Sunday Morning Revealed

sunday morningmost sunday mornings look like this: me going over songs for the church service after printing lyric and chord sheets. my voice always has an early morning croak, our new cat wants more attention than i can give, and sometimes there is a new song that i will learn and play in the span of two hours. today’s song for the message is livin’ on a prayer.

Mondo Beep Returns to IUAH!

MONDO BEEP at IUAH2every month the crossroads art district celebrates first fridays. old overland park has the same kind of fun on third fridays. mondo beep is usually on the corner of 18th street and baltimore during warmer months, but in february we’ll beep indoors at IUAH! the last time we played there it was cold and rainy, and ironically we were outside.

I’ll Have The Usual

breakfasta french lawyer born in the 18th century once said “tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are,” and then somebody else re-quoted him and said, “you are what you eat.” according to that logic i am a fried potato, turkey kielbasa, sauerkraut, egg man.

A Man Called Horse

man called horsei bought this latex horse head in des moines last week. it was partly inspired by a movie i watched recently on netflix. i’m pretty sure i’ll get reactions from every pedestrian that sees me wearing this while playing carrots on first fridays.

Year Two Of The Weasel

KCUR dave setuphey guess what? we just received confirmation this afternoon that beep goes the weasel is coming back to the boulevard drive in for another summer of making music and noise with vegetables! when 2015 warms up we’ll play more dates, plug in some new gear, see what an eggplant sounds like, and basically have a great time!

Hello Max

max and jennywe have a new cat. his name is max. he doesn’t come when we call, he shows no recognition when we say his name, but he WILL snuggle sometimes.

Pinball Wizards

combowednesday i played pinball with glenn winkler. his parents have an indiana jones pinball machine in their basement. they keep a record of everyone’s high score on a white board. right now glenn has the all time high score: 70 million, but his dad is vowing to beat it. i managed to get 24 million before i tilted it.

New Year = Old Calendar

81_Snoopy_calendarhey let’s celebrate the new year by getting an old calendar! who’s with me? thanks to the retroist and timeanddate.com you can find out what previous years match days and dates exactly with 2015! 1970, 1981, and 1987 are three of the calendar years, just in case you were wondering.

Night of the Comet Podcast Preview

NIGHT-OF-THE-COMET-1984last week i made a post about night of the comet, and how kitch fairman and i are making an audio tribute to this 30 year old movie. here is a preview.

A Little Before Christmas

merry christmasfriday night, jenny and i went to lee’s summit for dinner and a gift exchange with a few friends and our godchildren. earlier last week it snowed so i put jill and ramone (from the jill and ramone show) on the window sill to see the view from our living room.