Last weekend TrueMusicMedia provided sound for the Luau and Grand Finale concert for the 1st Annual Wine Country Ukulele Festival. This was an incredibly fun thing to be involved with. I had no idea of the versatility and creativity gifted uke players could bring and they overwhelmed me with their skill. Truly fun to watch all four of the artists perform at the finale. Thanks to NIMBUS Arts for going out on a limb to host this type of event.
Sunday was my brother's wedding which I thought went very well(although I did hear some complaints last night from my brother and sister-in-law). Apparently, I must have been at a different wedding than they were. Anyway that was a nice wedding and the annoyances of all the little tasks that landed in my lap the day of are all but forgotten at this point.
All of the above was complicated by the Deer Park fire that consumed 300 acres and a house and created all kinds of traffic havoc throughout the weekend. That only one house burned is a testament to the FireWise practices here in Napa County and the hard work of the many firefighters involved in containing this one. Two of my friends were passing by at the time the fire initially started and saw the truck pulled over at the side of the road and the fire already roaring up the hillside.
Last night in Berkeley I picked up what looks like an interesting bit of anime called Cat Soup. It is described as 'Hello Kitty on Acid' and that was enough to catch my attention, but in looking at the IMBD info on it, I think I may have stumbled on more than just a visual gem. Looking forward to repeated viewings to tease out the symbolism.
An interesting time lapse photography link I found today.
I've been driving a car with a TAPE DECK in it lately and as humorous as that must be to anyone reading this it has actually given me a chance to listen to a bunch of tapes, I haven't heard in years. Rediscovering great music almost every day. In particular I have been listening to a group called RedRedGroovy, somewhat dated music, but just as fun as I remember it. Plus one of the first goa/psy compilations I ever got that really hooked me on the style, Concept in Dance Digital Alchemy, put together by ManWithNoName. That contains one of my all time favorite tracks 'Sugar Rush' by the ManWithNoName genius himself.
"We loved life so much that we imagined ourselves immortal. Overwhelming the powers that be with the force of our passion for science. Or maybe we were just f$#*ed in the head." from Flatliners as sampled by ManWithNoName in his track 'The Far Side'.
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