At The Boulevard With Ian

ian and the kidslast 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.
IMG_20150829_201928 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.

More From The Beach 2015

onthebeachwatching 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.

Electric One Two

kraftwerk_luton97i 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.

Max The Pretzel

pretzeljenny 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.

One More Beep @ The Boulevard This Summer

bravekidit’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!

Michigan 2015

city beach stairs red flag rough surf wall beepentries 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!

Beep Goes The Library

handsandcarrotslast 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!dadandson

From Texas To Missouri

4in1dad 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.

Blue Piano Birthday Whoopie

jenny me and blue pianolast 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.whoopie dad 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!

Time Shift

arrowed hi scorethis was my high score on missile command a couple of weeks ago at power play. as i type this i’m listening to casey kasem counting down the top 40 hits from 1984. the donnie darko book is on my amazon wish list. the weather has been changing on a dime recently, and if a thick fog envelops old overland park i can’t guarantee what decade i’ll be in when it clears up.