ha no.
but what i learned on my april tour.
1. after 2 days, i want to come home. after 4, i don’t. ever.
2. cows lie down when they’re tired. i’ve seen cows laying in the sun, and standing in the rain.
wha?
what i learned during summer vacation.
pics from frog n’ peach
a couple pics from the frog n’ peach in slo. april tour.
courtesy of the lovely and talented miss mia.
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- i have a mic for an eyeball
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- la la la
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- i think i’m rockin out!
birthday!!
celebrated my birthday in SF on monday night. little show at the rockit room. thanks to all the friends that made it out. very very much.
one lesson learned.
at the end of my set, i announced, “no shots.” within ten minutes i had four shots.
let the adventure begin!
at any rate, it was a good time.
i think.
nice day off. hang at the coast in big sur maybe, the down to SLO for show tomorrow.
thanks all in monterey. it was a really fun little show tuesday night at East Village Coffee.
ok, time for some sun.
~j
art by william e. may from show at pourhouse in paso robles
william was sitting in the audience and just cranked out a few sketches. love them!
like how they get progressively crazier too!
by william e may @ pourhouse in paso robles 1-22-10
by william e may @ pourhouse in paso robles 1-22-10
by william e may @ pourhouse in paso robles 1-22-10
pics from the last time through paso – pourhouse – jon ji- courtesy of of mia
i know i am so lagging. but these are some photos taken by the lovely and talented mia!!
had a really great time at this gig.
hope to be back down the road a bit.
thanks shawn, and all the great folks at the pourhouse.
especially, thanks mia!!!
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- photo by mia
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- photo by mia
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- photo by mia
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- photo by mia
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- photo by mia
king of swing – i wanna be like you -jon ji
had a lot of fun making this last night!!
enjoy!
click to play, or right click to download, ya?
hey!! i would love for somebody to make a video for this.
any takers?
click this to play – right click to to download. for Mac, i believe you do “control-click” then you can save to disk.
king-of-swing-jon-ji
the inspiration
the king of swing - king louie
and my partner last evening was very supportive
sooooooooooo good!
wisdom from anthony de mello. sj
“Both what you run from-
and what you yearn for -
are within you.”
–Anthony De Mello
This is from a book called “Taking Flight.”
But there is a book he wrote, that has become the most important book in my life. I have read it maybe 6 times over the past 8 years. And now I realize, that was hardly enough. I understand it more, on a deeper level each time.
I cannot recommend it enough.
“Awareness” by Anthony De Mello
Here is his Wiki
and here is an org devoted to his work.
congrats new orleans saints!
i have nothing against the colts. almost feel bad for peyton.
but i am glad that the underdog won.
good for the city, and great to see all the talking head be wrong.
love it.
New Orleans Saints Celebration!!
tattered, torn, dancing in the street
busking in monterey, cannery row - jon ji
As the saying goes, you can’t judge a book by it’s cover. Tattered or torn, it might be the best story. I’ve got to keep reminding myself of this.
This little story proves it.
I had some down time on a little tour, and decided to hit the streets and busk for some gas and lunch money.
I was in Monterey, CA, so I headed on down to Cannery Row on a Sunday morning. Set up right across from the Monterey Canning Co. building. In a little spot across on the sidewalk, right in between a main parking garage and the main drag in Cannery Row.
I set up my little street cube amp, this thing is awesome, and sang with no mic. The reverb in this spot was soooo good. I played a tune and spotted across the street, under some trees, in a little park, the first person to notice what I was doing. It was an old, scraggly, white-bearded homeless man. He starts bobbing his head, then he gets up and starts doing the crazy homeless guy dance. It gave me a little chuckle.
Soon though, he heads into the street, still doing crazy man dance, and heads my way. I thought, “oh no, here comes trouble, if not just a hassle.” I’ve busked before, and sometimes the street people can be a pain, and you really have to keep and eye on your dough, because some will swipe it. All that was in my case at this point though was my “seed” money, you know, the money you toss in there to let people know it’s OK to tip.
Well, he comes up to me and starts talking, at first I couldn’t understand him, but then I realized he was making a request. The Beatles. I love the Beatles, so I said sure. Then, he surprised me, before I even started playing the next tune, his request. He thew a dollar in the case. My heart changed right then. I played Norwegian Wood, then Yesterday, then I’ve Just Seen a Face. He was the first person to put money in my case that day. I thought he was coming to hassle me, to steal my money, and he was my first fan. This guy has nothing and he tipped me. Goes to show.
A good amount of money followed from other people, a wide range of the classes. The most frequently generous being the Mexican families.
I got tipped by other homeless people, too. Two others. I don’t want to generalize too much, but I definitely noticed that those that have the most, seem to want to hold on to it the tightest.
So, the lesson is, as succinctly as I like to put it, so I remember, keep an eye on your stuff, but don’t be a jerk.
