I never heard of Rory. Wow! This angel-faced Irish kid singing like a deep old Delta bluesman, with a singing, talking blues guitar.
Here’s link to (audio only) earlier version of “I Wonder Who,” part of a 1974 Irish tour.
Free in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park.( I just discovered the lineup…boy!)
Merle Haggard, Charlie Musselwhite, Emmy Lou Harris, Del McCrory, Ralph Stanley, Dr. John, Irma Thomas, Blind Boys of Alabama, Steve Earle, Robert Plant, Earle Scruggs plus all the bands I’ve never heard of…only in San Francisco!
I take my bike in the truck and park out at the beach, then ride to the park and ride back and forth between the stages.
The last couple of years, with lousy fishing, there were hardly any boats anchored here. This year, the salmon and other fish have more or less returned, fishing is good, and everybody’s back in the water.
Mandy is one of the baristas at Trouble Coffee in San Francisco. She had this done last night, in one sitting. “I have a pretty high pain threshold.”
I asked about the fireflies and the jar and she said something like, “You know how kids will collect fireflies, and they’ll put the top on, and then they’ll be dead…” She designed it herself. Tattooing by Nick Rodin at Blackheart Tattoo
Sailing in BC waters this summer. Photo taken in the middle of Juan de Fuca Strait by Henrik Lindstrom when Godfrey and his wife Megan sailed the Mungo to Port Townsend, Washington, from Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC. Henrik’s boat “Misty” is featured in Tiny Homes.
Sent us by Tilikum
Here’s a film of master natural builder SunRay Kelleys homestead in Washington, as shown on MTV’s Extreme Cribs series. MTVs sound track sucks in my opinion, seems like they’re trying too hard to be hip and peppy, but it’s a chance to meet SunRay’s daughter Kumara and see a bunch of his wild buildings. SunRay was featured in Builders of the Pacific Coast.
Go here for gallery of SunRay’s buildings: https://www.sunraykelley.com/index.php?option=com_expose&Itemid=83
I don’t mean to go on and on about it, but the book looms so large in my mind these days, it’s the main current running through my life and we’re in the final week, Been agonizing over the cover and title page for several weeks, a dozen mock-ups. Yesterday my friend Louie showed up to help me, and he hung in with me all day as we tried dozens of things. Louie says what he thinks, and it’s great getting fresh perspective. At the end of the (hot) day, we went down to the beach. I went swimming; the tide was coming out of the lagoon fast and the water was warm, maybe 60º, and I
swam with the tide, felt like I was flying.
This morning I came out and surveyed the results (+ the carnage, shown here) and it’s lookin pretty good. Lew and Rick are coming in today and the 3 of us will work on it. By the time we get it done, the cover will be the work of 5-6 people.
Lyrics to Come a Rain by Kevin Welch:
Jesus was a pagan, Woody was a punk
Gandhi was a soldier, Hendrix was a monk
Leonardo was an alien, Plato was a scream
Vincent was a flower child, Elvis was a dream
Kurosawa was a samurai, Achilles was a gimp
Django was a miracle, Rasputin was a pimp
Piaf was a siren, Callas was the sea
Martin was a king on earth
in all his majesty
Come a rain, come a rain now
Confucius was a joker, Kafka was a spook
Rumi was a homey, Bukowski was a duke
Fellini was a scientist, Dante was a thug
Buddha was a cowboy, Amelia was a stud
Einstein was a psychic, Stalin was a hick
Marilyn was Marilyn, Picasso was a trip
Marley was a preacher, Columbus was a dope
Houdini was a rascal, Hank Williams was a ghost
Come a rain, come a rain now
Surfer couple Kim Obermeyer and Holly Beck using our book The Barefoot Architect to build an “Eco-friendly Cabaña in Northern Nicaragua.” When you go to this site, check out Holly riding her longboard — she rocks! (It’s on right side, under “Recent Posts,” titled “Longboarding at La Bahia.” She just floats up from paddling to standing position and then shreds. She also runs a women’s surf camp in Nicaragua, Suave Dulce.
https://hipehabitat.com/2011/09/14/designing-an-eco-friendly-cabana-in-northern-nicaragua/