CLAS-SIC

Music for Animals - New EP listening party

@ 540 Club. Got to hang out with the guys. Jay, Ryan, Eli, Nick. Talk about crazy show ideas. Past crazy show ideas. I'll be out of town but you guys and gals should go check out their 1st show in a long time (since April) at the Rickshaw Stop on October the 3rd. They have a new EP coming out. Of which you can check out some of their new music here. Not sure if that was remotely close to a proper sentence.

Thyme in my Sauce

Salty Fish Scallop Fried Rice

Treasure Island Musical Festival, BBQ

An adventure on Treasure Island? I haven't been back to T.I. in a long long time. The weather was great.
















Treasure Island Music Festival





















Featuring the Bay "Eye"
















Dannon's fire grill of reclaimed house parts, chimney ceramics, and bricks was very reminiscent of Uncle Jerry's Q setup in Scarsdale.





















Double Q'ing. The meat grill was on an old small bucket styled grill behind the brick one. The high walls help to reflect heat back onto the food.
















Here is my fruit salad with nectarines, peaches , blueberries, and figs. Also thyme, grated ginger, lemon zest, lemon juice, and syrup (water + sugar). I should have gotten white peaches but last time I made this the nectarines were also white so I had two white fruits. I'll get it right one of these days. Again, the recipe is found here. The figs were an addition and I recommend only 2 of the nectarines and peaches instead of the suggested 4. You'd need a GIANT salad bowl to fit that much fruit and mix it up.
















Red corn?
















Slightly charred chicken





















Veggie Kabob
















Getting...
















...darker
















So my consolation prize for not getting Point Break Live was that I was able to see Tegan and Sara and that might be a good thing because according to this video released just two days ago, it sounds like this is the last time they are touring North America? I have only heard their music and never seen what these two look like or knew anything about them but it turns out they are identical twins which explains their eeriely good Simon and Garfunkel transcending vocal synchronization which definitely lends to their sound and style. It also turns out they are both identically homosexual which explained the usually large amount of lesbian couples around us. I was confused as to why all these girls were hugging each other at first. Normally seeing lesbians is no big deal and while it still remains not a big deal, it was just mysteriously odd that so many should coincidentally show up in your immediate vicinity. Maybe I just don't have lesbian-radar senses? Maybe I never notice them. Male gay couples I seem to see all the time. They are also Canadian.

Anyways, here is some video and audio accompaniment.




















...darker
















colors O_o
















watching from the rocks. Watching the show for free! I said "Ha! those suckers on the other side of the fence can't get close enough to the water to take nice pictures of the city scape."
















Akiha is actually very cold here.
















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Point Break Live, I hardly knew thee

Point Break Live
This is what I get for waiting around and not securing a ticket sooner.



Holy crap, was it really that bad?!? I thought I was watching some horrible fan recreation but that swipe fade has George written all over it.

Vintage Expo - Musical - Polk

Fashion Expo at the Masonic Auditorium. It's still up Sunday. The selection of male apparel was a little disappointing this time. It seemed like there was less this time.
















But I still managed to get a coat and two shirts which is about what I got last time.
















I love these old style dresses! Well the 3rd one is a little crazy.





















Then in my desire to "see a musical" I went to see Spring Awakening which is playing at the Curran Theatre. It apparently won a bunch of Tony Awards? Anyways, I really didn't know what to expect. It's a coming of age musical that uh... well here is a video from the cast I saw.





















Drove by Polk St. and decided I wanted Mediterranean food! Casablanca Cafe. Woah, I'm looking at the Yelp reviews. Apparently there is some crazy tyrannical owner/server there now. Or maybe she has a case of multiple personality disorder. I usually deal with the guy when I'm there so glad I haven't had any crazy experiences like "meat in my vegetarian soup" or "spilling soup and beer" on customers.
















And then wandered over to Studio Gallery to see if anything was up. Rab (one of the owners) had a show opening. Surprise! Rab asked if I wanted to contribute to their Tiny Show in November. I was so happy but declined on account of vacationing. Next year!