Fascistfest 2005!
An event that used to be the high point of my year in the mid-late 80s is now seen by the present me to be a fascist freeforall. I’m a little surprised and maybe saddened for it to taken me this long to figure it out. But sometimes I’m a little slow.
Ah, Miramar Air […]

I just heard on the news that the US will send lots of money to the earthquake-stricken south Asian region.
Hmmm.
We have money for Asian tragedies but not for American ones? Or, we can “liberate” Iraq but can’t keep freedom here.
Ain’t America great?

Forgive me lord for I have sinned.
I went to Viejas today.
Yup, Viejas casino, the charming den of sin that vacuums money from pensioners’ pockets and puts credit cards to the endurance test at the 60 outlet shops. Kelli seems to have bid at an auction for some chow from the buffet there and was begging […]

To “celebrate” my grandmother’s birthday (she would have been 96 this year) I would like to quote my hero Kevin Gilbert who predicted our present dilemma in a number of songs, but most notably in Goodness Gracious. This little bit ends the song after a litany of things that sound like they are plucked out […]

Kevin Gilbert was a prophet. I miss that dude.

In the past two weeks, I’ve had two gigs to do up in the coastal areas below San Francisco. The first week’s gig was in Monterey, and the second one was in Half Moon Bay. I took different roads where possible on each leg of each trip so I could check out hitherto unseen or […]