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"You can't get liberated, broke" ---James Brown (from the movie Soul Power)

Drinking at Junior's

Saturday afternoons are the only safe time for us old geezers and the remainder of the northenders to meet and drink at Juniors... after 6 or so, the younger crowd comes in. And weekday afternoons are haunted by all the young lawyers from downtown. So Saturdays, about 2-6 is our time.

The participants bring a high level of intellectual discussion to the beer and wine. And, certainly, we are all (and all that's left of?) left leaning, quasi anarcho socialists. Unfortunately, because of our leanings, modern culture drives us to drink to cope... and more than a few bright minds are now on a downward spiral, if surviving at all. Sometimes Saturdays at Juniors is like live obits... and last Saturday toasted the fallen Steve Hall and the impending demise of notorious northender, Robbie.

But we endure as well as we can...

First, the sacrament...


And the artists...


Some regulars...



Sometimes we are blessed with a pretty young woman down at the other end of the bar...


And sometimes the action outside gets interesting... I missed a better pic of the babe in the blue dress as she strutted back and forth in the crosswalk for her filmmaker friend.


And a younger generation finds the Saturday atmosphere intellectually pleasing...


And the "geezer" ski bums (true!)...


A stupid self portrait...


And our regular bartender and confidant, back after a prolonged illness...


Until next Saturday (if in town, that is)...

Spy vs. Spy

Olen Steinhauer has written a couple brilliant spy novels, the best spy stuff since Le Carre. The Tourist and The Nearest Exit trace the adventures of super CIA spy Milo Weaver, and all his aliases. The plots are modern, current decade, current issues, and are quite involving. Many plot lines are each intricately developed, and, of course, interweaved into a single final conclusion. Excellent character development, even minor characters get just due. And, finally, page turning excitement. And, rage inducing... many events are appalling, with political motives (and economic control) creating situations that override any sense of human rights or justice (but reinforce many negative, and probably true, stereotypes of international secret services).

Give 'em a read, you'll enjoy them. By the way, The Tourist was sold to Hollywood, but the recent POS movie of that name, with Angela and Johnny, has nothing to do with the book.

Josh Payne's Guitar Amp

Last night was the SLAJO CD release party down at the Urban Lounge. Opening act was the Joshua Payne Orchestra. While Joshua set up his gear, I got some pics of his amazing guitar amplifier.


Looks like a couple 12" speakers in the cabinet. Not sure of the electronics, but the large 211 tube in front indicates single ended design, rather low power, possibly running Class A. Anyway, the metal work is incredible? Not sure who made this for him, but certainly a master craftsman.



The amp is in two sections, the speaker "cabinet" and the amp head (above). Note the metal casing for the transformers. Wonderful design, beautiful work.


The sound is excellent, if not overpowering. There's a drive control on the head to get some smooth distortion from the unit.

Sometimes aesthetics is everything...

(More on the concert itself, with music clips, in a later post)