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the screenland crossroads was a fine arts theater and an 80′s arcade. it closed last year with hopes of re-opening near the old kansas city star building. i used to frequent the arcade, and became friends with the managers, bonnie and jason. bonnie was working with me to put music to a silent film about russians traveling to mars. screenland closed before they could show this movie, aelita queen of mars. this is one of the clips i made.

ok, i didn’t really buy a casio, that’s just a lyric on a track that i recorded with jerry ponzer last week. jerry came up with a cool instrumental drone, then i stacked the vocal tracks and put a couple of surprises at the end.

jenny & i were listening to casey kasem’s american top 40 rebroadcast from june 30, 1984. at that time the thompson twins had a song on the charts, doctor doctor, so casey proceeded to list all the top 40 songs with doctor in the title. ever since the doctor who craze started back up a few years ago, that’s where my mind goes.

tomorrow night beep goes the weasel returns to the boulevard drive in with more songs, more vegetables, and more fun! we hope you will join us at 9pm before the first movie and again during the snack bar break!

i found a new web series this morning. it launched in late april. after youtube (via google) took down all the videos on mtvclassic1 i had to find another way to warp reality. this channel is up to 6 episodes covering philosophers like zeno, sartre, and descartes.

comedians in cars getting coffee just started its fourth season four hours ago. the season premiere has jerry and his guest sarah jessica parker driving around in a 1976 station wagon. one thing that makes this show surreal is getting to hear jerry sing a new theme song off camera. if you miss seinfeld, this little web series is like seeing an old friend.

beep goes the weasel has officially launched for the summer! matt, angie, and i set up the veggies, projector, and music gear in front of the snack bar at the boulevard drive in last sunday night. we played before the first and second feature films. our project attracted mostly children. parents stood nearby with cameras to capture the moment. looking forward to our next date on june 29th!

the anticipation for the first beep goes the weasel is starting to feel like an old commercial from the 1970′s. last night we had a successful practice at the boulevard drive in as a train went by, and a full moon rose above the trees. only 3 more days until we turn into robots and start wiring up vegetables!

it was great to be back out on the sidewalk at 18th and baltimore for mondo beep last night. we met kurt, ricardo, brent’lee’s sister susan, and some folks who didn’t speak english. everyone loved playing the carrots. old friends also stopped by: jenny, roz, brent’lee, kristen, ross, kate, and mattie. we also passed out fliers for beep goes the weasel to promote our june 15 & 29 dates @ the boulevard drive in.

the latest weather reports show that thunderstorms are going to hold off until midnight, so that means mondo beep will be back on 18th and baltimore tonight for first fridays! we’ll have the usual mix of handheld synths, circuit bent toys, and musical veggies. i will also be handing out fliers for beep goes the weasel. our 2014 rocket grants project just received funding last night!