Another photo of yesterday: Telluride Tom and Daniela standing in a distubingly vacant field near the stage.
I know everyone loves my hat, but nobody even mentioned my t-shirt! 
That is definitely a great hat.
My training program is in full swing…
Friday night I was sound engineer for a “battle of the bands” A hundred or so twenty somthings all hyped up on hooch ar someting like that. There was this twentysomething girls on some kind of something that kept rubbing her breasts on my shoulder while I was tweaking the knobs… NOT her knobs you perverts, the sound board - idiots; Look but don’t touch. Guess you had to be there.
Then it was off to the Saloon to check out the Miller Carr Band. Great group from Sanat Monica. 70s surf music meets jazz. AND they were selling vinyl of the newest LP :thumbsup. Can you say Cazadores?
Up at 6am Saturday morning to load the truck for my opening festival of the year… Cuisine on the green. Mika the wonderdog was an incredible sport, greeting and playing with everyone in sight. Her first Festival, maybe she stayed calm cause of all those sausages that people slipped to her :lol… Five acts in 5 hours kept my beer reps at a minimum, that coupled with this case of allergies that hit Friday afternoon.
Tune Report:
Folk singer Krickie sounds much more like an angel.
Next up was the PineNeedles - very hot jamgrass, they keep getting better, they might be ready to tour next year! Pine Needles
The Blue Bellies inroduced a new chick drummer! Right after our good friend Audrey Auld Mezera Did a little suprise tweener. The music Club from Bolinas wound it all up and brought me in for a gentle landing.
A quick beer for the strike and it was back on the road for the evening shows… Mika got in the back seat and crashed as soon as we started driving. We unloaded the sound gear and I was off to “work” for an art theatre performance by the ArtShip Ensemble I was very pleasantly amazed by the theatrical presentation of this group. I only was able to grab a beer during the first act cause the second act had a bunch of really intricate light cues.
The evening wound up at the Saloon again… The NitCaps played, they are a really fun band that has been easy to deal with for the past year I’ve been booking music in the bar. Good times, good friends, good tequila (much deserved), and good micro brew.
Mika and I got home and crashed. She’s gonna be a great festival dog!
I get to do the whole thing again in three weeks with our big Western Weekend Days… Mean while I’m stoked for Ramblin Jack next Saturday!
I’d go on and on but the Giants are playing the Rockies and I’m due for a special Yummyrita.
Happy Sunday y’all
I just can’t get over the hat… sorry Tom. I just love that hat! I can’t help it… but ok, cool shirt. Did you have that made for this year or did you wear it last year?
The hat I got off the internet, and the shirt was a Christmas present from Carolyn Greene.
I’m hoping that everyone doesn’t go out and get a hat like mine. :eek
I wanted a unique mayoral hat so everyone would see me coming. :thumbsup
Tom, as much as I love your hat… it really wouldn’t flatter me much. My cowboy hats and my “Porn Star” ski cap look much better and fit my personality better than your top hat would.
So rest assured I won’t be racing out to buy one!
xoxo
I dragged out the tent, sleeping bag, stove, all the camping gear today after celebrating mother’s day. It’s still in my trunk and really makes me want to just pack a bag of clothes and head west, but I would definitely not have a job when I got back a month and half from now.
I think I just gave myself up as the “sacraficial festivirgin” and possibly sold myself into slavery to the Goddesses :eek
Finally caught on to that, huh Punchy. :thumbsup
Booze Slave #1 - Punchy :medal
Next…
Yup…I’m a little slow on the uptake…By the time I truly realize what I have gotten myself into, it will be waaaay too late!!!
Yup! Way to late already.
By the way, do you have any brother’s? We’re still looking for a few foot slaves. No reason for you to be the only sucker in the group. :evil I’m sure there’s a full traning program on-site.
HiBanji from the Campus :pickin
Hope Lin
I would volunteer my compadre, BillyBeru, but as he is a festavarian I think he is going to enjoy watching me get sacrificed. Probably why he got me addicted to the forum and has me doing tarp duty with him on Thurdsday.
Oh well, if I am going to be offered up as the sacrificial slave I might as well go for it in style…Booze Slave, Foot Slave, etc 
:flower All I ask of you kind and wonderful Goddesses is please have mercy on me…please :flower
:rollin
:cheers
Not only will you bask in our benevolence and patience, but you’ll get to bask in Goddess beauty. Plus, an added bonus, we smell good too!
Ha!
:love :flower :woohoo :woohoo :hop :hop :clap :clap :clap :hop :hop :woohoo :woohoo :flower :love
for the last month or so, I have been sleeping on the couch and putting the bluegrass music choice radio station on the tv, just to practice falling asleep in a less comfortable place and to make the twangy melodies my lullaby :baby
Hopefully this doesn’t backfire and make me fall asleep when I am wanting to stay awake and listen to the music.
:bandNice HeauBeau!!
I do recommend however that you carefully choose your music when falling asleep. It took me a solid year to be able to listen to “Black Bear Sessions” without falling asleep. That was after a year of falling asleep to that particular CD… it’s one of those I can just picture myself dancing and dancing… as I drift off to sleep.
I’m tired…
xoxo
MonkeyGirl, did your dreams last night take you on exhausting, magical adventures which have made you tired this morning?
Yes!! How did you know?!
GET OUT OF MY HEAD, dude!!
xoxo
<— Adventure Monkey
Ohhhh… Noooooo!
That picture of The Mayor and Daniela standing in Town Park with the stage in the background makes me want to pack up the truck and hit the road!
I want to go right now! (… Daniela :wave )
I’ve got say Telluride Tom… that’s a great hat!
Only three more weekends to pass and then it’s time to head for Telluride… here’s a picture…
Kaptain Karlos