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RE: Nose to the grindstone 2025 - Drunk Monk - 08-20-2025
(08-20-2025, 08:49 AM)Greg Wrote:(08-19-2025, 10:51 PM)Drunk Monk Wrote: Was anyting spilled?
Only the tea about the Abbott. I was also gifted some tea.
Oooooh what did GM Tu have to say about the Abbot? I didn’t think they ever met.
And what kind of tea?
RE: Nose to the grindstone 2025 - Greg - 08-20-2025
Nothing juicy about the Abbot. They just said that everyone has known about his malfeasance for years.
RE: Nose to the grindstone 2025 - Drunk Monk - 08-20-2025
My KFM4M Abbot Scandals thread started in 2006
https://www.kungfumagazine.net/forum/wai-jia-the-kung-fu-forum/shaolin-kung-fu/40469-abbot-scandals
RE: Nose to the grindstone 2025 - Greg - 08-21-2025
Make movie magic. See if I can get that damn clock to stop ticking.
RE: Nose to the grindstone 2025 - Drunk Monk - 08-21-2025
Today was our Q2 telemeet for YMAA - way long & painful - especially because my Mac was being obstinate. The boss says he might get me a new one. That would be nice and certainly increase my efficiency - I’m burning like an hour a day getting my Mac to work.
Tonight is my return to iaido after a month off.
RE: Nose to the grindstone 2025 - Greg - 08-21-2025
(08-21-2025, 01:38 PM)Drunk Monk Wrote: Tonight is my return to iaido after a month off.
We all are driven to cut.
RE: Nose to the grindstone 2025 - Drunk Monk - 08-22-2025
I was supposed to go to yoga today. My usual class is replaced by an intensive, which of course, Stacy is attending. But last night I had a brutal left shin cramp - probably a result of the heat messing with my salt plus my return to iai which involves a lot of kneeling. Kept me up for a lot of the night and my shin is hella sore.
Today is just work. I was planning to work Weird Al at the dump tonight but I bailed. I got PPFY. I don't need no stinkin Weird Al. Might do the Midtown Block Party tonight - some band called Jive Machine.
Happy Friday.
RE: Nose to the grindstone 2025 - thatguy - 08-22-2025
But isn't Puddles Pity Party is opening...
--tg
RE: Nose to the grindstone 2025 - Drunk Monk - 08-23-2025
(08-22-2025, 11:19 AM)thatguy Wrote: But isn't Puddles Pity Party is opening...
--tg
I’ve seen PPP back in 2014. That wasn’t a draw for me.
(08-25-2014, 10:58 AM)Drunk Monk Wrote: Puddles Pity Party: This is that 6'+ tall clown that covers Lorde's Royals. That's all we caught of his set. That was just perfect. T said she could sing it better and I had to agree (although I said she'd have totally rocked it in clown make-up, which she totally denied).
Today I just have Kung Fu. And I need to attend to bills, both mine & my mom’s. It’s weird not to have anything more after such a colossal run over the last few weeks. Alas, the default world, a place to nap more…
RE: Nose to the grindstone 2025 - Greg - 08-23-2025
All is cutting. The clock ticks louder every day.
RE: Nose to the grindstone 2025 - thatguy - 08-23-2025
Rockin' the biergarten at 3pm!
--tg
RE: Nose to the grindstone 2025 - Greg - 08-23-2025
(08-23-2025, 09:19 AM)thatguy Wrote: Rockin' the biergarten at 3pm!
--tg
As an oldy oldster, I approve of this start time.
RE: Nose to the grindstone 2025 - Drunk Monk - 08-23-2025
(08-23-2025, 09:27 AM)Greg Wrote:(08-23-2025, 09:19 AM)thatguy Wrote: Rockin' the biergarten at 3pm!
--tg
As an oldy oldster, I approve of this start time.
Break a leg!
RE: Nose to the grindstone 2025 - thatguy - 08-23-2025
Legs broken...
Apparently, I underestimated when the lull between lunch and dinner service would occur. When I got the gig, I was there on a Monday eve, ~6pm, and there were maybe 10-15 people out on the patio. I figured weekend lunch would be busier, but the place was nearly full from 2pm to about 4:45pm and then resurged about an hour later. I only played for an hour and, as a trial, wanted to keep it simple, so we didn't bring a PA, but there was so much chatter I really had to try hard to be heard just introducing songs. I had Aaron, another open mic regular, help me on about 1/3 my set. The songs where he joined were much better, partially because of the extra volume. The third third of my set I played thru a mini-amp, so at least the guitar could be heard if not the vocals...
It was a beautiful day to be outside in a shaded patio.
Our set:
— Me solo (Std tuning)
- Act Natural (Margaret Glaspy)
- Dinky Dog the Demon Master (Spot 1019)
- Wasn’t Born to Follow (The Byrds)
- Caesar’s Revenge (Marseille Figs) - kid friendly version
- California (The Rentals - from a demo tape)
- The Waiting (Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers) - I successfully played the Mike Campbell guitar parts with a harmonica. It's fun getting everyone to join in on the "yeah yeahs"
— duo w/Aaron
- Underneath the Bunker (R.E.M.)
- Mr. Spaceman (The Byrds)
- California Stars (Billy Bragg & Wilco)
- Rain (The Beatles)
- Here Comes Your Man(do) (Pixies) - I sang backup and played mandolin
(switch to DADAAE guitar)
- Find Your Place in the Sun (Bashi Bazouks)
— Me solo (DADAAE tuning)
- When Silence Was Golden (David Schnaufer)
- By this River (Brian Eno) - accompanied myself with a looper/amp
- Museum of Idiots (They Might Be Giants)
- Call & Answer (Bare Naked Ladies) - my other cohort couldn't make it so it was missing the harmonies
- Flowers (Camper van Beethoven) - ditto
Encore (w/Aaron)
- Where the Hell is Bill? (Camper van Beethoven) - great sing-along...
We got a $1 tip from a guy from Millbrae. The food (a brat w/saurkraut followed by an apfle schnitzel) was excellent and I enjoyed 2 grapefruit radlers after the show.
We were invited back. Next time we'll bring a PA.
--tg
RE: Nose to the grindstone 2025 - Dr. Ivor Yeti - 08-23-2025
(08-23-2025, 07:50 PM)thatguy Wrote: Legs broken...
Apparently, I underestimated when the lull between lunch and dinner service would occur. When I got the gig, I was there on a Monday eve, ~6pm, and there were maybe 10-15 people out on the patio. I figured weekend lunch would be busier, but the place was nearly full from 2pm to about 4:45pm and then resurged about an hour later. I only played for an hour and, as a trial, wanted to keep it simple, so we didn't bring a PA, but there was so much chatter I really had to try hard to be heard just introducing songs. I had Aaron, another open mic regular, help me on about 1/3 my set. The songs where he joined were much better, partially because of the extra volume. The third third of my set I played thru a mini-amp, so at least the guitar could be heard if not the vocals...
It was a beautiful day to be outside in a shaded patio.
Our set:
— Me solo (Std tuning)
- Act Natural (Margaret Glaspy)
- Dinky Dog the Demon Master (Spot 1019)
- Wasn’t Born to Follow (The Byrds)
- Caesar’s Revenge (Marseille Figs) - kid friendly version
- California (The Rentals - from a demo tape)
- The Waiting (Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers) - I successfully played the Mike Campbell guitar parts with a harmonica. It's fun getting everyone to join in on the "yeah yeahs"
— duo w/Aaron
- Underneath the Bunker (R.E.M.)
- Mr. Spaceman (The Byrds)
- California Stars (Billy Bragg & Wilco)
- Rain (The Beatles)
- Here Comes Your Man(do) (Pixies) - I sang backup and played mandolin
(switch to DADAAE guitar)
- Find Your Place in the Sun (Bashi Bazouks)
— Me solo (DADAAE tuning)
- When Silence Was Golden (David Schnaufer)
- By this River (Brian Eno) - accompanied myself with a looper/amp
- Museum of Idiots (They Might Be Giants)
- Call & Answer (Bare Naked Ladies) - my other cohort couldn't make it so it was missing the harmonies
- Flowers (Camper van Beethoven) - ditto
Encore (w/Aaron)
- Where the Hell is Bill? (Camper van Beethoven) - great sing-along...
We got a $1 tip from a guy from Millbrae. The food (a brat w/saurkraut followed by an apfle schnitzel) was excellent and I enjoyed 2 grapefruit radlers after the show.
We were invited back. Next time we'll bring a PA.
--tg
Invited back FTW!!