RIP Paul Raymond! I saw UFO many times, they were an underrated hard rocking band... https://metalwani.com/2019/04/legendary-ufo-guitarist-keyboardist-paul-raymond-dead-at-73.html?fbclid=IwAR1L95ShE9VwHvw53np3TbgxGpP9TftmvsHaKcW8cB-uG0POd8EqtRfdzVI

My favorite Zeppelin album! Panned (as usual) by the critics, the local guy said it sounded "like Bonham forgot how to play drums". WTF? But yeah, turn Jimmy up!

I went to the Warriors/Hornets game last night, Dubs took care of business looking like the defending champs! 40 point win with no starters playing the fourth quarter...

http://californiarocker.com/2019/03/17/rip-dick-dale-king-of-the-surf-guitar-passes-away-at-82/

I love live steam! My brother belongs to the Timber Heritage Association. They restore and run steam logging locomotives in Northern California.

I remember the days of Xeroxed fan 'zines with ads in the back for trading "P&B"! First it was tapes of bootleg records, then known generation tapes off a master, next CD's. Now with torrents and sites like Dime it's so easy to have a giant collection. I think torrents DECREASE the value of "for sale" bootlegs since any semi industrious person can get the shows without paying a bootlegger...

WWII Studebaker lend-lease truck body repurposed into a Russian fire suppression rail truck...

RIP Ken Nordine. One of the last of the Beat poets, his spoken word jazz poems influenced many including Patti Smith and Tom Waits.

As a Junior High School science/sex ed teacher, I'm enjoying both Sex Education and Big Mouth.

The constant abuse of public school teachers! I do a job no one wants and I get nothing by crap for it, liberal Democrats blame us for the low performance of black and brown students because we're all a bunch of middle class white racists and conservative Republicans hate us for being union members and just "wanting to protect bad teachers and pedophiles". It's been 25 years of this stuff and I've had enough!

May I recommend Big Chicken double IPA? It's made by HenHouse Brewing Company and it has one of the best aromas I've ever smelled! Watch out though, it goes down way too easy for such a strong beer... https://untappd.com/b/henhouse-brewing-company-big-chicken-2019/3063163

Creator of the Cry Baby wah-wah pedal...

Samantha Fish is opening for his Cleveland show! She just turned 30 but compared to Buddy that's a whippersnapper!

I have some tickets to see the legendary Buddy Guy this coming April! Just found out that Christone "Kingfish" Ingram will be opening! That kid just turned 19! Man. he's got that tone... Here he is at age 15:

People aren't in a great mood when they are hungry...

Anyone who brings me a drink gets $1 tip...

Acacia trees blooming? CHECK! Almond trees blooming? CHECK! Tulip Magnolias blooming? CHECK! It's Spring in the San Francisco Bay Area! Sunny, clear and 65F outside...

I am so grateful that Robert has had the good sense to never tour with Zeppelin again! It would cheapen the memories...

That would be my list...

Lunch turned out great! Six hours at 225F over mesquite coals.