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Great times were had yesterday in The Garden at Fire Plaza and The New Great Hall by the Sea.

A marvelous collection of folks convened to remember the Events of July 22nd 1376.

Attendee’s:

The Host

The Wife

Janice

Joel and Amanda

Stephanie

Charles

Winthrop Frank

Holly

Johonna

Brother Jerome and Samadhi

WEB

and

Sako.

Amanda won the prize of a cherished plastic bird cage with singing artificial bird, making her the envy of all.

Winthrop Frank has become the first to achieve “The Now Today Grand Slam”.  He is the first to attend all OFFICIAL Now Today Cardinal Events consecutively.  If Tech Support had made it, they would’ve tied for the honour.

Be looking for the next Cardinal Event: Extensions Saturday 2012.

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Today would’ve been Allen Collins’ 60th birthday.

Here he is at 23:

A little over a year ago I was able to pay my respects.  A film is in the works.

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Mid-Summer has been quite the scorcher. Perfect Summer days and Good Times. High Summer begins on Sunday:

If you are considering attending the Pied Piper Event here at The New Great Hall by the Sea and The Garden at Fire Plaza on Sunday, let us know ASAP. Much planning goes into to this rare EVENT. The Programme looks like this:

1200hrs: Cook out in The Garden at Fire Plaza
1500hrs: The Host reads “The Pied Piper of Hamelin” by Robert Browning in The New Great Hall by the Sea
1530hrs: Ablution by the Sea
1630hrs: Turkish Coffee, Armagnac, cheesecake dessert in The Garden at Fire Plaza
1700hrs: Approximate EVENT Conclusion.

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The Summer Wrap up party on the fourth was a triumph, and now tis Mid-Summer …

We took Janice to visit Atlanta. Highlights included the hotel, The Gone With the Wind Museum, The Botanical Gardens, work on the film …

but, of course, nothing surpassed the Good Times at The Nunnery …

After months of preliminary “on line” work, we were finally able to sink our teeth into the new material “in the flesh” as it were. A full album of “nightmare rock” is in the works. This was not the “Now Today Ensemble” but the newly christened “The Midsummer Nightmare Ensemble”.

here is a video of one of the works to come:

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Beautiful, right?

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So tomorrow I fly to Atlanta to make beautiful music. An album of “Night Mare Rock”.

In the meantime you should check this pianist out.

I’ve been digging her via the “internet” for years now.

and this:

and this:

and of course this:

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Yes, I know, I said I wasn’t gonna go … but I did.

here is a short film of the event:

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It’s come to my attention lately that the highly acclaimed “Moments Along the Path” and “Moments Along the Path II” have been back in the publics eye. My original intent was to produce one per season …

Three years (or so) later the series remains at a stand still. Usurped by life and other projects.

It’s my hope to get a new one up within a fortnight, mayhap even less …

Perhaps my comprehension of “the ken burns” effect will better be utilized … or not.

The first two installments have a lot of meaning for me, and some of you. Interestingly enough, most of the photographs were taken within a short span of time. The next installment may borrow from a larger span.

… or may be not.

I guess it’s still just making a video to The Sisters of Mercy covering “Comfortably Numb” then medly-ing into their own “Some Kind of Stranger”.

For those interested:

Click here for Moments I or Here for Moments II

Stay tuned …

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From 2000hrs tonight until 1200hrs on Wednesday I’ll be at the annual June Work Period at the Monastery.

Limited correspondence is possible.

But, for the most part all y’all will be “on your own”.

See you on the other side …

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The Host at Walden Pond:

another exclusive:

our Compassion Rose hath blossomed: