8 posts tagged “zig”
Last night Zig performed in the School of Rock's Radiohead show. Radiohead is his favorite band ever, so you can imagine how exciting it was for him to be doing their songs on stage. As usual, the kids were AMAZING, the teachers were AMAZING, the parents so supportive.
Here's two songs with Zig on drums.
Today I set up the backdrop and did a few portraits to use at the Belmont Street Fair in September. As a fund raiser for the House of Dreams cat shelter, I will be offering on-the-spot portraits of people and/or their dogs for ten bucks a pop (what a deal!) and needed some display images to entice folks to sit for my camera.
Zig and Raskal are so photogenic...
...but Boyfren wasn't really into having his picture taken.
This is Lily, a most amazing human who happens to be shaped like a dog.
And this is Ming, rich with all the lovable traits of a pug and then some.
Check out Zig's latest performances at the Clash vs. Sex Pistols show that happened Saturday May 3rd at Berbati's in Portland. These kids are amazing, no?
After all that I've done in my life related to punk, and having the Clash and Sex Pistols as my life's soundtrack over the years, it was really mind-blowing to be watching my kid perform this stuff. No mama tears this time, but I did have to keep myself from starting a mosh pit!
Slightly better quality can be had on my YouTube page
It's Jakub in a box! He and Erin drove up from SF to surprise Zig on his 13th birthday. We found a large-enough box for Kuba to hide in, put some fake shipping stickers on the outside and sealed him in it.
I baked my first cake:
Beautiful Erin is expecting a baby!!
Last night was Zig's second show with School of Rock at Berbati's.
He did Van Halen's Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love and Saxon's Strong Arm of the Law. There was a terrific crowd and the kids did so well. Zig's drum teacher came up to me afterwards and had many great things to say about Zig and his drumming, plus what a terrific kid he is to work with. He said something like "Give me another 6 months with him and he'll be incredible!" How cool is that?
The theme of the show was L.A. Metal vs. British Metal. I loved the Brit metal part, for sure. The Sabbath song was awesome and also someone had the brilliant idea to throw in Spinal Tap's Stonehenge, complete with a dancing sprite (a short kid wearing a white feather boa). Awesome.
Once again I was fortunate to have friends come over for breakfast and general Sunday morning hanging-about. It was so good.
Raskal is such a mellow kitty and Lily is such a mellow doggie that they seemed to tolerate/like each other. Raskal kept reaching over to touch Lily's paws. Awww.
This is my friend Ralph
sweetness...
These two photos by Ralph:
After everyone left Ralph played his electric guitar purty dern loud, which was fun. I love it when he plays for me. We sing. It's awesome.
And he taught me a Beatles tune.
Altogether an amazing day.
It's hard to believe my dad is 70. He looks 50 and is in better shape than most people I know.
We threw a surprise party for him (because he had been asking for one, but also because it seemed like a fun thing to do) and it went off very well.
He was super excited that Zig and I made the trip down for the party.
We also surprised him with a belly dancer.
Shabnam is an incredibly talented and beautiful dancer.
He had a great time being a goof.
And he was a good sport about the gag gifts.
Grace made her way to the dessert table when mom and dad weren't watching, and even bothered to use a fork.
Maybe Grace's dad Brian was still playing with the Barbies
Adrianna picked a friendly (pillow) fight with cousin Zig
Happy Birthday, Dad.
