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Where to begin?

Against such odds, and now at the advent of a new crisis/adventure, we experienced one of the greatest events so far at TNGHbtS.

It looked something like this:

Marisa made cake:

a rare glimpse into the Good Times:

The Set List:

Pretty Nice, right?

Evidence of Extreme Damn Good Times.

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On the day of the Full Storm Moon we met at TNGHbtS for a thrilling round of The Circle Game.  It also served as Visitor Blim’s (MPM) birthday kickoff party.  For those interested, we’ll be conducting a “part two” this upcoming Saturday night.  The wife will make cake and pizza will be catered.

Anyway, I made an Parsi Goat Eggplant and Green Lentil Curry which looked like this:

pretty nice, right?

To wash it down, we continued our “Manhattan” study.  The House Manhattan, aka: The Now Today Manhattan, features 3 bitters as opposed to the usual 1.  It being a special event we used some ice made from water I captured in Iceland last September:

This led to the Good Times:

Here’s the setlist:

Pretty nice, right?

Visitor Blim left, and the Moon rose:

The Wife returned home, and waiting in our foyer were these delights from Belgium:

This morning I made breakfast with leftover goat eggplant lentil apricot curry and added a fresh local duck egg:

… topped with goat cheese.

Hopefully we’ll see some of you people this Saturday February 27th 2016!

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The Position
  

I’ve been digging the 70 or so tracks of The Missionary Position that have been preserved in the permanent collection lately.
The good out weighs the bad …
… by a lot.
As young men at various crossroads, it’s nonsensical to point fingers at any villain.
When I hear the playing, I hear joy.
Not one for nostalgia, but I miss playing regularly with those guys.
During the week I’d play with Dave and Dennis, then O would join for weekend rehearsal.
When we hear the post-Dave recordings the band is on fire. Tight and near great.
But something was lost.
First the Fender Rhodes, then the feedback, then the weird lyrics, then the keyboards, finally: his persona.
Dave and I started the band during the wretched autumn of ’87. I didn’t really know who this guy was, but he said he had a deal in the works and needed a band …
Not sure if the deal was just in his head, but it lead to 2.5 years of creative good times. 
The band was tight enough to have played Madison Square. But our first gig was in Chris Chrobak’s back yard summer 1988. It would be fitting that our final concert would be there, July 1990.
A few years ago I had a brief conversation with Dave about a possible 20 year reunion gig. It was good to hear his voice and experience a taste of the old days …
… but he wasn’t interested. He did say he would cheer us on …
Last summer I had a few emails with Dennis. He seemed enthusiastic about a get together (Especially after hearing a few tracks). But he stopped writing back after about a week. So …
The MP remains on hold.

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