BAD STUFF

Here is a picture of a Montery Pine that fell onto the back and roof of my neighbors house on tuesday. A big gust of wind knocked it down. The rain has saturated the ground to the point where it won't hold up trees anymore.
This is just one more shitty thing to happen to us or those we know well. Our friend Walt lost his home in January when the rains flooded the river in Lagunitas. THEN: Tedd commits the unbearable. THEN: We have little or no work because of the season. Etc...Etc..... Those windows are not broken. I can't believe they didn't break! That is one of the owners in the foreground. She is in shock! This doesn't show the damage on the roof. There were SO many holes punched into the roof by big thick branches that you can't see in this picture! Kimm scampered up there with all the slick pine needles to help them put on the tarps afterwards. Then on Friday they got about 6 tree guys over there and they got that whole tree off of the roof and cut it down to the stump. Brave guys. They didn't break one petal off of any of our neighbors flowers! Those kids were good!

Stonefox

There was this band from San Francisco in the mid-late 90's called Stonefox. They could not be touched. 4 girls on guitar and mics and 1 guy on the drums. Hard - Driving - Sweating - Sex Rock Punk Metal. They were just so good. Sooo Good.
I'm listening to this C.D. I got from my dear friend Tedd's collection. I am the biggest Stonefox fan and I didn't know about this! "Really Burnt" on Man's Ruin. It's their first album "Burnt", with several live cuts. Show's I know that I was at because I was a junkie. I saw them all. I stalked one of the guitarists after I saw her get off the bus one day in my neighborhood. She lived right next door to Mission Delores. The balcony of her studio looked out onto the graveyard of the Mission. I spent many days walking my doberman Isabelle underneith that balcony.
Good Times--Good Times..
Thank God for this band!
I also got a well worn Stonefox t-shirt from Tedd's t-shirt collection. I'm not sure I should ever wear it.

Tedd ruins our lives lately

Listening to KUSF
It's been a long time since I wrote anything. Our good friend Tedd committed suicide in Febuary and I didn't feel much like writing after that. This is a picture of Tedd in better times. He was one of a kind. No one knew he was in any kind of emotional pain. But like my mom said, "Sometimes you can't know what's in peoples heads". Pretty simple but true.
We played music together in a band called Yusakuta that was together from '97 to '01. He played bass and I played guitar. We played lots of shows and had so much fun. If it wasn't for him I wouldn't be playing in the band I am today. I wouldn't know the SF friends that I still have. I wouldn't have all the great memories that I have. He used to be counted on to come to all our shows. Now he won't be there. In ten years I wonder if I will feel even worse than I do now. It's hard to explain that.
I'm going to his place next Sunday to help his boyfriend and best friend among others to clean out his stuff.
I really miss that guy.