down for the count

my first comment on my lost accordion weekend - wine and benedryl do not mix. not at all. nope not even a little. not even if you take the benedryl at 10am and don't have a drink until after 6pm. on sunday i turned into a late evening trainwreck the likes of which has not been seen by me since probably 2002. and when i did trainwreck like that back in 2002 - i knew it would happen. i knew i drank too much and tada my fault. this time - i drank what is a pretty normal amount for me to be a happy drunkypants but not too messy and sober by the time i would be driving home. instead i found myself at punks house feeling like i was dying and unable to make any functional decisions about anything. there were widespread repurcussions and fuckuperry and including the inability to ingest even water until 11am the next day. punk who has seen me at my worst has now seen me at my more than worst. ow ow ow. bruises and injured shoulder and some numb fingers and a still sensitive stomach two days later are what i have to show for myself. not happy. thankfully rooster helped me figure out the benedryl angle so at least i don't feel insane.

that said.

monsters on saturday was grand and i was happy to share my concert going happy with redshrike and mollena. mollena has posted a bunch of the video she took up over on youtube. there was so much win. here is just one of them of the monsters hilarious finale. i would like to retitle this Accordion Hubris. but you know - i am a dork like that.

then the accordion class on saturday. it was so fun. i learned some things. i ended up overestimating my skills and got a little discouraged a couple of times when i was in a more advanced group. but it worked out and i can now play the bassline for california uber alles. which is kinda cool.

the show itself later was mucho awesome. actually even better than the saturday show. duckmandu brought out a guy on the shamisen and really it just completely blew me away. punk LOVED the show. which i knew he would - but he got to be as blown away as i was last year and it super rocked his world. if you're reading this and you're up in northern west coast - catch the show man. it's unbelievable.

Vagabondage Show on SUNDAY! at Cotati Accordion Festival

California's Biggest Accordion Festival: The Cotati Accordion Festival COME VISIT the Accordion Apocalypse Hohner Booth! Accordions, Performances, and more...

Come to see the show, dance, play accordion, eat, drink and have fun! Saturday August 23 & Sunday August 24th!
The HoboGobbelins, The Vagabond Opera, Amber Lee and the Anomalies, Limpopo, Polka Freakout, Vagabondage, Sansa Asylum, Jessica Fichot, The Secret Circus, Amber Amnesia, Luz Gaxiola...and more!

Visit Skyler and Gilberto at the HOHNER booth (#30). Demonstrations of beautiful new HOHNER accordions on the hour at The Accordion Apocalypse Cabaret Show!

For tix ($15/$25 two day) kids FREE!:
http://www.cotatifest.com/

Schedules:
Accordion Apocalypse Hohner Booth Performance Schedule:
Saturday August 23rd 2008
11 Vince Cirelli & Skyler Fell
12 The Accordion Apocalypse Circus Sideshow
1 Luz Gaxiola
2 The Secret Circus
3 The Hobo Gobbelins
4 Sansa Asylum
5 Amber Amnesia

Sunday August 24th 2008
11 Ilya Kreymer
12 Vince Cirelli & Skyler Fell
1 Luz Gaxiola
2 The Secret Circus
3 Vagabondage
4 The Hobo Gobbelins
5 New World Caravan

Cotati Accordion Festival Performance Schedule
Saturday;
9:45-10:15.........The Golden State Accordion Club(stage one)
10:20-10:50.......Amber Lee and the Anomalies(Stage two)
10:55-11:25.......The Hurricane(stage one)
11:30-12:00.......Hugh Morrison(stage two)
12:05-12:45.......Alex Meixner(stage one)
12:50-1:05.........The Great Morgani(stage two)
1:10-1:55 ...........Limpopo(stage one)
2:00-2:25............Lady of Spain
2:30-3:05...........Simka(stage two)
3:10-4:00..........Dick Contino(stage one)
4:05-4:20..........The Great Morgani(stage two)
4:25-5:10.........., Polka Freakout(stage one)
5:15-5:25......... Hugh Morrison(stage two)
5:30-6:10..........Vagabond Opera(stage one)
6:20-6:30..........Jessica Fichot
6:30-8:00..........Brian Jack and the Zydeco Gamblers(stage one)
Zydeco tent on Saturday from 5:pm to 6:30pm with Motordude Zydeco
Zydeco dance party at Friar Tuck's (formerly The Inn of the Beginning) on Saturday from 1:00pm to 5:00pm with Mark St.Mary
In the polka tent both days is the Steve Balich band with guest artists opening
Sunday's Events August 24th, 2008
Sunday show:
9:45-10:15........The Golden State Accordion Club(stage one)
10:20-10:50......Tango #9(stage two)
10:55-11:30.....The Internationals
11:35-12:15......Monterey International with guest tenor Oracio Aiello
12:20-12:35......The Great Morgani(stage two)
12:40-1:20........The Georges Lammam Ensemble(stage one)
1:25-1:50...........Lady of Spain
1:55-2:25..........Joe Domitrowich/Capricious Accordion (stage two)
2:30-3:20..........Dick Contino(stage one)
3:25-3:40.........The Great Morgani(stage two)
3:45-4;30........ Polka Freakout(stage one)
4:35-4:45.........Big Lou (stage two)
4:50-5:45........Vagabond Opera(stage one)
5:50-6:00 .......guest soloist(stage two)
6:00-7:00........Limpopo(stage one)