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 Track listing for "Colonel Purple Turtle" cd is as follows:  1. Colonel Purple Turtle 2.  Harry Elefante 3.  Early Worm 4.  What's Your Favorite Animal? 5.  Pirate Harvey 6.  We Are Frogs 7.  Double-O Chicken 8.  How Do You Do? 9. ...

 Went to Lancaster, PA, yesterday for a minor league baseball game.  About half-way through the game, Son2 says, "Are they STILL playing?""Yes, baseball games last forever" "So they'll still be playing when they're dead?  They'll be ske...

 Some new music has come out recently that I'm pretty excited about.  Two of my favorite female vocalists have released new cds this month;  Devon Sproule and Laura Cantrell.  Neither is a house-hold name, but each is a fine artist and worth che...

When Son1 got home the other day and saw my haircut, his first and only response was, "Oh no, I'm not falling for it."  His hair is currently longer than it has ever been, and he feared I'd come after him with the shears.  Two night ago Son2 ...

Interesting show at Dulles today.  Since the crowd was small we took a chance and played "OO Chicken," a song that'll appear on Colonel Purple Turtle.  It's a tune that's best suited to small audiences cuz it's kinda jazzy.  I think...

 We had some wonderful new year's resolutions shared with us at our NYE shows.  Here's a few....honestly, I did not make any of these up!   Eat more veggies Learn better tricks for skateboard See as many Rocknoceros shows as possible! Be...

 Took the boys swimming today at South Run.  They wrestled like sea-lions for about an hour.  Boy, they needed that!  Then bolted home and snacked 'um up, then off to the bowling alley.  They both rolled well and had a good time...no attitude pr...

Happy Birthday Frank Zappa.  A compatriot of Captain Beefheart, and another American original misunderstood by many.  If you like musicians making amazing sounds with their instruments, check out my personal Zappa favorite called, "Inca Roads."  In th...

here's a link to a song/video by Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet)...I'm indifferent to the video itself, but the song is an all-time favorite.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwmhhJrsBB8  it's one of his prettiest and most accessible songs...