The weekend Thread

[Brian Krashpad]

Moestock pics!

Jumping up to sing lead on a Clash song, Friday afternoon:

Closeup, note Dr. Pepper can with duct tape labeled as "BEER."

More daytime jamming, that's a Moestock t-shirt with the logo obscured by the guitar strap, and my T-40 bass being played in the back.

A couple shots from a set Friday night:

 

[Brian Krashpad]

Giving props to a fellow Moestocker, Friday night:

Dancing, Saturday night:

Playing "Mercury Blues" Saturday night, I stood on that chair to the right for a solo in the next song, then jumped from the chair to the floor during the solo. That's my Dano on the left also.

I'm not sure what these arm motions are. Best guess is that my bandmate was egging on applause which I was trying to cut, haha. From Saturday night.

Training the next generation of Moestockers, playing "Ring of Fire" Saturday night:

Skanking to the final, very metal, entry in the battle of the bands on Saturday night:

 

[Bloozcat]

...I love the north Georgia mountains...

Yeah, me too. We used to have a second home in Hiawassee, sold it about seven years ago. As much as we loved it, we were too far away to enjoy it regularly (12 hour drive), and too far from retirement to spend the summers there.

With this oppressive heat lately it sure would be nice to be there now...:agree

 

[Brian Krashpad]

Yeah, me too. We used to have a second home in Hiawassee, sold it about seven years ago. As much as we loved it, we were too far away to enjoy it regularly (12 hour drive), and too far from retirement to spend the summers there.

With this oppressive heat lately it sure would be nice to be there now...:agree

I was hoping it would be cooler up there this last weekend, but no dice. In the 90's and high humidity too. In fact, when I got back to FL on Sunday afternoon it was no hotter here than it had been up in GA, and was actually less humid.

Wasn't very lucky with the weather (in fact there was HUGE downpour Friday afternoon), but the good times more than made up for it.

 

[Brian Krashpad]

Good pic of the back porch at Moestock. Behind where the photographer was standing was a huge pile of empty guitar cases. And what a surprise, I'm at the keg.

 

[Bloozcat]

I was hoping it would be cooler up there this last weekend, but no dice. In the 90's and high humidity too. In fact, when I got back to FL on Sunday afternoon it was no hotter here than it had been up in GA, and was actually less humid.

Wasn't very lucky with the weather (in fact there was HUGE downpour Friday afternoon), but the good times more than made up for it.

I know it can get hot up there from time to time. Hopefully it wasn't 82 degrees for the overnight lows like it's been here every night...:thwap

 

[Brian Krashpad]

I know it can get hot up there from time to time. Hopefully it wasn't 82 degrees for the overnight lows like it's been here every night...:thwap

No, at least at night it got down to the lower 70's.

 

[Spudman]

I spent last week in Bend Oregon. I'll get some pictures up later because I still haven't settled in at home.

Brian - that looks like it was a lot of fun.

 

[Brian Krashpad]

I spent last week in Bend Oregon. I'll get some pictures up later because I still haven't settled in at home.

Brian - that looks like it was a lot of fun.

Beyond fun, it was bosstastic!

Look forward to your pics.

Speaking of which, someone just posted the gear shots I've been waiting on:

The herd!

More hosses waitin' to get outta the corral:

Guardin' the keg, shootin' the sh*t, letting others wear my glasses:

 

[Spudman]

The trip to Bend Oregon was to cater a wedding for around 200. It was at a beautiful site but the whole thing was completely ruined (in my opinion) by putting up a greenhouse to hold the event in. Mid 90s Fahrenheit - clear tent with no vents - ineffectual air conditioning - 110F at least inside the tent. Walking outside the tent when the sun was at a certain angle was like walking under a magnifying glass when someone is roasting ants. HOT!

Most of the wedding party was from the Laguna California area and were an extremely attractive bunch of people.

This was part of the view through the stupid tent. I can't understand why they didn't just go with a white tent with no sides. Same view plus shade that way.

View of the chicken coop. That's right - this is a chicken coop. Amazing what money will get you.

Some of the local hired crew trying to cool off during set up.

More of the crew at the start of the dinner. FWIW - none of these women were any good at what they were doing. We took our core crew of 6 people and we got more done than all the rest combined.

A picture of a pile of rabbits that was in the barn bathroom.

 

[sumitomo]

Spud you dog,you shudda got hold of me I could of roadie for ya or sumpin.Sumi

 

[Spudman]

Spud you dog,you shudda got hold of me I could of roadie for ya or sumpin.Sumi

Sorry. We just didn't have any free time and I didn't have access to a computer to get in touch with you. Next time for sure.:beer:

Did you see Steve Miller or Barenaked Ladies last weekend?

 

[sumitomo]

Nope I was pretty busy,I scaped the trim boards on my house,wirebrushed them and painted,took two days and I started at 4:30 AM,but their done for another ten years.Sumi

 

[Robert]

A missed Fretter Meetup? Oh NOOO!

Hey Brian, that looked like some weekend! Good thing you got a hold of a few pics. Jamming a whole weekend in a cabin? Intense!

 

[Brian Krashpad]

A missed Fretter Meetup? Oh NOOO!

Hey Brian, that looked like some weekend! Good thing you got a hold of a few pics. Jamming a whole weekend in a cabin? Intense!

Oh man it was too school for school. There were 8 or 10 cabins all within walking distance of the lodge, with 3-5 people in each cabin, with all the playing being done down at the lodge, either on the porches (the porch went all the way round, on all 4 sides, and was screened-in on 2 sides) for acoustic, or inside for electric. Also, acoustic jams would break out inside when no one was on the electric stage. The vast majority of the players are in cover bands and/or do open mics, so they knew a ton of songs.

I was like a kid in a candy store. Or like Krashpad in a beer store.

But with free beer.

:dude

 

[Brian Krashpad]

Will make my report a day early, as I'll probably be away from computers for awhile.

Finishing up work today and then off for a week staying here, my inlaws are renting the place for them, us, and my brother-in-law's family:

Yay for virtually free vacations!

It's on the highly bosstastic Cape San Blas up in the Florida Panhandle. (Google it) Although the house is on the bay side of the spit, it has beach privileges on the Gulf side (a few hundred feet across the road).

Here's a shot of the Cape:

Ciao you boys. Par-tay!

 

[redgibson]

Hope this isn't hijacking

From what it seems, this is for posting your weekend lazyness (or lack there of) someone please educate me if my post is out of line... Lazy. Lazy. Lazy. That's been my weekend. The boss is away next week so its just me and a client from hell is angry about a project.... so. Before i start week of hell, I am not doing much! Short motorcycle ride, (too hot for anything longer) farmers market for some fresh vegetables for pizza + salad dinner, my wife brought me a case of awesome beer on Friday (Hennepin Saison by Ommegang Brewing Company) She took off today with the car, which is a shame because I really had an urge to pick up a Vox Night Train.... Good weekend here, about to catch a killer thunderstorm, sounds like the rest of you are doing well

 

[Spudman]

We catered a billionaire's 70th birthday for around 200 people at this location on Friday

Here is the birthday boy generously thanking all 28 of the staff each with a crisp $100 bill. Very nice!

The crew

 

[omegadot]

From what it seems, this is for posting your weekend lazyness (or lack there of) someone please educate me if my post is out of line... Lazy. Lazy. Lazy. That's been my weekend. The boss is away next week so its just me and a client from hell is angry about a project.... so. Before i start week of hell, I am not doing much! Short motorcycle ride, (too hot for anything longer) farmers market for some fresh vegetables for pizza + salad dinner, my wife brought me a case of awesome beer on Friday (Hennepin Saison by Ommegang Brewing Company) She took off today with the car, which is a shame because I really had an urge to pick up a Vox Night Train.... Good weekend here, about to catch a killer thunderstorm, sounds like the rest of you are doing well

I loooove Ommegang brews. I remember I used to get a growler after work from the grocery store nearby when I still lived in NY.

EDIT: And it's good beer. I don't just like it because it's similar to my name.

 

[poodlesrule]

Spent Saturday afternoon at the Lowell Folk Festival, Mass., the largest free music festival in the country, I read.

Many different kinds of music, from Puerto-Rican to western swing, with some Cajun in between...

We went back on Sunday and loaded up on more vibes!

You know, when you are grocery shopping after a musical event, and you are slightly moving your body to the beat waiting at the deli counter (and you get weird looks from fellow shoppers!), you know you had a good time..!

Swamp Dogg, an R&B singer sounded just like some of the greats of old, some O. Redding, maybe? He had a great back-up band, The Revelations (Brooklyn NY says the web). Nice guitar work!

Need to rest a bit, and answer the Blues Jr craigslist prospect.. life is good!

 

[Spudman]

Forgot to mention that the birthday guy had The Canadian Tenors come in for the event.
http://www.canadiantenors.com/



They have a pretty tour bus.

 

[sumitomo]

Spud you DOG! You sudda got hold of me,I could of roadied or sumin.Looks like you have been having a blast playin at some cool places.Sumi

 

[Spudman]

Spud you DOG! You sudda got hold of me,I could of roadied or sumin.Looks like you have been having a blast playin at some cool places.Sumi

Except that I'm not playing - I'm feeding people.

 

[Robert]

Ran 42 km today in training, in 3:17. I am getting fit. Running Edmonton marathon on August 22nd.

 

[sumitomo]

Except that I'm not playing - I'm feeding people.

No problem I like to eat!!!:hungry Sumi

 

[bigoldron]

I had a busy weekend. Got off work Friday and went shopping for "back-to-school" clothes for my rising 8th grader. We start school on Tuesday the 27th (way too soon!). Saturday, I had to install an amp in a sound system I was putting together for work, then spent several hours helping my wife get her classroom ready (see the previous sentence...). I left there around 2:30 went and showered and hauled a load of sound equipment to an outdoor back to school bash a few of the local churches were sponsoring.

I set up and ran the sound till 8 and our youth band played (me on guitar and the kids). Loaded up the equipment again and delivered it to it's home.

Sunday morning, had adult praise band practice before Sunday school. Played our song in church, then took over running sound so the regular sound guy could leave early. Had lunch, helped the wife some more, then loaded up different equipment for our adult band. We played a couple of songs at an associational missions service, then loaded up, got some supper and finally called it a day. Oh, while getting ready before the service, my amp decided it wanted to act stupid. We also didn't have everything we needed to hook our mics up. Fortunately, I was able to catch my wife before she left town. (The church was about 15 miles from town.)

Whew. I was almost looking forward to Monday! LOL. But, it has been Monday ALL day long. And now, school starts tomorrow.....

 

[Brian Krashpad]

Dang Ronnie Beth!

Was at the beach on Cape San Blas through Saturday. No oil issues, though we did see a boaty with some skimmer booms out in the bay west of Port St. Joe. Built an impressive sand castle one day, went to watch the sundown over the Gulf most days, did a lot of reading, everything from Hunter S. Thompson (Hell's Angels) to a book on early Black Sabbath albums to a collection of the short stories of Washington Irving (Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Rip Van Winkle, etc.) to Irving Wallace's The Word (not quite done that'un).

Just hung out for the rest of the day after arriving back in Gainesville Saturday; skipped church on Sunday and went into work to see what had come in while I was gone. Did some work at office and some more back at Casa Krashpad, now have to finish it up today.

May eventually upload the sand castle pic. But not today.

 

[Eric]

Oh right...forgot about this thread.

I stripped wallpaper from the kitchen on Saturday morning for about 4 hours. Went for a deep-tissue massage afterward with my wife, using some gift certificates we had received as presents. Kind of prissy, I know. I actually thought I would be more beat-up after it, but it wasn't quite as intense as I had imagined.

Cleaned out the basement yesterday for a few hours, then went to church in the evening, followed by a couple of beers at a bar nearby.

I also managed to complete a CL transaction for a Zoom H2 recorder yesterday, so that'll be fun to play with. I was considering the Q3 with video, as it's on sale for $180, but went with the H2 for $70 less.

So yeah...my life is super exciting, what with wallpaper removal and basement cleaning.

Oh yes, I also managed to slice into the middle finger on my left hand while chopping an onion on Saturday night. It actually cut right into the fingernail and broke it (not severed though), so I'll have to wait for it to grow out before it will be healed. Fun stuff. That's the price you pay for being uncoordinated.

 

[Spudman]

We had 3 large catering gigs this weekend: 2 outdoor weddings and one at our banquet room facility.

This is the location on a polo field I was stationed at, and yes those are rain clouds.

Yours truely in the light blue cooking in the rain

After the rain we were all treated to this lovely sight

We got back to our banquet room at midnight and the Mexican wedding was still in full party mode. They went until around 3 am. They had around 300 guests.

Grande pastel

 

[Brian Krashpad]

May eventually upload the sand castle pic. But not today.

OK, here!

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Went to the movies Friday, early, with Mrs. K. Saw "The Kids Are Alright." Good movie but a bit sad. Don't let the lesbian angle throw you, it's really more about couples and parents. One does get to see an awful lot of Julianne Moore's freckles in some semi-graphic sex scenes.

So that's a good point.

Walked out of the movies and Mrs. K asked if I had been bitten on the neck. It was swelling into a rather large bump, and since I am allergic to bug poison, even though I couldn't remember getting bit or stung, we ran by the after-hours clinic and had a doc look at it. He says its parotitis, which is inflammation of a saliva gland, probably caused by a blockage. Or could be a tumor, but that more rare. Anyhow, he put me on an antibiotic and an anti-inflammatory, and I scrubbed plans to go to a show to write up for the mag I write for later that night.

Saturday-- went to church band practice and then just hung out at Casa Krashpad all day. It was rainy so couldn't do yard work. Actually took a nap that afternoon as both meds can cause drowsiness. Watched Repo Man on the ol' VCR that evening with the missus.

Sunday-- played in church, first song went great, I blew the intro to the second because I was still turning up my guitar volume when the band kicked in, but after that it was OK. Third song was mellow and without incident. Went home, had some lunch and mowed the front yard and most of the back.

Just hanging out and listening to Continuing Legal Education CD's while both girls are out with friends and son is up in ATL with grandparents.

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Spud, great pics as always.