Well, last night we hosted a Psylodelic Event at the Fur Peace Station. We were showing Mary Works great film Rocking At The Red Dog. It was indeed the dawn of psychodelic music and it’s a must see for anyone interested in that vibrant period of American History.
We had Dan Hicks here and we sat in the audience and watched the film together. Truly great stuff! Then we had a Q and A with our own Joh Hurlbut as a moderator which wound up lasting almost an hour and then Dan and I threw down a little set together.
Jorma Kaukonen And Dan Hicks
Rockin’ At The Red Dog Night
A Psylodelic Event
Fur Peace Station, Darwin, Ohio
Darwin, Ohio
November 16, 2013
1. True Religion, Jorma
2. Dan Tune – A Dan blues… I forget
3. Uncle Sam Blues Jorma and Dan
4. How Can I Miss You When You won’t Go Away, Dan Hicks
5. Hesitation Blues Jorma
6. Scare Myself Dan and Jorma
7. How Long Blues Jorma
8. San Francisco Bay Blues Dan and Jorma
9. Encore: Canned Music Dan and Jorma
It was a real treat to spend time with the amazing Dan Hicks. He’s just a really great enduring talent and a great guy. Thanks Dan!
Big storms today in Meigs... direcho winds and tornados
So we headed over to the Fur Peace Ranch today to get ready for my participation in the Second Annual Guitar Mash held at the City Winery in New York City. Now I would have liked to have been there in person, but I was here with Dan last night so we did it by Skype and… it worked. I led the gang in Come Back Baby and Folsom Prison Blues. Good times!
I hear that train a coming...
Hello, New York!!!!!
Good stuff and a fun weekend. Now we have some serious storm coming in tonight so I’ve got to get my generator ready just in case. I put the plow blade on my tractor day before yesterday so that should endure that it will not snow. We’ll see. If I get the generator out, maybe the winds will pass too.
Great weekend… more will be revealed!
Barbara, my name is John Millikin and I am the nephew of Chesley Millikin who you mentioned in your post. I am currently doing some fairly extensive family research and would really appreciate any insights from somebody who knew Chesley. Could I contact you for some information about my uncle? Thanks. Best regards,
John Millikin (jmillikin76@gmail.com) @Barbara Jacobs
Jorma, The Rockin’ At The Red Dog evening at FPR was a lot of fun. We brought friends along for their first visit. Thanks to you & Dan for the great story telling, pickin’ & singing! Those were the days! See you in April for Acoustic Desert Rose Band!
Things I know for sure at 4pm, Tuna Time:
Joe in DC is a good driver. Are you in NYC yet, Joe?
@Joe in DC
John B will be at Malachy’s early. He may be the first one in. Are you at Malachy’s yet, John B. ?
I don’t know what a Purple Hooter Shooter is.
Have fun, everybody!
@Joe in D.C.– thanks Joe, I’ll take you up on that drink! My fav with special occasions with such an event is a Purple Hooter Shooter 🙂 After I get myself together here the tickets will be purchased!
@Barb thanks for your kind encouraging thoughts!! It’s so magical for having something to look forward to as many here are doing this wk-end– I am so happy for all who are involved with the festivities– C U in 2014. Know that I also have a fine appreciation of art and will take you up with the Museum navigation 🙂
Carol….get the Birchmere tics….. i will buy u a drink
barb – yes…i do all sorts of stuff besides work..and being a tuna fan…hah
Carole: A year’s time can heal, your knee will be better and your surgery just a memory of a procedure that needed to be done.
If you don’t have full mobility, I can wheel you around at the Museum.
I’ve been the wheeler and the wheelee.
Y.@Carole Eastham-Shera
Well, there you are with interests in many things. You don’t only work.
It’s all good.@Joe in DC
@Joe in D.C. Tomorrow I plan to get my tickets for the Birchmere– it is a PRIORITY!! I am ready! Looking forward to hearing about the adventure this wk-end in the city of ‘Tuna’!!!
@Barbara– I’m with you with making it in 2014!
oh sure Barb…books..read everyday..museums..lots in DC..even other bands…and hobbies that i pursue…yes…and yep a pre ht museum trip next year…all good…
That’s good, HFT!
Even if H.T. is the only band you love:
I’m sure you read books, have a hobby, and know about at least an era of American history, enjoy Art and museums.
You’ve been to museums, or at least you will, next year, pre-Tuna show.
Meanwhile, you can meet John B and whoever else is going to Malachy’s before the show. Enjoy!@Joe in DC
well put Barb…i try to keep up with things musical/bands etc…; but alas i am just a big fan..hit the shows, enjoy the time, the experience…if i had more time/energy outside of my professional life to devote to this type of project, i think i would…so for now, as it has been for 40+ years all i can say is HFT…whens the next show……
Ray is a sweet, sensitive man.
Paul Shaffer named his daughter, Victoria, after that song title.
There is a very tight circle of dedicated Kinks fans in the NYC area.
Ray enjoyed hanging out with them and they were the fans who waited for him, over at Malachy’s.
I did the fan round-up, while on the road. Was permitted to tell those fans where we would be having dinner after the show — and there they would be, waiting.
Enjoy it all: different musicians playing different music.
If you ever meet them, they are happy to hear that you are: “a big fan”, that you “LOVE” him/her/them… but if you are an interesting individual, reading books, seeing films, going to museums, enjoying Art, know about history; you will have something to have a conversation about with them.
@jim hitchcock
24 Hours TO TUNA TIME!!!,
24 Hours TO TUNA TIME!!!@Joe in DC
(Whoever gets there first can introduce yourself and let the bartender know that you are a HOT TUNA fan and are expecting some more fans to walk in the door.
They are familiar with the Ray Davies fans.
It will give you something interesting to chat about.)
Carole- yes………….i have my tuna tickets for Birchmere in January w/ Leon already…….. a great after the holidays tuna show and a good way to start up 2014; right? So between today and 2nd week of January I have 3 tuna shows to attend…life could be much worse… I know where Reston hospital is…….good luck with that..let us all know how it goes……….
“Ooops..” had some finger stutter there and hit the wrong key! @Jorma– my fathers first cousin was a bomber pilot in WWII were he became MIA,, never to be found. Evidently there were no survivors from that mission– although a pix does exist of the crew with my cousin in the photo. Thanks for sharing that part of veteran history–
Well OK folks,, ‘Time for me to part..’ for now anyhow. Have a wicked good time in the city!!!
Am I a Kinks fan? Like in The Wizard of Oz, I think I love him best of all.
Stretching it a bit, of course, but man, Victoria always puts a day long smile on my face.
@John B –I sure wish I’d be seeing everyone in NYC over the wk-end myself, however, I’m dealing with some bone on bone issues on my knee currently and don’t think I would be able to keep up with the pace of mobility as I once was able to a few years past! I will so look forward to hearing all about the musical journey and friendship bonding as it takes on it’s own fruition of fun, laughter and song– in the company of Jorma and team Tuna!!! BTW– @Joe in D.C. and John B. (or any other)– will you be at the Birchmere gig in January?? I am determined to be there! I’m scheduling my knee procedure around that date 🙂 @Joe in D.C. ,,having the knee done @ Reston Hospital 🙂 @Jorma –your wonderful photos and writings have been most medicinal for the knee pain I’m currently having as a physical ‘hic-up’ with
well dang Barb…. a walking NYC encyclopedia….
great info…that will help with the “experience” of going to the bar.
I have never known so much info on a place….hah
And, yes madame….. next year it is..
Tuna time in 25 1/2 hours……..
Are you a KINKS fan?
Ray is a sweetheart.@jim hitchcock
Great info on Milliken, got me reading some on SRV. Don’t get me started on Ray Davies.
I think that Malachy sold that bar some years ago.
Ray Davies had his Manhattan apartment for decades, a few blocks away on West 72nd Street. Malachy’s was his “local pub” and he often met with Kinks fans there.
Now you know some stories about that bar you are going to. Walking in with some history will make it an even better experience.
Wish I could be there, too.
Next year, my dear.
@Joe in DC
That dive pub was owned for many years, and is named after its owner Malachy McCourt (brother of Frank McCourt. the”Angela’s Ashes” sons). Frank passed away a few years ago and the youngest McCourt brother is Alphie McCourt. Malachy has written several books and Alphie wrote a book titled: “A Long Stone’s Throw”, which I recommend for its combination of tragedy and laugh-out-loud good humor.
I met Alphie through the late, great Chesley Millikin. I’ve commented about Chesley before: He was the best friend of Charlie Watts and did A&R Record label work in London.
Then he moved to America, met The Grateful Dead (and once was their de facto manager: see Dennis MacNally’s book: “Long Strange Trip”), went on the Rolling Thunder Tour with Bob Dylan, moved to Austin and discovered Stevie Ray Vaughn. If you watch VH1 “Behind The Scenes” program on Jerry Garcia, you can see Chesley walking with Bob Dylan, into Jerry’s funeral service. @Joe in DC
Yes, and what a great gallery it is! So much to choose from at The Met!@John B
John B…see u there…. email me as well and i will get u my cell
Doug…. email me … jlevine406@comcast.net and i will send u my cell #
either way i will be at the pub……..
@John B
joeinDC: send me your email or cell no., not sure what time I can get there because I’m flying in fri probably geting into the city around 5, which could be kind of tricky on a friday evening.
I will be there. Look forward to it. Anyone else that can make it please do.
Doug – good.. i will look 4 u at the Irish pub…about 6 pm… i will try to get a seat somewhere up front…never been there … John B…please come as well it will be cool. ahh Beacon gals…yeah…shorts…no…i believe i know more or less what you look like from facebook and my pic is there as well
Jorma – see what Tuna has created… a semi, loose fraternity of sorts..thank you
Barb – wish you were participating
Joe: that sounds like a pretty good plan. I’m sure John B would want to meet up as well. Friday I’m going with a buddy and Saturday bringing my wife. I just saw that it’s supposed to go kinda cold on sat night, guess I won’t be wearing shorts. Good thing because last time I wore shorts to the Beacon, couldn’t keep the women off of me 🙂
Doug eta al…
Friday I am solo..i found a good dive irish pub MALACHYS DONEGAL INN 103 West 72 st…burger/ beer…. it is close to ethical center…. I think it looks to be about my speed.. i was going to go by 6 or 630…. let me know if you are interested..or if you have a better spot in mind……….
Saturday going w/ my life long tuna buddy (we saw our first tuna show together back in 1971 or so) and meeting a guy i have not seen in like 40 years for beacon. we will be at Amsterdam ale house Saturday pre elektric
In the 60s and 70s we almost lost them. They say it was due to DDT but I don’t know. They are back now for sure. @Barbara Jacobs
Will we get a Hamar Promenade Jorma? Back in the early summer months or spring you said that you were going to be teaching it to your students so you were going to dust it off and get proficient at it again. Do we have a shot at hearing it this weekend maybe? It’s coming up fast and I can’t wait !
That makes sense. I can check out a room or two like you suggest. Do they still have the Monet Room ? @Barbara Jacobs
@John B
Comin in sat late w/ a buddy. He’s comin down from Boston that day – so it’s gonna be close. But some other show fersure! Can’t believe its this week!!!
Because it’s Friday, I would go to The Met, even for an hour. “Pay what you wish”. One dollar is fine. Just pick a gallery or two to check out and then you can go across the park to the West side.
Enjoy the shows, all!
@John B
Saturday @John B
The Ale House on 76th and Amsterdam ave at 5:30 @johno
Are you coming in for the shows johno? @johno
Great stuff johno. @johno
@John B
At the Met they have a rooftop bar and rock garden w/ spectacular skyline views. But call first – it’s weather permitting. Usually a pretty cool crowd – not a bad place to have a martini and a bite before the show.
@Joe in DC
joeinDC: I am attending the Friday acoustic show as well. Planning on meeting a buddy that I haven’t seen in 30 years that i’ve recently just reconnected with. I’ll look around for a possible place to meet up
I was sitting on my deck @ my country home this past summer in the evening having a beer when up the valley I see this big bird flying about tree level. It was a Bald eagle and I was about a hundred yards away, it was so quiet we heard the whoosh its wings – probably looking for a fish dinner.
Before Fridays show is my best shot at going to the Frick or the Met. I am going to these two shows by myself . The guys I usually go with won’t be able to make it. I just finished my first pomegranate. Imagine that. @Barbara Jacobs
I live at the shore johno . The nest we were watching was in Toms River which is close to Barnegat Bay. Good fishing grounds for them. Lately I have spotted a few of them on my way to work which is in North Brunswick. I travel the back country roads to work and that takes me right up the middle of the state. The eagle I saw yesterday was about twenty miles east of the Delaware. Around Cream Ridge . @johno
Where else would it come from Cyndy but Accuweather. But it looks like it will be a non-issue . I posted it on the blog. Few things worse for me then going into the city when it’s pouring rain. Have you selected a place yet for Saturday ? @Cyndy Consentino
@Barbara Jacobs
eagles. Most of the time – one at a time – except when I saw a male teaching a small eaglet to fly.
well thanks Barb…though i was born in nYC, I left a long time ago and really am a tourist when i visit…….
Born and raised in NYC.
You can just visit the Met for a little while and then walk across Central Park.
If it’s too cold/windy/raining, those buses will take you across Central Park to the West Side.
@Joe in DC
It was a good movie. That makes two of us who saw it.@jim hitchcock
OK Barb. I will take u up on that offer for NYC tuna show 2014…And perhaps i will do the met this year…perhaps not…I was going to check out central park before the show… Now with the way you are giving bus directions you sound like a real New Yorker…
Also Jack Black and John Cleese. Highly competitive.
O.K. Joe, you’re in on the Tuna fan’s pre-show museum visit.
If there is no pre-show meeting-up this year, you can go to The Met, which is open late on Friday. After 5pm it’s “pay as you wish”. (which is really what you can do any day/time of the week.) Then walk across Central Park (or take the M86 or M79 bus).@Joe in DC
There’s a movie: “A Big Year” about bird-watchers who take a year off from their lives to travel around and spot and photograph the most different species of birds. It’s a competition.
Owen Wilson and Steve Martin were in that movie and I actually liked it more than I thought I would.
Doug..yeah right…you will not wear shorts… Yeah I used to hang out some in Ventura when I lived in Camarillo..u r right it is a decent distance away from LA..it is really a nice area… my job left so I had to leave..hah
Barb – yes I will participate in the museum visit next year..yes……..
Are any of you folks attending the friday acoustic show meeting up for a beer or dinner pre show? I am going solo on Friday so if you have a spot in mind let me know…and when…and I will be there
I didn’t know that.
Bald eagles were endangered, how long ago was that?, because they are back and you got to see them many times. Have you ever seen more than one, at a time?@johno
That was something to see, for sure.
I like to observe nature and birds of all kinds are interesting to watch.
I can tell the difference between various bird-poop:
Pigeons and seagulls have pooped on me many times. A Robin-redbreast once pooped on me:I was watching it for about 10 minutes as it was pecking around on the ground and as it flew away, it poop-bombed me. Big poop for such a small bird!
Eagle-poop must be a big mess.
Eagles were an endangered species, it seems like that was not so long ago.
You’re a lot like me: we’re “stop and smell the roses” type of people.
johno likes cloud-watching, which is something I love to do.
Watching the sun set is another.
Probably why we love art and museums.
Nature is a work of art (“and I should know, I’m an Art Lover”).
@John B
@John B
Are you near the Delaware river?
There are a couple hundred Bald Eagles in the NE most of them are in the Delaware River valley. I fish the upper Delaware and have seen dozens – once one was sitting on a branch about a couple hundred feet away. We were both fishing the same trout pool.
@Barbara Jacobs
Couldn’t tell you Barb but I know that the numbers are on the increase and that nationwide the population is very healthy. They may have been removed from the endangered species list. I’m always watching for Red Tail hawks this time of year and occasionally an eagle will fly by. It always brightens my day to see one. Two years ago there was a nest up in Toms River just off of a busy highway that sat atop a cell phone tower. You could see the young eagles in the nest every now and then popping their heads up . After ninety minutes of waiting I put the car in gear and slowly started to drive away when out of the blue an adult eagle came swooping in with a large fish in its talons . It flew right over us and up into the nest. That was an outstanding sight.
Are there a lot of eagles in New Jersey?
If you get into Manhattan early, there’s a new exhibition at The Frick:
“Vermeer, Rembrandt and Hals: Masterpieces of Dutch Painting from the Mauritshuis.” I went to see it before I left town, highly recommend it.@John B
Next year we’re doing a pre-show museum visit (to The Frick or The Met) with JohnB , Johno and whoever else is interested. You can join us.@Joe Levine
I will be there Friday night also Doug. @doug mlyn
@Joe in DC
I’m actually near Ventura and I’ve lived in a few places in CA and it’s my favorite. We get really good weather and it’s just far enough away from L.A. And I’m really not worried about the weather 🙂 Actually I’m stoked it’s not going to snow. Looks like it’s going to be in the 50s fri and saturday. I might even wear shorts.
Coming into work this morning I was listening to Manns fate from a show at the Stephen Talkhouse and I saw an eagle fly right over my my car ! It’s always a thrill for me to see one.
@Barbara Jacobs
No I don’t drive. That’s why I spend so much time on the computer.
Got about 5-6 blogs going on, surfing about world politic and writing a book – keeps me busy. Sorry you can’t make it.
Well Barb glad to hear you are good as new, though older, as we all are…. Will miss you at the Beacon and acoustic show. It would have been good to meet and put a face to a blog……..
No Nor’easter in the forecast -don’t know where that came from!
So, you can still drive. That’s good. I know that I’m going to miss an unbelievable show. I know it and I try to accept the reality of it.
I’m finished with meetings in London and tomorrow I go to Germany.
I’m going to surprise my friend, the journalist, Uli Twelker at his house in Bavaria.
“KNOCK, KNOCK”.
“Who’s there?”
“It’s me, ULI.
I think he will be home because he’s writing a book/biography of Georgie Fame.
Uli does the best interviews. During the past few years he interviewed (among others): Pete Townshend (who told him stories that I couldn’t believe he broke loose with), Larry Campbell and did a Jorma interview. (I believe that was done and published and it’s time for him to interview Hot Tuna with Jack.)
He writes for the German magazine: “Good Times”.
I have 2 eyes, one is just better than the other. Sorry you not gonna be there I’d really like to meet and you’re gonna one unbelievable show!!!!
33 comments here: Jorma’s blog comments section is like a box of chocolates:
you never know what you’re gonna get.
I enjoy imagining Jorma checking-in to read the comments here.
@johno
No, really: I’m not going to be there.
I also type with one finger: Right hand, middle finger.
It’s the most comfortable way for me to type. My right middle finger flying around is a sight to behold.
It’s fast and it never misses its mark.
I never took a real typing class, so I learned to do it my way.
Do you really “have only one good eye”? How do you drive?
@Barbara Jacobs
r u coming to the show on sat @ the beacon9 im typing w/ 1 fnger.
Looks like June 15th is going to be a really special night at the FPR. The one and only Janice Ian is coming to play. God Bless you Jorma for bringing this to us.
Thanks for that, Joe.
It was over 20 years ago and it’s in the past. There’s something about enduring pain that sticks with a person, long after it’s gone.
That concert at the Meadowlands was a real trip: I was in a wheelchair with an external fixator drilled through my leg. My back was broken, so I have metal rods, 10 inches, implanted on each side of my spine and had a spinal fusion, to fuse my lumbar discs.
Christine drove me in my wheelchair around the backstage area:
“LOOK OUT MICKEY! GET OUTTA’ THE WAY — we’re coming through!”
Having said that: You wouldn’t even know that it happened, by seeing me now.
I don’t even have a limp. Good as new, although older than then.@Joe in DC
No, I’m not going to be flying back for the shows!
Never mind the airport delays, I would be lucky to make it across NYC to get to the Beacon.@John B
Wish I was going to the Beacon! And does Hurl’s new first name rhyme w “Doh!”? Sorry Jorma couldn’t resist…
John B – I think I remember him posting on here about that show… When I was in AK i do not remember tuna playing, but….King Cove…yeah I got out to Dutch Harbor a couple times…The Aleutians have terrible weather..hah The worst weather I experienced up there was a place called Deadhorse, AK…above the Arctic Circle…another world 4 sure… I took my son to the Beacon once like in 2011..yes
My son is a teacher in King Cove Joe . He has some incredible weather stories to tell. He has the Bering Sea on one side and the Gulf of Alaska on the other. Tuna played there a few years ago as I recall. That was before my son went up there. He came home last summer and I took him to Keswick to Tuna. It was a great show for him. @Joe in DC
Barb – sorry to hear about your past accident…really sorry.
Doug – I used to live out there in Camarillo, CA and Bakersfield, CA; actually 2 separate chapters in my life and times. Camarillo had ideal weather; very Mediterranean. Bakersfield was, well, how do I say it…terrible weather.
As for Tuna noreaster weather on Saturday…nothing to worry about..just bring a jacket. Back in the 1980’s I lived and worked in Alaska for about 7 years…now I could tell you some weather stories, worst I have ever seen….no wonder Tuna to my recollection never came to play in AK at least not when I was there….hah
Just a possibility at this point Barb. I hope not. I prefer the cold crisp air that we should have at this time of year. Regarding your history of having to deal with bad storms and airport delays while trying to get back to the city for Tuna shows it is natural that a possible nor’easter is coming together. We must get word out that you will not be attending this year and perhaps the storm won’t materialize as they often don’t or if it does it will just veer harmlessly out to sea as they often do. @Barbara Jacobs
You’re welcome to it.
Most people I know who lived in the L.A. area have moved away: earthquakes, mudslides, wildfires; it was just too much to deal with.@doug mlyn
@Joe in DC
Joe: coming from central calif. I’ll take that weather any day!
I’m sorry to report that concert seating upgrades in NYC venues are only available for those who are in wheelchairs. That’s an upgrade that you don’t want, unless it’s needed.
Back in 1993 after I (a pedestrian) got hit by a car in 1992 and almost died:
I was lucky enough to get to the point where I could use a wheel-chair.
My friend, Christine drove me out to a Dead concert at the Meadowlands.
We went backstage and said “Hello” and the look on Jerry’s face was of total shock:
“OH,WOW — you really did get hurt in that accident. Bear(Owsley) told me that he called you while you were in the hospital, and told me you said that you would be back at concerts within a year.”
And, so I was.
Bear really did call me while I was in the hospital (for 3 months) as did Carlos Santana and a few other friends, at that time. I was happy to listen to music that they sent to me (on my Walkman CD player!)
“It was long ago but it seems like yesterday…”
Last year I was working in Australia and went to the place on the road where Bear drove, going out-of-control; trying not to hit a kangaroo crossing the road (the equivalent of a deer, in the USA). I put some American Beauty Roses down and thought about the old days.)
If my memory serves me well: that first Jorma show at the Winery was on a day of weather, more than a bad rainstorm — it was a Nor’Easter.
I went down to the lobby of my Condo building and my doorman advised me to stay inside: “No cabs, train service not running and bus service very slow.”
I went out into the weather, anyway. By the time I gave up and went home, I was a rain-drenched mess.
My doorman said: “So, how was the show?”.
thanks doug 4 the weather..thats not a nor easter…just a chill… perfect tuna weather… OK..I would join AARP if they gave us Tuna seat upgrades..good idea Johno…
Yes I am. I’m suggesting a seat upgrade for all concerts – esp Hot Tuna shows – sfter all us ole folk don’t hear or see as good as you yung ones. I saw ZZ Top sat. nite, I was front row – i’m still shakin and humming “Legs”. No thanks to AARP.
@johno
Are you suggesting a Tuna concert seat upgrade for AARP card-carrying members?
She was the wife of Herman Munster. Before t.v. fame she was a movie actress.
(It’s not P.C. to refer to females who act as “actresses” They are “actors”.)
A Nor’Easter is headed for NYC? Leave early folks, drive safely and enjoy the show.@John B
ROFL Joe . Yes it is Tuna Time ! @Joe Levine
http://www.weather.com/weather/wxdetail5/USNY0996
Now if AARP gave us closer seat at all concerts – esp Hot Tuna shows – because my eyes and hearing is shot – maybe then I’d open one of damn mailers – see I’m pissed already.
WORD!
i leave Virginia 5 am Friday for the big apple for 2 tuna shows…nor easter or no nor easter, AARP member or non AARP member…grumpy or not grumpy..its Tuna Time….
Yvonne DeCarlo ? Is that Morticia ? If you want something to get grumpy about the stage is getting set for a possible Nor’Easter Friday or Saturday. I ignore the AARP mailings but I no longer have to ask for the senior citizen discount when I go to the movies. It kind of ticks me off though that they they just assume I should get the senior discount. Does that make me a grump? @Barbara Jacobs
See? — Another recipient who throws out AARP mailings.@Joe Levine
if AARP gave tuna ticket discounts I would sign up, but to date they do not so I trash all their mailers.
They actually started mailing to me, while I was only in my late-forties.
By the time I turned 50 and still didn’t sign-up, I was getting mailings every-other-month. Now, I get them once-a-month. They enclose a “membership card” in the envelope. From what I read in their mailings, I can receive discounts on movie tickets and some other things that I don’t need. It’s not as though I will get a discount on MTA transit system fare — it will still cost me $2.50 to ride a NYC bus.
I’m not entitled to senior fare discount until I’m 65.
I think AARP is very wasteful with their membership finances because they send out so many unwanted mailings and “Membership cards”.
When I want to become a “member” of AARP — I will contact them.
Until then: STOP SENDING ME MAIL, AARP — I’M MIDDLE-AGED!@johno
I get really pissed off when I get those AARP mailings – now I know why i’m grumpy too!
That was a cool idea to participate via Skype, Jorma.
Ah, modern technology.
Everything is O.K. at your home. Putting on the plow blade was good preparation.
I hear that yesterday in NYC was very foggy and then windy but today is sunny and nice there.
The first time Jorma played at City Winery, there was a big rainstorm in NYC.
Many subway platforms and tunnels were flooded and service was very limited.
I couldn’t get a cab and buses were running slowly. It would have taken me over 3 hours to get from my apartment at East 56th street and Lexington Ave., down and across town to City Winery. Larry Campbell’s mom, (the late,great Maggie)
left for the show early and got a lift downtown. She called me at home after the show and I told her about my efforts to get downtown: No train, no cabs and it would have been over 3 hours, waiting for 3 buses to get there. I said “I’m getting a jet-pack”. We laughed and it is a good memory, that resulted from my grumpy night.
(I didn’t realize that I was too young to be “grumpy”,Jorma. At what age does one officially join the Grumpsters? I’ve been getting those AARP mailings for the past 5 years. If I get an AARP card, I’m going to whip it out for those discounts.
Back in the early 1980’s Yvonne DeCarlo wrote her autobiography and she didn’t want to go out on a book tour, unless she could drive her station-wagon from city-to-city. We asked her why she didn’t want to travel by plane.
She yelled: “BECAUSE I’M OLD!!!” She was grumpy.)
And tell Vanessa thanks for calling us A LOT YOUNGER then you. I feel better already.
Glad you and yours came through it all unscathed. See you soon.
Really ironic but I ordered a Red Dog t-shirt last week from your website.
Hope you guys made it thru the storm OK.
See you in a couple of days.
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We were so lucky… nothing touched us. Thanks for asking.