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wailin’ wall returns to homer’s tonight at 7:30pm. tom cook will join dan, matt, griffin, and me as we play through songs like copperhead road, ramblin’ man, jolene, and let my people go go. where do we play when we’re not at homer’s? sunday mornings at overland park lutheran church.

when the screenland arcade opened in november with 40+ games from the 80s, i knew i would be a regular visitor… i had no idea that my younger friends would love it as much as i do. last night laura, hannah, kitch, and i stayed there til it was midnight, and then walked to YJ’s snack bar. as we consumed spuds and coffee on the sidewalk, the $5000 acid girl rode up on her bicycle and quoted poetry. i got home around 1:30 this morning and fell asleep watching white zombie.

i was driving home from shawnee tonight when i saw a full red moon coming up behind the treeline. at the same time this was happening, i was repeating a line from tom waits’ gun street girl as it played over the car stereo:
“he bought a second hand nova from a cuban chinese, dyed his hair in the bathroom of a texaco… with a pawn shop radio a quarter past 4, he left waukegan at the slammin’ of the door, left waukegan at the slammin’ of the door, i said john, john he’s long gone, gone to indiana aint never comin’ home…”
thanks tom.

right before thanksgiving i discoverd the screenland crossroads arcade in kansas city, mo. in addition to joust, punch out, and gravitar (pictured above) there are quirky games like journey, root beer tapper, and paper boy also. it’s a place that i never thought would exist again in the age of online gaming systems. now that i have a few weeks before christmas, i plan on spending more time there.

i recorded this peter gunn-ish thing using the webotribe (an online synthesizer pictured above) from angry octopus, and the casio VL-1. now i just need to save up and buy the real thing from korg.

it’s been almost a year since i discovered awkward family photos. this pic is from their countdown to thanksgiving that they started a couple of days ago. there is also a video series that will leave you wanting more.

jenny & i visited my sister’s family this weekend. my sister, darla, lives on a farm in southwest missouri. when we stopped for gas in peculiar, there was a woman standing by the register with a baby kangaroo named hopper. they were on their way to the petting zoo. she let jenny hold it. closer to my sister’s house we discovered an old bridge while geocaching, and my nieces showed me some of their recent artwork.

yesterday i discovered an online source for synthesizers, and it is too cool. angryoctopus is based out of new zealand, and the website offers a WIDE variety of playable online synthesizers for people like me who can’t afford the real thing. this discovery comes just a few weeks before my band, wailin’ wall, is scheduled to play at homer’s on december 1. if we squeeze in some weird synth sounds you can blame me.

mondo beep made it in the latest web edition of the pitch. click here to see the rest of brooke’s pics from the crossroads that night.