Happy Birthday Kris

Today would have been Kris's 40th birthday.

This was our song back in 83' when we were in the middle of our torrid high school love affair.

Sung by the magnificant Tracy Ullman. The words seemed to have been written just for us.

I miss you Kris.

HEYY

X

I'd love to do a cover of this song--'We're Desperate'! It's always been one of my favorites.

As is X..

I LOVE LOVE the pic of Jello Biafra on the ground underneith the mosh pit-- scared for his fuckin' life!

And the pic of the girl near the end of the song with blood all over her face!

RIP Stormin

This is kind of late but...
I remember back in the late 70's, maybe early 80's. My eldest brother related a story that he'd heard at a Mormon Conference.
Someone (?) who spoke at this conference told a cautionary tale...
He had been visiting a large metropolitan city somewhere in the US.
While this 'goodly' man was waiting to cross the busy street in this large random city.... He was suddenly beset by the feeling of an Evil Presence! When he turned around to see who the devil incarnate was-- he saw non other than Norman Mailer.
As my brother told my family this story I thought to my young evil self...I have to find out who this Norman Mailer is....

RIP Stormin.

Update..

Well heck friends. I'm back to my lazy ways.

Here's Kimm dressed in her scary bunny costume which she made BY HAND for Halloween. I was dressed as Bret Michaels from Poison or most recently 'Rock of Love'. I opted to go for the more ROL Bret look.

So lots has happened but I'll make it brief starting with Halloween night:

Halloween is no longer in the Castro because last year someone thought it would be fun to shoot at people--so now it's officially ended an era... Which really throws a wrench into the Halloween mix around here. So we dressed up in our attire and ended up going to some of our friends homes in the neighborhood.

Missed Day Of The Dead because I was too tired to go.

My 'furlough' started at Shadowcliffs (my park). I was only hired on as a 9 month ranger and my 3 months off started in October, so as of November first I am done there until February. But I'm temping at another park. One that I worked at as a non permanent park employee back in the day (last spring/summer). The park is Martin Luther King Shoreline Park and it is about 15 minutes from my home which is REAL nice.

My good friend had a tumble off of a roof and is in a wheel chair for many weeks to come. Kimm and I emptied said friends apartment of unneeded furniture. Now he can roll around with abandon. We love you H!

My bio. mom had her birthday which she spent in Cabo--Feliz Cumpleanos Claudette!

Another good friend gave birth to a cute baby boy...Welcome K!

AND I started jammin with my two boys again--We're going to hopefully start something up. This time I hope to get my shit together and try and sing some back-up.

Happy Halloween 07

They've permanently done away with Halloween in the Castro. So tonite we have nothin to do.

But the beautiful memories of it will haunt us forever.

Here's my Favorite scene from my Favorite Scary Movie.... Evil Dead 2.

I want to be just like this guy someday.

Clarion Alley

I never get to go to anything anymore. Turns out a lot of fun events I used to attend always fall on a Sunday when I'm working.

Kimm took these pictures of the Clarion Alley Fair last Sunday.

Wouldn't It Be Fun

I have some friends who are going through a harrowing experience right now and I don't even know how to separate myself from it to write something amusing.



The only thing I can think of is how much fun it would be to be amongst the team of people who pick the clips of music that are interspersed between segments on NPR. In the past I've heard the Sex Pistols, Pixies, Tones on Tail, Miles, Pharaoh, J. Cash...I don't know the list goes on and on. And if you hear something you like you don't know the name of you can go to their web site and find out who it is!



To me there is nothing better than to hear music that I have never heard before. And to feel that craving to find out who it is so I can put it on my Ipod.

Where I'm At?

Here's some of my hot friends at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival. Some of the performers included...Emmylou, Nico Case, Heartless Bastards, the Mekons and the Knitters--All of whom I MISSED! GODDERRNIT!!
AND it was Kimm's BIRTHDAY as well!

"Why yes I'd love to work for the Parks fundraiser on October 6th". --Next year...? Only if held on a different day. I have to draw the line somewhere.

I've been off for awhile. But I'm back.

Besides our rainy and MUDDY birthday camping trip. We've had some after camping sickness. house dilemmas and rainy weather blahs...Fall is here. And with it, many small irritating rain storms. I really have to get a better attitude towards the rain.

I have so much to say I don't know where to begin.

My only advice at this time ...Don't get behind on reading blogs and emails. It'll mess you up foo!

Some Good Summer Fun

I never saw anything like this when I've visited Disneyland. But a friend of Kimm's step sister did work at DL in Anaheim and dressed up in one of those costumes. She said some of the kids were HORRIBLE. They would regularly get PUNCHED!

We went to this awesome spot a couple of weekends ago. (Ignore the people in these pictures-I couldn't find too much on the net about this place so I had to pick the site with the best pic.'s). Allegedly you are not supposed to talk about this gem that you have to hike in to get to. But I can tell you that if I'd known there was a BAR in the WOODS in MILL VALLEY--I would have been there years ago.

It was FANTASTIC!!!

We're going camping here this coming weekend for our birthdays which are soon arriving. Bringing about 12 people with us. Should be fun! Hopefully the weather will still be nice and warm. While there, we'll also be visiting and swimming at 'Another Best Kept Northern California Secret' on the Consumnes river which is nearby. We HAVE to have a river trip during the summer. It's written into our gay contract with Satan.

Can't Let The Summer Go By Without...

Myself and my ex-bandmates Jamie and Ilhan wanted to do a cover of this song.

I wish we had.

Its written about the infamous Gary Floyd. He hails from Texas where the Butthole Surfers are from but now he lives in SF. When I visit my favorite bar in the city I often see him.

I feel so blessed to have a BHS radio station! 24 hours a day!

This Is One Of My Most Favorite Songs In The Whole World.

Just like the title says.

I was thinking of this song today. I heard it on
KQED earlier.

I was thinking about how when I hear it..

It has this quality that tickles the back of my ears. I'm not good with words but when I hear that first stanza with the guitar and bass and drums...It just bounces around in my throat and ears and makes me happy happy happy!

Personal reminisces:

Makes me think of junior year at Shasta High in Redding Ca.

I love the Sex Pistols and PiL but can't stand Johnny Rotten.

Love to see Sid in this video.

I AM NOT FROM UTAH

Sometimes my friends do this thing that they know really DRIVES MY SHIT CRAZY!!!

They'll insist that I was raised in Utah.

As many of you know----who were raised with me---IN CALIFORNIA! (Give a shout out Unca J!)

I AM NOT FROM UTAH!!!

Many years ago after I moved to SF from Santa Cruz, I began to play with a band called Yusakuta. Not long after meeting my new band mates I let drop that I attended THE 'Y for 3 horrifying years. (Although the friends I've kept from that time are some of the most AMAZING people I've ever met.)

Ever since then they've tortured me with the 'Utah native' bullshit.

'Oh yeah, you're from Utah right?'

Oh well, most of them are from Delaware so what can you expect.

Scouts and Owl Boxes

Stupid Boy Scouts and their owl boxes. I have to miss my friends band at El Rio on Saturday night because of them!

I have to be at work by 9 AM on Sunday which means no going out for me on Saturday night. I CANNOT be hung over while working with boy scouts in 100* temperatures.

Even the thought of that is sending me over the edge...

I guess this is what being a ranger is all about....Sacrifice.

Bringin On The Heartache

Oh My God. This is one of my Top Ten All Time Favorite Videos. Was yours as un-synched as mine? Was it always this bad and I don't remember? How beautiful these boys Huh..?

Those were the days. When the the singer was young and hairless. Before the drummer's accident--And those Union Jack flag shorts--don't get me started.. !

I learned how to play guitar by watching videos like this back in the 80's.

And I've always wanted to cover this song.......Mega Witch? Mighty Tight?

Love Story 07

This is the love story between our cat Yuki and our dog Gabe.

One minute in love---next minute ready to rip each others entrails out.

Gabe's blood work came back and it is all normal.

And past couple of days. No seizures.

The next time she has 3 in a week we have to start on the dopey drugs. I hope they never come back. But they will.

Jolene

I used to listen to the Olivia Newton-John version of this song. Sitting in front of the big stereo in my parents living room. It was my brothers record. I would listen and stare at the album cover of ONJ. She was pictured in a river, only her head was showing and it was all wet. Maybe that's what made me a lesbian..?

Anyway, say what you will about the White Stripes. I still wish I could be them.

Update on Gabe: The vet took a blood sample to see what might be there. If nothing else it will give us a base line for her liver. She'll probably start the seizure pills soon.

Gabe

This is our friend C. vacuuming our dog Gabe.

Every time C. comes down from Redding with girlfriend S. She helps us figure out the most direct and simple ways to care for our brood of 4 legged creatures.

This particular problem....shedding of hair.

Gabe has been having seizures for the last year or so. But recently she started having 2-3 a day. Really short ones. The first seizures she had were quite long (15-20 minutes). And she would only have one in a day. Most times those episodes would be months apart. Now they're about 3-6 minutes long and she's having them everyday.

We've been researching dog seizures on the net but it really could be attributed to a million different things. Heredity, Food allergies, cancer, low sodium, the car accident she was in before we got her from the rescue agency, etc...

Poor Gabe. She's our alpha dog. She runs our little pack. I know the loss of control is hard for her.

Tomorrow is her vet appointment with our favorite SPCA Doc. The prognosis is probably not going to be very good. One thing I did find in the research we did is that when seizures start to cluster --that is not a good sign. And since Kimm and I are not millionaires we can only do so much for her. But we will do everything we can for our little G.

Do You Remember Lying In Bed..

With the covers pulled up over your head

Radio playing so no one can see?

Hazy Reunion Of Sorts

It's been a while since I posted as some of ya'll may have noticed.

I'll blame it on Cassie and family. They've come for a visit from Chicago for 10 days! Cassie was the singer for several bands we were in together. Here we are in my living room re-living our band Hazy.

These pictures are from a fun little party we had over here for them last weekend. Tonight is another get together at the Mint for Karaoke. I really miss C and family and wish they would move back.

Jammin again with the Band felt good. It's been a little more than a year now that I took a break from playing. Back then I felt that I needed to put all my energy into figuring out how I was seriously going to make a living doing something I wanted. Now that I've finally got the job I've been dreaing about for ever. I need to get back to what's important in my life--Playing music!