Rocker Oysterfeller’s
Oyster & Fog Festival 2010
September 5th from 2:00 p.m. to 9:00 pm
We’ll kick off the event with a 90 minute set starting at 2PM. Come early, stay late. This is a very hip, out of the way spot with excellent food and good drink, located in a beautiful old hotel with a lovely outside patio.
Live MUSIC: There will be several local bands performing live music on the rear patio after us — The Stratospheres, Mr. December and Way To Go Joe’s. Music will begin promptly at 2:00 p.m.
DRINK: Lagunitas beers on draught, a variety of local reds, whites, roses, Hurricanes and hand squeezed Margaritas.
FOOD: BBQ’d Tomales Bay Oysters and a variety of Po’ Boy sandwiches will be served with choices of Local Roast Beef Debris, Fried Oyster, Fried Gulf White Prawns or Fried Green Tomato. Seafood Gumbo will also be available with local halibut, crayfish tails and andouille sausage.
This is the third annual Oyster & Fog Festival. We played the first one back in 2008 and are looking forward to rocking Rocker’s again!
Rocker Oysterfeller’s Kitchen + Saloon
the Valley Ford Hotel
14415 Highway One in Valley Ford
Brandon Guenther, Chef / Owner
(707) 876-1983
brandong@ffrsi.com
The 2010 Cotati Accordion Festival was two days of squeezin’ bliss and a chance to hang with friends and fans and make new ones. I’m collecting all the photos and video and will be posting asap.
Meanwhile …
Death really, really liked this artwork and insisted that I get a snapshot. The owner was kindly accommodating. (Andrew if you email me your tattoo artist’s info I’ll be sure and give proper credit.)
UPDATE 8/30/10
Thanks, Andrew! The artist is Jeff Rassier at Black Heart Tattoo in SF.
And you can hear my pre-festival interview on KSRO here: Mags on KSRO
At the Blackthorn Tavern gig last Saturday night someone sat and drew our tubist, Johny Blood in good detail and then, without a word, left the cocktail napkin line drawing on the table for him to find afterwards.
I knew I wanted to go “classic” pin up, black and white, round toe pumps, gams, nice naughty. Photographer John Clayton (claytonshot.com) loved the idea. We shot in his home studio on June 25th in the afternoon. We kept it simple, one outfit, one backdrop so we could concentrate on getting the right twist to the body, the right expression etc. I am particularly fond of his lighting which captures the vintage feel perfectly.
In the process I discovered that there are b&w lovers and those that much prefer color. Do you have a preference?
Ultimately editor Renée de la Prade chose color for the calendar. John gave that color shot what he called a “kodachrome” look. You can see the shot in both b&w and color and the other shots here in our gallery: Mad Mags Does Vintage Pin Up.
The 2011 Accordion Babes Calendar will be available to the public beginning on the weekend of the Cotati Accordion Festival, August 21 & 22. Note: The Mad Maggies play Sunday 8/22 at around 1PM.
Of course I’ll be talking the calendar up once I have them in hand. It’s going to be a real good one judging by the sneak preview I got to see. 13 squeezebox goddesses!
