It’s been a relatively quiet week (at work, anyway), capped off by a welcome surprise day off thanks to the Federal Government (including unanimous consent in this Senate!) making tomorrow, Juneteenth, a national federal holiday, which, frankly, is long overdue (now, let’s just pass *any* of the election reform laws floating around DC right now, as they all make Election Day the same).

It’s also my kid’s birthday, so I know I”ll always have the day off for that…

I got a bunch of riding in, including maybe pushing myself a little too far on Monday, when I did 30 miles in >90° heat and dealt with a little bit of dehydration, in spite of having what I thought (more than two liters) was enough water. All told, eighty-five miles or so over four days, and I’m hoping for another long (at least 40 miles) ride on Sunday, so I can tick off all the mile markers for the VCT Summer Challenge.

Oh, and it’s been a pretty good week for my side hustle; apart from the Filk Quest show this past week, I booked a handful of live solo gigs coming up, pending details being worked out, including ConGregate next month in NC, the The Ravencon Summer Concert here in RVA in August, and Marscon in January, and am going to be the “song from a friend” on this Wednesday’s Trick’s Triple Six.

Between all that and the various Humdingers gigs coming up, that side of my life is looking pretty busy. I also feel appreciated because for a couple of these, the event reached out to me specifically, which makes me feel pretty good about the stuff I’m doing.

But for most of this weekend, I’m going to be stuck behind my soundboard handling the music for the dance studio’s spring recital; a tech rehearsal today and two shows tomorrow.

A dance dad’s job is never done.

Anyway, tunes. Nice little mix there, even if it’s a little firearm heavy. Mixing Zappa, and my favorite tune from my favorite ex-member of G’N’R, and what I actually consider the best song off of The Joshua Tree? That’s quality:

1. “White Lies” – Jason & THe Scorchers
2. “Moon Over Marin” – Dead Kennedys
3. “Blues from a Gun” – The Jesus & Mary Chain
4. “Hello There” – Cheap Trick
5. “The Waiting” – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
6. “Generals and Majors” – XTC
7. “Bullet The Blue Sky” – U2
8. “That’s When I Reach For My Revolver” – Mission Of Burma
9. “Shuffle It All” – Izzy Stradlin And The Ju Ju Hounds
10. “Fire Escape” – Fastball
11. “All I Wanna Do Is Play Cards” – Corb Lund
12. “My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama” – The Mothers of Invention
13. “Einstein On The Beach (For an Eggman)” – Counting Crows
14. “Bonzo Goes to Bitburg” – Huntingtons