Hey BLOG PEEPS!

Been very busy, some good - some lame - but that is life!

NEW PICS POSTED AGAIN on FLICKr - The Huntington Beach Pier at Sunset - Here is a teaser - The Slide Show is here.


Beautiful and cold night in July on the beach in Huntington! Very strange July 2010!! We have had a very cool summer so far and too many times beach days or pool days have been canceled in July! This is very unusual and ongoing proof the climate has been changing in very strange ways.

On a side note - I had to be an adult last night and was really bummed about it. It is going to cost me a 500 dollar deductible! I was playing at the Festival of Arts last night in Laguna Beach and had to get over to Dana Point after the gig to play at Hennesseys. I was near the beach and Dana Point is just down the road so I decided to take PCH and enjoy the coast with all its beach fun vibe.

The road way is very tight in places and I ended up hitting a parked car, much to my surprise. My passengers side mirror hit a parked SUV's driver's side mirror wasting both of them! Freaked me out because it was totally not expected and was really loud. It broke my mirror and the other cars too. I had to be a grown up and stop. So sucks but what are the options?? Being a person of NO Character has bigger costs down the line...

I left me info, talked to the guy because he saw me out there, called the insurance this morning and am heading off to get an estimate for my truck now. Pretty bummed about that. Money is so tight and that is really going to hurt. My deductible is too much today, was fine yesterday....

Gigs went great! The Festival in Laguna was jam packed last night and was all night long! I had a friend come late and she was thinking someone would get up and leave so she could grab a seat - never happened. Full house - all night long! Then the Hennesseys gig was Martin G's 25th anniversary of being in the US and a huge benefit for the Gulf Region so it was jammed out the door and ran way over with 25 musicians contributing thru the night! I was surprised how late it was when I finally saw the time!! It was really fun and the crowd was awesome again! Kinda reminds me of the old days when people showed up and had a great time and even let you know about it!! (They shot video all night and I hope to have some fun clips to share from the night!)

Calendar is below - Gentile's tonight - public show - Private show tomorrow - sorry....

Spent Wednesday at a Innervision Records release party for a friend and sat in too! Jack P did a great job and hanging with all the label guys was awesome. I will be starting those pics today and hope to post some of them maybe Saturday!

Gotta get to the auto body place -

Be safe out there!

Ben Vail keeps updating his blog - My son Ben is in Africa and you can read about his travels at Ben Vail Dotcom

Peace out.....