Jim Alfredson

One more show in Wassau, WI tomorrow and then I get to see my beautiful daughters and my incredible wife again, for the first time in five weeks.

The Dakota in Minneapolis tonight! 8pm!

I think it is quite funny that the political party that has worked so hard over the last 30 years to align itself with Christianity is touting the philosophy of a hardcore atheist. I have personal experience with the level of cognitive dissonance required to connect those two ideologies together. It's an amazing level of delusion.

Yo, Bloomington, IL! Playing the Castle Theater tonight, 7:45pm! You got's to be there!

Just read that Michigan is the fifth fattest state in the nation. I wonder how this coincides with poverty rates? The cheapest food is also the least healthy in this country.

A day off. Yay!

Bayfront Blues Festival in Duluth, MN this afternoon! We hit at 3pm! Which is why I'm up after two hours of sleep to drive seven hours. Whoopee!

Shank Hall in Milwaukee, WI tonight. 8pm show.

Onward to Rockford, IL at the Adriatic Cafe. 7:30pm.

Redstone Room tonight in Davenport, IA! Gonna be a great show!

"An endearing feature of Greek wars then was that people advocating them often died in them." ~ Joseph Heller writing about the destruction of Melos.

Pat Robertson on the Sikh Temple shootings: "...people who are atheists, they hate God, they hate the expression of God, and they are angry at the world, angry with themselves, angry with society and they take it out on innocent people who are worshipping God..."

So marriage in this country should be defined via the Bible, eh? How many wives and concubines did Solomon have again?

"...money follows different laws from the rest of nature, flows swiftly not where it is most needed but where it will increase fastest, and is without loyalty or nationality." ~ Joseph Heller

Really sad to hear of the passing of The Gentleman of the Blues, Mr. Johnnie Bassett. He was one of the most gracious, beautiful musicians I've had the pleasure of playing with. His smile could warm an entire room. Rest in peace, Johnnie. Love you always.

Blues on the Chippewa in Durand, WI tonight! We hit the stage at 7pm!

What nobody knows nobody cares for.

I just saw someone peeing into a corner city trash can. Hello, St Louis!

Romney: The penultimate sycophant?

I'm currently reading three books: A thick tome on art in Vienna circa 1900 (still wading through that one... good but very dense), a book on Roman history, and revisiting my childhood love of Hans Christian Andersen.

So, according to various news outlets, National Stuff Your Ignorant Face Day, aka Chik-Fil-A Appreciation Day, initiated by that smarmy self-righteous wanna-be musician Mike Huckabee, netted the company a day of record sales! Oh, how proud all those bigots must be to cowardly hide behind their religion in order to justify discrimination against their fellow man! So Christian! Nothing like gorging on fried chicken for hate in the name of Jesus!

The Zoo Bar in Lincoln, NE tonight! 6pm showtime.

Boo. Just dropped my iPhone and the screen shattered completely.

New Orleans was out of control last night at Chickie Wah-Wah. Two day drive to Lincoln, NE next. See ya, NOLA! Hope to be back soon.

Onward to Chicky Wahwah in New Orleans tonight!