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mariachi flor de toloache is an amazing group that appeared recently on NPR’s tiny desk series. i watch the tiny desk series on tv through my roku device. you can watch it here. i called my dad in el paso to ask if he knew about this group. he was watching the chiefs beat the texans.

the last couple of days i was thinking of my 2015 discoveries to post on this blog: mortified, atari 2600 game by game podcast, folk alley… and suddenly i find out it’s david bowie’s 69th birthday, and KEXP is playing his music all day long! in addition to bowie’s deep album cuts, i also found out how he kept mott the hoople together for one more hit single.
**addendum – david bowie passed away two days after this post.

bryan voell posted this pic on facebook. it has a strange appeal, and he asked for friends to add their poetry and/or music to it. the deadpan facial expressions reminded me of this instrumental that i recorded years ago.

christy found this pic on facebook. every year her family and ours watch randy get bundled up for school, flick put his tongue on a frozen flagpole, and ralphie ask santa for a red ryder BB gun in the 1983 classic: a christmas story. it’s a tradition that has been going on since christy was a teenager living at home. if we get outfits like this for next year’s viewing, our night together may start to resemble a rocky horror picture show… let’s do the time warp again!

last friday @ salon kitch, we hooked up granny smith apples for beep goes the weasel, but they wouldn’t play. kitch scrounged up metallic instruments from his salon and the beeps went on! we recorded some video, said hello to old friends (ian, mia, and tommy pictured above), and met some new people– john, jade, and schuyler (i’m just guessing on that spelling). we had so much jamming that we ran out of time to watch educational film shorts by rifftrax!

i’m putting up fliers to redirect foot traffic off santa fe to salon kitch tonight for beep goes the weasel. last month we jammed with 5 people, tonight’s goal is 6! with any luck pedestrians will hear the sweet sounds of retro synth, and feel like hanging out. afterward we’ll watch educational film shorts by rifftrax that feature puppets, and the repercussions of auto theft.

the best time to hear (or see) an owl @ south lake park right now is around 5pm. jenny & i were walking on the trail, heard an owl, and took this pic. he even did that cool circular head bobbing thing that owls do. three years ago we saw two owls in the same tree!

this is what happened last month when salon kitch teamed up with beep goes the weasel to celebrate local life in overland park: tim played the theremin, john was on the carrots and bananas, and amy used a voice transformer to sing like a robot. and hey guess what? we’re doing it again THIS FRIDAY! the fun starts @ 6pm and goes on until someone calls the cops, then we’ll watch some educational film shorts made by rifftrax.

brothers music is a local record store that opened a couple of months ago where a laundromat used to be. in addition to vinyl LP’s and 45′s they also sell CD’s, cassettes, t-shirts, guitars, and music accessories. the place feels like a handful of laid back musicians pooled their resources, and opened their own shop. last saturday night they booked the acosmists for a gig, and we all watched in amazement as ian mull turned into a voodoo child!

there is a podcast on the atari 2600!!! this means that i am not alone in my 8 bit obsession. actually it’s the tip of the iceberg. thanks to ferg (the host) i’ve found a slew of other retro game related podcasts!