Billy and I met up with neen
and sean for a pretty cool weekend. mike and brian were
also up there with their crew. Traffic up sucked (and back
was worse) but we made it in time to see Zach Deputy and
then Ryan Montbleau Band , both totally rocked , they are
Billy's new Fav bands. Was a pretty decent weekend. Fri
night the best , great in fact .... sat started off good
with some river adventure fence hopping and valley traversing
to get some water relief .... some good bands , some good
drink , some good company , but I started losing interest
when max creek went on their 5th hour of their 6 hour set
.... SIX HOURS !!! They took a break at some point , I joked
with peeps about their 3 hour , 4 song set .... LOL ...
Sun kinda sucked in the rain and again the traffic blew.
Getting Billy and Neen back in the Fest spirit and getting
my first and certainly not my last glimpses of Zach and
RMB made the weekend overall a positive experience.
July
2011great weekend , though it was hot as
balls , hit 99 degrees friday ...was like 80 at night. Caravan
of thieves , Sister sparrow and the dirty birds , Elvis
costello all rocked. But Janes Addiction was ferocious ,
Perry farrell was fucking with the crowd , while swigging
whiskey , and Navarro was just blowin hippies heads off
with sick licks ....wild wild show. I was slam dancing in
the front with some game young hippies , while the older
dead heads kinda left the area. Good times , despite not
being allowed to bring alcohol for the almost 1 mile walk
to the stage ...between distance and heat , it was quite
difficult to keep a happy buzz going. Was cool to be on
the water , but the bridgeport sound isn't nearly beach
like inviting. All in all , good weeekend with some good
peeps.
Ziontific June 2011
/ small festival in stockbridge vermont , behind a river.
Beautiful sunsets over the mountain. Some crazy weather
, HOT , then wet/cold overnight , some rain .... all in
all was good though. It was its first year , but it was
well run , with some good people and great music. More rap
than I listen to usually but still good. Marisa came up
with her RV and had a cool set up with some of Rhythmic
Circus --they had a sat am set , I was thinking that was
kinda bummer , but in retrospect , being first made them
unique , mid day people start going about other activities
....I had nothing to do but nurse my hangover with some
bloody mary's listening to them jam...started off sitting
and watching and ended up dancing . My friend Jen ,who came
up with me , had her chair massage booth set up , her first
time doing that as a festival vendor. She did well. I'm
happy for her , as she just got certified and this is ,
from my view , a beginning launch of her career. Pretty
neat , I remember my beginnings ....
I'll have pics on my picasa
page soon.
May 2011 Strangecreek -
Good times , camped with some
good peeps , danced to some good music , drank lots of good
alcohol , sucked down some good jello shots , chilled to
some good drumming , bathed in some good river water , and
ate some good jambalaya. Definitely a must do again. I miss
festivals. KB See personal Journal for details.
5/9/11 - Hiking at Laurel
Marsh - Manchester/East Hartford - Saw a beaver swimming
around - couldn't believe it ....for the amount of times
i'm in real woods , or further north in new england , I
rarely catch glimpses of animals, much less , within 15
feet of me. And even crazier , in East Hartford at some
trails i've walked a few dozen times over the years.
4/16th 2011 - the last ski
weekend. Went up to ski house in anticipation of some spring
skiing runs , sunglasses and long-sleeve sheet style. Not
to be. 25 degrees turned mush into bulletproof ice ...followed
by rain ...yummy. Instead I continued my recent penchant
for 12 hour drinking session ; passing out by 5am two nights
in a row. Sat night was the Joshua Tree party , the U2 cover
band , playing in the B-Haus basement , a few hundred like-minded
, singing , dancing and drinking individuals partyin it
up. The band was kick ass - right on.
April 2011 - Vegas baby with
Phil and Jason --Good Times - 4 straight nights of 12
hour drinking sessions aided by vodka red-bull , which generally
dehydrates a person. So do flights , long ones , there and
back. I came home a shriveled up prune , lol - But good
times !!! - um yeah , I lost but whateva.
Gambled at the playboy
club and danced the night away on top of the palms at the
Ghost bar. Roullette is an evil game and black jack is just
a slow death. Got a bit of a sunburn at the Rehab party
at the Hard Rock Hotel , where we stayed. I showed Phil
, a vegas virgin , a number of the hotels on the strip ,
making sure I showed him each "hotel attraction"
so he can nod his head , go ooh ahh , and then proceed to
a table to gamble. Best meal was at Japanois
- Great trip with great friends.
3/16/11 - Off to New Haven for Black 47 -
Gonna see Rhythmic Circus tomorrow at the Tiger. Going to
stay in Manhatten to see UFC 128 in Jersey Shogun vs Jon
jones - other fighers urijah faber , mirko cro-cop , nate
marquadt etc; I live a charmed life ;;Thousands are dying
and 100,000 are homeless in Japan while more worry about
the nuclear reactor melting down. Who am I to EVER feel
down , how silly.
March 2011 - Did some skiing and hanging at
the B-haus ski house in Killington - Went to Manhattan a
few times , once to see the UFC fights and once to show
a lady friend around whom has never been there - was fun
seein my fav city thru anothers eyes
Feb 2011 - LA with Brando and BG - Then Mexico
with BG and MV , Then LA with Brando - Good Times - I have
some pics that I can't put up , haha / maybe someday -
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July
2011great weekend , though it was hot as
balls , hit 99 degrees friday ...was like 80 at night. Caravan
of thieves , Sister sparrow and the dirty birds , Elvis
costello all rocked. But Janes Addiction was ferocious ,
Perry farrell was fucking with the crowd , while swigging
whiskey , and Navarro was just blowin hippies heads off
with sick licks ....wild wild show. I was slam dancing in
the front with some game young hippies , while the older
dead heads kinda left the area. Good times , despite not
being allowed to bring alcohol for the almost 1 mile walk
to the stage ...between distance and heat , it was quite
difficult to keep a happy buzz going. Was cool to be on
the water , but the bridgeport sound isn't nearly beach
like inviting. All in all , good weeekend with some good
peeps. 
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