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the postman dropped off the last rocket grants check a couple of days ago. it made me think back to the awards ceremony where i received the first check from the charlotte street foundation. alot of things have happened since beep goes the weasel started last summer. we’ve done more than teach people how to play music and sounds with fruits and vegetables at a drive-in theater. BEEP GOES THE WEASEL is one of 10 projects that received a rocket grants award in 2014. angie wolford, matt hawkins and i started this project that same year at the boulevard drive-in. in 2015 we brought the beeps to grocery stores, libraries, and farmers markets! we play with carrots, squash, and cucumbers provided by the culinary center of kansas city, and we encourage everyone to play with our food!

last saturday was beep goes the weasel’s last performance at the boulevard for the summer. i picked up a few pieces of produce from the culinary center, and called angie but she wasn’t feeling well. so then i got ian mull to help me out. he did an outstanding job. that’s him in the plaid shorts wailing on his guitar while random kids are beeping on vegetables and playing the theremin in between movies. at times it got SO noisy i thought the management might unplug us… but hey that’s part of the fun.
it was also a night when open captions ran @ the boulevard for the hearing impaired community. they showed their gratitude, and presented wes and brian neal with a certificate of thanks.

watching the sun actually set on lake michigan every night was one of the best parts of our getaway two weeks ago. we got in so much beach time that jenny’s face started drying out, even though she kept moisturizing it. one afternoon we drove into south haven and ate at venezia pizza. that’s where someone drew an italian chef on the wall.

i am not the first to use speak and spell technology in a song. i heard kraftwerk doing this on an underground 80s station. when i did an image search for the band, i found the pic above. yeah that’s about right.

jenny tells me that i don’t post enough pics of our cat, max. one of his favorite sleepy spots is on the recliner. even though he is a year and a half old, he still acts like a kitten. this is probably what he looked like in his prenatal stage.

it’s been a weird rainy and summer the past few months. beep goes the weasel only made a handful of appearances at the boulevard drive-in. this friday the 29th, we’ll beep one more time outside the snack bar before the first frost hits KC. the end of summer doesn’t mean the end of beeps however, more gigs are scheduled in september and october!

entries on this blog have been non-existent for a couple of weeks now because we went on vacation. jenny and i haven’t been on an extended getaway for a few years, and we were overdue. more pics and video from our trip will be posted soon!

last saturday beep goes the weasel set up in front of the lackman library for an hour. there were all kinds of curious kids and grown ups that wanted to jam on veggies and the theremin! thanks to joseph keehn, bryan voell, and the listen local series for making this happen!

dad and abby drove up from el paso last week. the pics above were taken @ steve and darla’s the last day we were all together. earlier they got a room at the econo lodge in carthage, and i’m told that the girls (sara, jane, and mary lynn) didn’t waste any time, and went swimming at the motel’s indoor pool! we also had a fun time jamming with horns, flute, guitar, and drums on sunday after church. we played everything we knew from to mozart to stax/volt.

last weekend i turned 49 and played a piano that was on the corner of 75th and wornall. jenny played the music box dancer, and i played linus and lucy aka the peanuts theme song. the blue piano is one of many pianos on parade that are scattered throughout the city. my folks from joplin came up w/presents and celebrated w/jenny, angie, and me. earlier that day i got a birthday card and a whoopie cushion from my folks in el paso. they are coming to KC this weekend!