Season of the Gourd
I got a little carried away in the gourd department this weekend and ended up with more gourds then one household should have. What can one do with so many gourds?

JG got me a Heinz Ketchup t-shirt while on holiday in Pittsburgh. It’s just in time as I think it will inspire me to create an entire halloween costume that pays homage to my favorite condiment. This kangol hat will serve as the bottle top. And the adidas dazzle pant should complete the bottle outfit.

Saw two great booty shaking shows last week. Antibalas at First Avenue and the North Mississippi Allstars at the Cabooze. The NMA show was just crazy awesome. So much fun. In an age where little girls lip-synch music on SNL and Steven Tyler can’t even hold key while singing the National Anthem, it’s great to see live musicians who are in full control of what they are doing. Buy the NMA’s live record Hill Country Revue if only for the track Psychedelic Sex Machine (mp3), which features some intergalactic cosmic washboard playing. The washboard is going through a distortion peddle and a wah wah pedal.

R.I.P. John Peel. Thanks for all the great music.