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After another amazing week of music, the party accelerates full steam ahead as I prepare to head out to the east coast again for a fantastic feast of a highly anticipated musical delights in an all out epic extravaganza and blasphemous bonanza.

Caught two stellar nights of ALO on their Tour d’Amor for 2/14 and 2/15 in Santa Cruz and Petaluma. The first night was at my beloved local Moe’s Alley and between the band and the audience, the roof was blown off it’s hinges. The energy was so high and you’d think that there had to be a tsunami warning forthcoming after the storm we danced up all night long.  Such a fun night for sure and we were thrilled to throw the raucous afterparty at our place which gave us an opportunity to entertain several new friends and VIP’s alike.

Sunday night at The Mystic was electric. I absolutely love this venue; superior sound and high ceilings, not to mention the classic old theatre architecture and Lagunitas on tap. I’m really loving many of the new songs and the guys just seriously played exceptionally and they also threw down with some super fun and funky cover selections. My apologies to our Choreographer for the after hours dancing injuries and to Jason and Elaine, I fuckin’ love you guys! New dance move made it into the repitoir though this night called “The Pillow Fight Casualty”. Don’t try it at home kids. Only under company supervision.

Notable Mention: Last minute decision and couldn’t make it to Tea Leaf in Tahoe on this same weekend but our sources said it was a scorcher and I was sore though like a sock in the stomach to hear that they covered “Lay Lady Lay” for the first time on Valentine’s Day night’s show. Great to hear it was a rock’n weekend up in the TEAhoe.

Last night 2/20 was a killer show at The Connecticut Yankee in San Francisco with Josh Clark’s new side project band, Counterclarkwise brought to you by Plateface Productions. Everyone came out in full force for this elevated event of fanciful musical prowess by the Clark character himself backed by Mr. Scotty (Iceman) Rager, Señor Steve (The Executive) Adams and Steve Molitz (of Particle fame). Our company’s own Sean (SLeahy) Leahy also sat in for a ball busting Hot Dog and the set included such other memorable tunes as: Fuck you blinking light, Farting on an airplane, I have a crush on my girlfriend, The ABC’s of Social Rugburn and Condensending Hippie.  Willin’ and Deathcake encore with Fred from Big Light. I would assume the Willin’ was a toss to Sauce, as it is the bands longtime song to him. Good call. And again, such a kick ass show, this one is going to melt hard drives once it seeps out from archive.

Next up on the agenda, I hop a plane on Thursday to meet up with Turbine for a show at Martyr’s in Chicago and then we have a week to casually stroll along the states to embark on Hampton Virgina for the epic 3 night welcoming back blast off that is PHISH! I can’t say enough how much i’m ready to rock the mothership and as a special treat, my boys, Turbine will be playing the afterparty on the first two nights! Also, so excited to rage Phish with so many of my best friends from back in the day and those whose friendships and mutual musical admiration in which i have acquired since the duration of the band’s last stand 5 years ago, this will truly take it over the top in my book.

I’m gonna kick it in VA for another week after and then head up to New York to scope out some potential future opportunities and then return back west the following week to digest what all just smacked the irremovable smile on my mug. Exhilarating adventures at hand to say the least.

PHUCK YEAH!

As for today, I had a life altering epiphany that I’m extremely grateful for and I also went to a bicycle museum. Good times.

…always.

Next up…in which I must express that i’m a terrible planner, but, if I return back to the west coast by April or if I leave again and then can get back by then, I am really seeking to make it to two shows in the area but they are both on the same damn night! JJ Cale (first tour in how long?!) and Ratatat(pure sicness)! JJ Cale or Ratatat? JJ Cale vs. Ratatat. I really need a teleporter machine stat.

All will be decided like the rhythm to the rhyme. All good things in all good time.

Love you all!

Late.

-B

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Dear 2009, it is hard to keep up with you, but since we met on new years eve, You have stolen my heart. I think I’m in love.

Hey there friends!

It’s great to be with you all again, and it’s February now and I gotta say that this has been quite the epic year so far and the continued greatness that lies ahead is of grandiose, extacicly preposterous proportions. It’s actually Friday the 13th today, tomorrow is Valentine’s Day and there is luck and electricity in the air. Here in Santa Cruz, we have been diggin’ on some pretty interesting weather patterns of mad rain for an hour followed by brilliant clear blue sunny skies and this pattern keeps repeating itself about every few hours, it feels magical. I just ate the best Veggie Burger in existance at this local Hawaiian bar and I want to give in to the resistance that keeping me in town and instead drive to Utah to catch up at a concert in Ogden this Saturday.

Last night I went out to a very intrigueing hip hop show that blended synths and a keyboard cacaughany behind spat vocals and inticing grooves. It was a goodtime. Russell, from Naomi and the Courteous Rudeboys fame is a part of the band and I’m glad I got to check it out.

What I want more than anything is to make it out to catch up with Turbine in Utah but if I can’t then I’m going to check ot ALO at Moe’s Alley for V-Day and it will be sweet.

I must admit, there has been so much going on as of late and a lot of progress towards new ventures with the company. New opportunities are braving the forefront which will unviel exciting feats of ascension as well as a profound compassionate acknowledgment towards current considerations as well.  I realize that that does not explain much but it soon will all come to light. All good things in all good time.

I recently spent 3 adventurous weeks on tour with my favorite New York band, Turbine. The response of their west coast debut was exhillerating and we had a ton of fun. Turbine is still on their legendary 90 day tour which will always be referred to as “The Tour of Insanity” as they have been traveling day in and day out conquering the country and rock’n peoples’ worlds. Rock on amigos! See you again in Hampton.

Ah yes, the most spoken word in our recent vocabulary; Hampton. Very exciting times at hand here with an exhorbant amount of us looking forward to the Phish shows coming up in Hampton next month and uh, yeah, this is gonna be insane.

I saw the writing on the wall and it read 422, and I knew right away it was the right thing to do. I went without a question to my designated destination and somewhere in the New York station reverberated an echo of elation. Really?! Yeah. And then ya know.

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