Voltron

Happy cocktailing today and many more, Jim! Cheers!

Kingfish is playing next Friday at 2:30pm at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass...

I just listened to the album and her vocals are so much better than live. She sounds more relaxed and confident and clear on the album. Much of the time last night, she had an exaggerated style where she clipped/faded both beginnings and endings of words so much that it was distracting. I heard one woman from the audience talking about it on the way out of the hall, and she said it was like Cavassa didn't pronounce any consonants. Hard to explain but it was pretty accurate. I don't always love jazz vocals but this album has some great takes on an interesting selection of great pieces.

First time back at SF Jazz since the pandemic tonight and it was too see the Joshua Redman quartet with Gabrielle Cavassa performing songs from his first Blue Note release. They played all but two of the tracks (New England and New Orleans), and he called an audible and added a non album version of Hotel California. I love the band but I don't love her singing style all of the time. Very affected and jazzy stylized. I love the Count Basie / Sufjan Steven's mash-up in Chicago. I haven't listened to the album yet but certainly will soon.

That's some real nice slapping! What goes in the thin drawers?

You're quite the ontapanure!

Have a great one Stretch! Cheers!

No bananas?

Hadn't seen that news either. RIP Dream Weaver

Fuck, this series of events is too bizarre to imagine. I hope the trailer survives but your mom's safety is the only really important thing.

Have a great one! Cheers!

RIP Jimmy and sorry for your loss Brent.

For reasons nobody can explain, we have had a box in our garage in San Francisco since 2019 that contains a JBL Link Bar and subwoofer. Either one of Alden's friends or somebody we know left it here and then denied knowledge of it when we investigated. In any event, I finally opened it and then checked it out a little online. It is a sound bar based on Android TV that can turn a dumb TV into a smart one, plus it has Google Assistant built in somehow, and it is a stand-alone smart speaker for streaming music. Has anyone here ever used or owned one? I don't have a use for it but I might offer it a niece or nephew if it is a decent product. It seems from reviews that it is a bit too complicated to be useful for the tech-averse, but I have not tried using it myself so I am curious if anyone has experience or info about it. Thanks

Huge congrat again Nate! Thanks for making the effort every year.

Good girl who had the best life. Sorry Shel, it hurts like hell. 😢

Have a good one Jimmy! Cheers!

Analog too.

Bench Candy is Steve's stripper name.

Did 40 miles today with lunch in the middle. Not sure 60 more would feel great. 😳

I can offer you a licensing agreement...

So move along and try to find somebody who cares somewhere else, you annoying cunt.

I did a quarter century (just under) in honor of your ride prep. Considering a half century before leaving Michigan soon. Congrat on beating your goal!

Forgot to take pics of the rest of our lunch but corn nuts and tempura fried zucchini with blue cheese tomato fonduta (sauce) and pea shoots were a very good start.

1470s?