Angels, Katchafire, & Stagecoach: 21 Days Till Departure

I've got a full schedule these next three weeks leading up to taking off for the Bahamas. A bit of work interspersed with just enough of baseball and music fun to keep the good times rolling right up until I get on that plane. Of course that's all on top of actually getting ready for a trip that could theoretically have me living in the Caribbean by the beginning of June...

Angel's game this Thursday night (4/19) vs Oakland A's at 7:00 PM, also it is Erick Aybar Gold Glove T-shirt giveaway night.
Here's us at last week's game...

Then Friday night (4/20) we've got Katchafire at the House of Blues Sunset in Hollywood. Katchafire is a New Zealand all Maori roots reggae band, who kill it, they started as Bob Marley cover band and have since put out four albums of their own original work. They've toured extensively all around the world and just fuckin rock. Michelle and I went to see them at HoB Anaheim last week, they were awesome, and Friday's show should be even more fun!
Here's a pic from the show...

Then I prepare myself for Stagecoach next weekend! I can see yourself asking, "What? Ryan isn't into country music?" No, I didn't and wouldn't buy tickets...I'm going VIP fo free, well I'm technically going to be "working". But the work will be fun and good, so it doesn't really count as work. I'll be "working" with my friend Dave's dad, Bad Otis Link, making hand pulled posters and T-shirts for all the cowboys and cowgirls.

Here is a snippet from Otis's artist page "Self-taught and self-educated, Otis sharpened his distinct style as an artist in the late 70s through the mid 90s as one of Los Angeles premier and most notorious punk rock artists. “The punk scene back then made a cozy home for creative rejects like myself, most of my friends today are from that camp”. Otis played saxophone in local punk bands while designing band logos, record covers, posters and producing merchandise for local punk and sub culture bands and promoters. Some later became well known including The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Goldenvoice concerts, The Damned, Social Distortion, TSOL, The Adolescents, Danzig, The Circle Jerks, Wasted Youth, and many many more."

I'm still wishing I was helping pull screens at his booth at Coachella this up coming weekend but oh well...I think Stagecoach is going to have it's own unique set of pluses...like daisy dukes and cowboy hats...

So as it would go, not necessarily being a fan of country music, I maybe even only recognize a handful of the names on this years bill. So I'm looking for any and all advice on who and where I should be wanting to listen to...and if you are planning going let me know!

Long Overdue...

So once again, my blogging and writing has completely dropped off the table, I am constantly distracted by visceral experiences and my thirst for always looking forward and moving on combined with good old fashioned laziness has left me in this writing rut in which I now sit. But fear not! I am once again making a commitment to writing/posting and recording for your vicarious viewing pleasure. Cause it's more fun when we all share in the joys, trials, and tribulations of the Road together...

Prepare for a constant stream of wonderfully fun and soon again to be worldly adventure travel stories! For I depart the good 'ol US of A in 29 days. I'm off to see Ashely & Kev

That's right I'm leaving on a jet plane for the Caribbean, down to Nassau in the Bahamas on a trip seeping with possibility, I go in search of work, adventure, fun, beautiful women, white beaches and blue seas. I'm taking two weeks to see what kind of interesting experiences I can stir up and yes really, job opportunities. Boats, bars, hotels all potential locations of glorious and endless, opportunity just look in a few of the right places and have the right mind set to be open to those possibilities and just sit back and let the world work its magic...