This week we have the fabulous Keith Stone of Cascadia Groove burnin' the woodwinds!

Dios bendiga a Vespucciland!

I had two "stereo test albums" (the first song, mostly) used to dial in my Dynaco/Advent stereo system whenever I moved to a new apartment. Court of the Crimson King (20th Century Schizoid Man) and Emerson Lake & Palmer's Tarkus (Eruption). Stereo got ripped off, but they left the vinyl.

Checked into it, didn't get traction. 6-piece with a soundman ... we might be too expensive for them. We might see if we can do something at the Firehouse next year.

Thanks, we'd love to! Despite the fact that two of us live up there, we have yet to play in Bellingham. Working on it.

This is called a Chaccu: the ritual rounding-up of wild vicunas. No animals were harmed, just "detained" long enough for shearing and a short ritual fertility ceremony. Then, by law, they must be set free. This happens every two or three years.

We drive by a giant front-lawn sign pretty often and flip it off religiously. The guy actually upped the ante recently, adding a few dozen flags. He's pretty invested; it'd take a crew to remove the thing. He might wish he could just stuff it in the trash. 😂

He wrote a whole song instead. youtu.be/8B9ATiGpbl8?...

Update: our original page has now been permanently removed from Facebook (also my personal page). Still no clue as to why. We have a new band page, administered by Ms. Kelly Visten, here: www.facebook.com/people/The-F...