The end of another DecadeDance

Moving halfway through September and trying to get to right now before right now is next year. Let’s make it quick…. I’m going to try something different here – and add all the images at the end… I’m also going to avoid writing about all the nights of sitting around watching 30 Rock, going for [...]

drivin thru the summer

Ok, got about 2 months to get down here, and it’s time to do it now. Start out…. July 23rd. Heading to ye olde Comic Con. Get outta work and drive down to San Diego. We hit the Tractor Room for some great food, and then hole up in our little Holiday Inn.       [...]

like a walk in a scary metal park

Long time no say…. But that’s just because I’ve either been too busy or too lazy. Sometimes I just need to do nothing, y’know? But here I am, trying to get this little bloggy corner updated before the summer hits too hard… We’ll pick up way back in May Time. May 9th – it was [...]

Family Anvils and DJ Dogs

Ok – catch up time. It’s almost Mother’s day, and it’ll be the middle of summer before you know it. So, let’s skip back with a spring in our step to the pre-Europe days of March 2009. I had been hinting at some black kites changes, and I hate to say that my paranoid mind [...]

sometimes kites can crash

so it’s been about a month since the last update, and some things have happened, some things haven’t happened. same as it ever was, eh? First off, i mentioned some “band drama” last time i wrote about things going on. well, in a quick little nutshell, since it’s been over a month and nothing seems [...]

the ice in boston is pretty

here we are, heading towards the end of january 2009, and already many changes. new president. that’s a big one here. i hope it all goes well. but to get from the last post to right now, we gotta start last year. december ’08. the 17th and the 18th – 2 nights of metallica in [...]

moving thru december

Alright, gonna try and get everything covered, get up to date before the Holly-Daze hits…. so much to do in the next couple of weeks, and i just wish i could curl up with the pups and sleep for a while… November ended with a very good thanksgiving meal at our house with Amy and [...]

metallica, madonna, mayhem

Time flies when you’re, you know, busy doing stuff…. It’s almost the end of November, and I thought I’d get some words and pics up here, now, before this holiday season hits too hard. October 17th Shelley and I drive up to San Francisco to meet up with Audra and Brennan and hit the Cow [...]

Montreal Pop, Wiggle Waggle Walk, and a Weezing….

Friday October 3rd and it’s off to Montreal to play the Pop Montreal festival… I have to fly to Chicago, change flights, continue to Montreal, and hopefully have enough time to rest a bit before hitting the Stage at the Saphir at 8 pm. The rest of the band flew in a day earlier, so [...]

somewhere between hawaii and montreal

Caught briefly in LA for a couple of days, between Hawaii and Montreal. Go Go Gadget JetSetter… It’s the end of September, and we get one last black kite practice tonite before hitting the Pop Montreal stage on Friday night. A little nervous, but mostly in a good way. September moved by pretty fast – [...]