Hurricane Dennis Party -- Sunday, July 10

We got lucky because Dennis lost a lot of power once it hit land and all we got was a lot of rain and wind. I know some trees came down in Crestwood, but not in our block. Weeks ago I had invited Eric and Jennifer over to celebrate their wedding (5/5/05) and Peter came over earlier in the day to play music with me. I made so much food and knew Mama MC was stir crazy next door so I invited the Fondren Family 3 over as well. We had a quite a house full. Seven adults, Lucy and Andi representing the canine species and Baby Ben, who spent most of the night sleeping in his car seat. We had a great showing of guitarists -- 4 to be exact with 2 mandolins and Peter playing drums most of the night (and switching to guitar for a few songs). Eric, Peter and I rocked to some old Every Alice On Earth songs (our band we started in college), Violent Femmes, Pixies and then we brought out the SBS songbook that Jason made four copies of for the members of the Short Bus Singers -- Myself, MC, Jason and K. It was really nice to hear the songs done with an extra guitar, some of Eric's signature guitar flair and of course percussion. The difference was dramatic and I especially enjoyed singing "Leaving on a Jet Plane" with MC. We were dorking out in a major The New Main Street Singers kind of way.

We played some John Denver, Electric Light Orchestra, Johnny Cash and really rocked on Elvis's "Suspicious Minds." I wanted us to play all night, but folks were getting tired, tiny boy had to be put to bed and some people had to work today, although lots of places closed because Dennis was predicted to be much so much worse. We dodged a bullet this time with no damage or power outages and had a fantastic dinner music party. I hope we get to do it again and soon!

Comments

mojoala said…
hey girl, you need to tamper with your template setting so that your posts are up top.

ok, who is the scary looking guy?

oh, I like your art work on your other blog.

you do that for a living I take it.
Brooks Brown said…
is my blog still jacked up? when I opened it just now my latest entry was up top. i was messing around with the template last night. thanks for letting me know though. i swear you are the only one that EVER comments on any of my posts. i take it you made it out of "hurricane" dennis okay since you have internet and electricity.

the "scary" looking guy is actually a very good-lookin' sweet guy named Peter who I have known for a long time. He has always had a talent for hamming it up for the camera.

Yes I do art for a living if you can call it that. Lately I have been doing other jobs like pulling weeds and housecleaning to make ends meet. Thanks for checking the art blog out.
Jamie said…
Glad you're okay, Brooks--I checked your blog to be sure the hurrican didn't get you. Crazy week here, finishing new house and packing up the old while trying to keep the girls from freaking out. No time for good blogging--shucks. HOWEVER--soon I will have a big office with a window where I can type all my innermost thoughts and intimate details without babies hangin off my legs. That'll be fun, now won't it!?! Hurricane party looks like fun and baby Ben looks sweet. Let the good times roll!
mojoala said…
I am sorry, it's not your template.

It's my resolution here at work.

This is my development computer and it is set to
1024 x 768 and large fonts.

I just looked at blog on my other computer and it is okay.

as long as I am alive and your blogs are interesting I will comment. IF YOU MOVE AWAY FROM ALABAMA,YOU MIGHT LOSE MY LOYALTY!

LOL!
Brooks Brown said…
I'm too broke to move anywhere else in the country right now and don't much see the point unless I can afford it. I was raised here and know this place and am pretty amazed to find another Alabamian willing to go on anti-Dubyah political rants as well as pointing out the more important issues in the world like the giant Elton John chocolate statue. Rock on!
mojoala said…
why thank you.

With respect to King George, I have to counter
Scrawlville.com.

Scrawville.com has several bloggers, all from the Tri-County area(Autauga, Elmore, and Montgomery)

they are all Christian Conservative Republicans.

My brother's blog is MyWay there at Scrawlville.com

take a look at them....

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