September 22, 2008> 9:17 AM
musical treat This weekend was a treat for the kid here. Our church, Christ the King, has an Oktoberfest festival every year. It acts as a big fundraiser for the church and a huge chunk of fun for the whole community. One of the funnest parts is the music. Whoever gets the acts in for this thing - and this whole deal is free to get into mind you - knows somebody. Last year I told you about seeing Peter Buck from R.E.M. there. Also, Mark Olson from the Jayhawks fame was there as well. Mark was back this year with his old friend Gary Louris, both of the original Jayhawks. They did a great set together on Saturday. I took several photos and a couple of videos of them playing. Great stuff. Here are a few more photos on my Flickr page.
Last year when I heard Mark play a set on his own, he was playing songs from his solo album The Salvation Blues, which I then went home and bought. Great album. I posted a bit of a review on it last year about this time. The music that Mark wrote and played on this album was a part of his own recovery from depression concerning life-events. It has been therapeutic for me as well. I had in mind to thank him for this album in person, and so I did. Seems a nice guy.
Later that night I even found an old Jayhawks CD at the Half-Price Bookstore for $4 - cool! I wish I had been more aware of them earlier - good stuff. There are both Gary and Mark from Saturday on the left there. Just these guys and their guitars. It was a great set. Apparently there were a good number of old Jayhawks fans there as there was a standing ovation and an encore. Anyway, it was a good day for me and I thought I'd share it with you.
I saw my old friend Tim Welch as well, who's a drummer in local bands - good to see him again. Yesterday we canned 7 more quarts of tomatoes! So far, as we've done the figuring in my head, we've canned approximately 600 tomatoes - good Lord. And the vines are still pretty full. There will be at least one more canning. I think I'm going to try to make some sun-dried tomatoes with some of them too. We'll see. That's it for now - lots of deep stuff there, I know. Peace.
September 22, 2008
> 9:17 AM
This weekend was a treat for the kid here. Our church, Christ the King, has an Oktoberfest festival every year. It acts as a big fundraiser for the church and a huge chunk of fun for the whole community. One of the funnest parts is the music. Whoever gets the acts in for this thing - and this whole deal is free to get into mind you - knows somebody. Last year I told you about seeing Peter Buck from R.E.M. there. Also, Mark 
Olson from the Jayhawks fame was there as well. Mark was back this year with his old friend Gary Louris, both of the original Jayhawks. They did a great set together on Saturday. I took several photos and a couple of videos of them playing. Great stuff. Here are a few more photos on my Flickr page.
last year about this time. The music that Mark wrote and played on this album was a part of his own recovery from depression concerning life-events. It has been therapeutic for me as well. I had in mind to thank him for this album in person, and so I did. Seems a nice guy.
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