Sunday, August 26, 2007

outta here

Off to LA tomorrow until the buttcrack of dawn Friday morning. Last week was my birthday week. Had several fine meals with various wimmens. Received lovely presents and cards. Thank you.

Monday, Sept. 3, I am having a cookout. Come as early as 3 but the eating is 5 or thereabouts. Invite everybody you know.

Sunday, August 19, 2007

Preliminary report

Went to the Madison Ribberfest this weekend. Great time. Best band was Elvin Bishop. Very hot most of the time. Sat in what shade we could get. Next year, taking a beach umbrella. Ate a ton of free barbecue, both Friday night at the Backyard BBQ Blast and Saturday around noon for the professional cookers. Drank a gallon of Coronas.

Here's a look at some of the tents of the participants in the professional BBQ contest.

Here's a picture of The Travelin' Mojos, a local band who was very good.

These ladies had on these great t-shirts prior to the judging.


The fest on Friday.


Elvin Bishop wanders into the audience RIGHT NEXT TO ME.



Almost blinded him with the flash on this one.


Some of the cookers of the people vying for qualifying for the Kansas City National BBQ Cook-off.








The balloon glow Friday night on the south bank of the Ohio River.

Candied bacon.




Charlie Musselwhite doing Blues from Brazil.

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

updates

The good thing about the next few weeks is I only have to work two out of five of them at actual work. The bad thing is it seems like a strenuous schedule. I Will Survive (as sung by Cake, not by Gloria Gaynor).

* To Madison for the Ribberfest
* My birthday (the 21st)
* My mom's birthday weekend
* To L.A. Monday til Thursday
* Labor Day weekend with Joe Bonamassa in St. Mary's 9/1 and party chez moi 9/3
* WEEK OFF
* the Swamp
* Subdudes at the Ark
* To New York Sunday to Friday 9/16-21
* Fred Eaglesmith at the Ark 9/23
* Put in Bay 9/29
* Harvest Party 10/6
* New Orleans Oct 13-15 (maybe)

Last weekend, I went to see Rod's Collision at Nate and Wally's. I need a t-shirt that says Remember: Whiskey Leads to Dancing. That back outside bar of theirs is slick. I tried to get a cheeseburger at the Grill before I went but I apparently showed up during the "makin' the bacon" interlude and no cheeseburger was to be had. Fortunately, the Voodoo Barbecue was open and I got a chicken burrito which I ate in Nate and Wally's as I had already had several beers on Annie's porch. Then came the whiskey and dancing. No photographic evidence. Of dirty dancing with Jason Peslikis, for example.

Saturday, I was on the radio from 12:15 to 4 and then I had to recuperate. Watched The Commitments, a pretty good movie. Sunday, I mowed and weeded.

SOLD MY CAR! At last, the blue Civic is gone, and while I did not make out like a bandit, I sold it for a tidy sum more than I owed on it. Some guy looked at it first who chided me about the corrosion on the aluminum wheels, as if I had driven through acid baths, and because I had not hosed down the engine! Kee-rist. But does not offer any hold money or other promise. So the eventual buyer comes Friday night and writes me a check on the spot. And then the first guy has the nerve to call me and leave a message that starts "I don't think you treated my daughter fair" at which point I hit the delete button on my phone. He could have said "fairly."

Also reading Chuck Palahniuk's Stranger Than Fiction, which is. Chuck has a new book out in May so I just ordered it on half.com. Also read Mark Haddon's A Spot of Bother, which was as great as was his first book, "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time."

Sunday, August 05, 2007

crazy

Saturday morning, Miss Jenks and I got in the new car and drove to Maryville, Tennessee, to see Will Kimbrough and Todd Snider. It was a 7-hour drive and worth every minute. Unfortunately, I left my spare camera batteries at home so I have a couple of pictures of Will that I will post soon. But no video as I had hoped. I'm sure some will show up on Youtube pretty soon.

Will did Act Like Nothing's Wrong and Piece of Work and A New Song and many others, then Todd came out and they played for another hour and a half with Ted Cooper on bass and rocked the crowd of about 300 at Smoky Mtn. Harley Davidson in The Shed. We were drinking Tecate in a can with limes.

Todd did a new song, America's Favorite Pastime, about some MLB pitcher pitching a game on acid. He told a story about being on the high school football team in Beaverton, OR, and how some magic mushrooms turned him to the other side.

We got in the car at 8 a.m. after eating at the Corner Grill and drove to Lake City, TN, where we ate at La Fiesta (smoking or non-smoking?) and had a frosty Negra Modelo, some killer guac and excellent salsa on some burritos and enchiladas that all the had the same red sauce, but were tasty. On the way back we had breakfast Sunday morning at Cottage Restaurant, also in Lake City. And lunch at Tipp o' the Town in Tipp City. Not into the chain restaurants.

We tried to find Disney, TN, which was on Jenks's Wal-Mart road atlas but the locals where we stopped for gas said Disney might be a road, but it wasn't a town and when I told them we wanted to have our pictures taken in front of the city sign, you could tell they thought I was out of my mind. And from up NORTH. These 5 or 6 people were all in the gas station, where I bought gas, and most of them looked pointedly at the floor when the reason for this visit was presented.

The scenery was beautiful. Smoky Mtns. at 8 a.m. With actual smokiness.

Last Wednesday, we went to see Sonny Landreth at The Ark. He was pretty good but we have seen this show before.

Remember, Rod's Collision is at Nate and Wally's Friday night.

We got some big rain today. Now, it's time to mow for the first time in 2 months.