Spring Sheer

As you can see, this is not his first buzz cut.

So long sweet locks.

The folks at The Royal Crown Pomade Co. won't be happy about this.
(photo by Shane O'Neil)

Killer No Filler

Crispy Bess in his practice barn, Hillsborough, NC, April 2009

The Tribe Celebrates

Ms. Kavanah's birthday proved to be a joyous celebration around the fire pit in our backyard.

Location Scouting

Looks like Bill & Ted made it to the big time.

Best Summer Ever . . .

If you enjoy stomp n' smile music created in close quarters, then give a listen to the latest installment of the Owl Sessions - featuring Midtown Dickens (above) and Embarrassing Fruits. Listen closely and you can hear a commotion halfway during the Dickens set when one of the plastic owls on the mantle caught fire. Accomplished entertainers that they are, they play right on through the potential disaster.

A Poem to Consider . . .

Keep America Beautiful
by Kenneth Hart

Somebody hung out his red, white and blue
laundry on the highway overpass outside Providence,

a short distance from the prison crew picking up
our Cheetos bags and burger wrappers

and monster drink cups. We're stalled in traffic;
bumper stickers announce the price of freedom,

claim liberty is our right.
The guard in mirror sunglasses leans against

the correctional facility van, props a shotgun on his knee
like he's auditioning for a movie. He's protecting

our freedom to litter from the inmates' desire
to be free to litter. We inch along;

past the Budweiser billboards and the ad haiku,
brakes wheeze — some like an espresso machine,

some like an aging soprano with emphysema.
It looks like this is going to take awhile, here

beneath the soiled laundry of the republic
which clings to a chain link fence.

Maybe the seagull floating above us
sees a few things that we can't.

He's probably scavenging for something
we've left behind.

Coney Island Bird, NYC, March 2009