Sum Sum Summertime is almost here!

The first 'official' day of Summer is Monday the 21st of June (that's next week - next Monday to be exact) which means LONG HOT DAYS - think you can handle it? Well, it's tough if you are in an office all day long working on a computer. Here is some really cool SUNRISE and MOONRISE data from a reliable source:

U.S. Naval Observatory
Astronomical Applications Department


Sun and Moon Data for One Day
The following information is provided for Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio (longitude W81.7, latitude N41.5):

Tuesday
15 June 2004 Eastern Daylight Time

SUN
Begin civil twilight 5:18 a.m.
Sunrise 5:52 a.m.
Sun transit 1:27 p.m.
Sunset 9:02 p.m.
End civil twilight 9:36 p.m.

MOON
Moonset 6:23 p.m. on preceding day
Moonrise 4:11 a.m.
Moon transit 11:43 a.m.
Moonset 7:26 p.m.
Moonrise 4:42 a.m. on following day


Phase of the Moon on 15 June: waning crescent with 4% of the Moon's visible disk illuminated.

New Moon on 17 June 2004 at 4:27 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.

And what does all this mean?

ITS TIME TO GET THE HELL OUTA TOWN AND GO CAMPING!!

Open Mic Underground Cleveland!

Jim Snively continues to run a 'hopping' (pun intended) Open Mic at McNamaras, I shot a few pics. last time I was out there and here they are:

Here is Jim while doing his thing:


Here is one of Joe and a few Hopping Beers:


Here is a pic of Neal Woolbright (with a nice blue sky behind him) taken out at the Enclave gig a couple weekends ago:


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Tim Fry will join me at the Enclave Friday 25th of June!

We expect really nice weather and an even nicer crowd - I am excited about this gig with Tim, we haven't had a chance to really sit down and JAM together at the Enclave since last, uhm, I dunno its been awhile (several months) since we played together out there - it's going to be real jammy, so you better git in there on the 25th!!