That's Dusty (below) from The Barons singing about beer (as usual). If you are near Wilmington on Friday, June 9th, be sure to catch them at Mojo 13 with Tube Dutch. Both bands feature former members of Marcus Hook, so you know they rock the Kasbah!

(Ee-gad! I am so lame about writing regularly, but I'm trying to improve because I dig getting those responses from out in the blogosphere. I appreciated that comment from Boston about dreading the sound of chainsaws in the neighborhood. Mmmm support!)

Not only do I love trees, but music makes me feel all tingly as well. I was watching a new DVD by The Residents (those men and women wearing the big eyeballs as heads) I picked up at the New Castle County Library (here in Wilmington, Delaware) and I was inspired to work toward adding more random imagery in my life. The video, which is a collection of all many of their older and somewhat newer video pieces, was sometimes hard to watch, other times it was downright captivating. When it got redundant, I pushed the search button. My favorite part was at the beginning when the band (although art ensemble is probably a better word) was dressed in hoods made out of what look like newspapers, in a room covered completely with newspapers, and they bounced around like spastic, hooded, drum-beating machines. What a trip! I saw The Residents perform a few years ago in Amsterdam at the Milky Way (also called the Melkvekt, or some such Dutch translation), and it was awesome. I am so glad I finally saw them perform live because I never really got into their CDs and records that have come out over the years. Once I saw them live, I realized why they have continued to be a phenomenon. They are actually a theater troupe that plays music on guitars, drums and synthesizers, while acting out their songs, usually hidden beneath bizarre masks and costumes. Their songs are actually wonderful stories that come together when the theater portion ties up all the stray images bouncing around in their freaky, sometimes-spoken tunes. Anyway, I was amazed that Delaware's libraries are carrying such subversive stuff. The Residents' one-minute movies on the DVD were also quite freakish and somewhat provocative. They make me want to pull out the video camera and compose some of my own wacky undulations!