More kittens and owls!

Kitties made of felt

Sewmanycats.com I just met this lady selling kitties at Doug Fir Fest.
She loves Suicide Kittens! So do I.

Chapman Elementary Swifts

I brought my mom and sister out to see the migrating swifts. It is
pretty amazing but a swift deficated on my head.

Kitten Time

I stayed with my good friends Kim and Andy and their two adorable
kittens, Echo and Banjo, yesterday. I love kittens but they make me
sneezy. Maybe one day I'll be able to afford a hyperallergenic kitten.

Seattle

We played Seattle's Nectar Lounge on Sunday night. The turnout was
light but we killed that night. It's a huge pleasure to play with
Matt's band.

Doug Fir Green Room

Here's all that was left of the complimentary refreshments at midnight
on Saturday in the green room. The kind MFNW staff stocked the tube
with near beer at the end of the night. I'm not sure if they did that
to sober us up, to make a joke or because they ran out of booze.

Perfect From Now On

I loved MFNW but I ended up missing a bunch of shows so that I could
learn Matt's songs by Saturday night (Matt invited me to join the band
on Wednesday).

One show that I was happy to catch was Built To Spill at the Wonder. I
just barely got in to see the sold out show. The band played Perfect
From Now On in its entirety and it made me very nostalgic.

Telemegaphone!

I just heard about this on PRI's Geo Quiz. There's this megaphone installation up on a mountainside in Western Norway that YOU can call! There's a cellphone connected the megaphone and it is uncensored. Apparently they get a lot of singers on the line. Give them a ring: +4790369389.

Catching up

I typically update this blog from my iPhone. There's an email-to-blog feature that works pretty well most of the time. Last week it suddenly stopped working fir me for reasons beyond my understanding. I stopped posting after a few failed attempts.

Since then, I was invited to play Musicfest NW at the Doug Fir as well as a Seattle gig with my good friend Matt Sheehy. We only had the benefit of one full band rehearsal in Ryan Dolliver's spacious, foam-lined practice room.

Palin in Comparison

Sarah Palin isn't quite the savvy attack dog the GOP is promoting.