Two new blogs from Lakeside Apparel

Check 'em out:
The L.A. Post - Dave Theiss' ramblings
Working with Chemicals - Dave's Lakeside Apparel blog (the finest screen printed tees and signs)

Pat Dinizio poster image

Received this cool poster image from Pat DiNizio (The Smithereens) this morning and had to share it. If you recall, I posted about Pat coming to the Stump to perform sometime early 2009. As it gets closer I get more excited with each passing week. Needless to say, Pat's visit to Stumpjack is gonna be the cat's meow, baby...

Stumpjack Roastery?

As some of you know, we've been conducting intense training sessions (that is, playing around) with roasting our own coffee. We got a great little machine, a Nesco Roaster (thanks to our friend Don Kozlowski...thanks Don!) that is really designed for the home roasting enthusiast. But we've been working the little beast like one of Hannibal's pack elephants and it's held up beautifully thus far. It takes a lot of green coffee beans to make a batch big enough to sell in the shop. It's an enjoyable process and I'm thinking of going bigger with it sometime down the road. For the time being, however, you might be seeing a few official Stumpjack in-house roasted coffees on the counter sometime soon, albeit it very limited quantities.

The Nesco...we call her "Ol' Smoky"

Tina, Becky and Nick...and "The Three Curly's"

Tina at her persimmons opening.

Just a few Flickr pics from Becky's gig last Friday. What a trooper...not feeling good and she still played a spirited set that was enjoyed by everyone. Have a few pics from Tina Kugler's Persimmons art opening a couple weeks ago mixed in with Bec's. Click here for the set.

Pat, Chad, David...I've been waiting for the three of us to all be in the house at the same time...

...just so I could take this picture!

Click here for way too many pics from Nick Venturella's gig on Saturday. What a blast...too dang hot in the Stump but dang fun regardless. Nick will be back in a few short months...if you missed this show don't be a chump and miss him again.

Nick in his signature pose

Fun comments on a fun weekend

Check out the comments on the post below ("nV tees in my grubby hands") from those cheap buggers Dave and Nick. Brought a smile to my own sandy eyes and rum & coke addled brain from last night.

This has been a fun week and a fun weekend and it's only Saturday morning yet. It's people like Dave, Nick, new friends Paul and Talane from London, and all the other great regular pals here that make this a fun gig...and this weekend is extra special with the KiteFest going on (during an absolutely gorgeous day) and Nick performing tonight.