confirmed that my pole fitness is fine after clicking that link.

Frying pan...fire.

At least you had Hidden Valley Ranch...

Pellet pooper ftmfw! Looks tasty

@Bjarnetv, your setup is awesome! Love that cabinet with dueling TTs and plenty of records. Looking good Steve! Exciting to be building out your studio space. Enjoy the beautiful, beautiful music!

Some of us aren't as confident about baring ourselves, TICE, but of course we are happy to bear with you as you and your phone enter the 21st century. Love you buddy!

Happy birthday Posty! Cheers! [Non-alcoholic-beverage-toast]