Spring approached its end with a pretty nasty heat wave that lasted a few days and saw temperatures at home of up to 100°. Thankfully it dialed back down and has been pretty pleasant, with lots of sunny days and temps in the 70s.
I had the great pleasure of seeing performances by the latest incarnation of the Tedeschi Trucks Band and the instrumental collective Snarky Puppy, both in Oakland – the first at the Paramount, the second at the Fox.
No Static had a flurry of gigs in late spring, three weekends in a row, and Scott and I made our first appearance as the Scott Goldstone/Alan Oehler duo.
July will be mostly downtime, as Scott will be traveling a bit, but we’ll probably rehearse once or twice so we can surface some of the newer songs in our repertoire, including “Josie” by Steely Dan. Our next shows are in August. Check out our Calendar for details.
Meanwhile, I have been enjoying the NY Yankees’ incredible season so far… currently they are at .650 – seven games ahead of the Tampa Bay Rays – and have won nine of their last ten games. They are currently on a home run tear and just the other day passed the MLB record for consecutive games with one or more homers, which had been 27, held by the 2002 Texas Rangers. They have reached 29 as of yesterday, and are now taking two days off to travel to London, England to play two games against their arch-rivals, the Boston Red Sox. Amazingly, they have been doing all this without many of their main players, having endured a terrible swath of injuries – Aaron Judge, Didi Gregorius, Gary Sanchez, Giancarlo Stanton, Dellin Betances, and others, have all spent a significant spell on the Injured List. Stanton, after missing most of the season, came back about two weeks ago, and now is back on the IL. While this went on, new Yankees DJ LaMehieu and Gio Urshela in particular have just been red-hot both with the bat and in the field. It’s fun to watch… mostly vicariously, as I can’t see most games, having eschewed ponying up for the MLB TV app… I will probably get that when they do their All-Star promotional price cut.