That’s a quote from the poet Wallace Stevens… thought something different would be better than the usual “Summer Update” that I usually do…

• Snarky Puppy at the Paramount in Oakland was fantastic! What a great theater. Amazing that there are two venues like this just a couple of blocks from each other (the Paramount and the Fox Theater).
• I did not get to see Bela Fleck & the Flecktones nor Adrian Belew, alas.
• No Static had a pretty good summer season – gigs at the Highway 1 Brewing Company in Pescadero, The Wine Room in Moss Beach, a couple at the American Legion Coastal Post 474 in Half Moon Bay, the Burlingame on the Avenue street fair, and the St. Robert’s Festival at St. Robert Catholic Elementary School in San Bruno (the latter exemplified the Stevens quote I used for the post title).
• I got a new guitar! After wanting one for most of my life, I finally became the happy owner of a Gibson Les Paul. It’s a beautiful guitar and plays and sounds like a dream.
• I also revamped my Telecaster with Chiltone pickups. It sounds particularly good now.