not over yet

The front page of the business section in the Daily Camera yesterday had a picture of dylan grinding spice and numerous quotes from john at Third Street. The article discussed the far reaching impact of the recent tsunami on the coffee, tea & spice trades and local businesses.

As you may be aware, Guided by Voices called it quits after a pair of nye show's in chicago last year. Pitchfork has a summary from someone lucky enough to have gone. Despite the hullabaloo & fanfare surrounding the one-two punch of a farewell & new year'e eve show, I don't feel too bad for missing the jaunt as I have been fortuate enough to see the boys on 4 seperate occasions since 1999.

Kristen Hersh's latest group, 50 Foot Wave may be the recipient of the wrong name at the wrong time award, and not the old Sub Pop band, Tsunami, like I had predicted earlier. I guess they went the way of non-importance long ago.

Are you a hunting buff, but just can't seem to make it into the wilderness as often as you like? Well, a Texas man, John Lockwood, has developed a website that allows you to control a rifle and actually shoot at live animals on his ranch. If you just want target practice, you can shoot at paper targets instead of live ones. You may also request a copy of your target, or get a dvd copy of your session so you can remember your experience and show it off to your grand children. He's currently working on developing a taxadermy service for visitors that want a more substantial souvenir of their mouse-click click.

It looks like the Teen Girl Squad has returned this week with a Soopa Groop. Floor-tommed!

-nephew-