05.03.08
a stroll with mr. mu …
i have a chug and he likes to go for walks. today we left our home and headed downtown. first, we had to get across 24th street and then we were on our way. often crossing 24th street is like a game of frogger.
then we went past a house with a rubber sidewalk. it was made from used tires and was really nice to walk on. i need to find out if they could build a running track at beach park out of the stuff. it would be nice to have a half mile loop underneath the trees at the park and not have to worry about the squirrel holes.
next we walked by the benham’s house and the bakers and saw sally. then we headed to the post office to get my mail. if you ever want to send andy noise something our address is:
po box 2625
bakersfield, ca
93303
after our post office visit, we stopped in to check out the new world records location. pat evans (the owner) was there working on the shop. at first, he was wondering who this bum with a little dog was but then i said my name and he remembered me.
way back in the 80s, i worked for pat. of course i looked a lot different. we talked for awhile and i will have a page up on my site in the future featuring world records.
our next stop was front porch music. artie (the owner) has a cute little dog who really wants to get to know my mr. mu but he wont let here. we talked about dogs and my son nick’s music career. nick is looking for bandmates btw.
next we stopped by and saw alex at gigantic vintage. alex runs the record dept. and he has a real job. so i never see him because he comes in on the weekends and evenings.
by now mr. mu was getting tired and hot. when it is cool we can do hour long walks but he doesnt like the heat. but i needed to go visit another friend’s new record store.
my friend dan (kuzz/crystal palace and wedding dj) finally opened the record store of his dreams. it is across the street from rabobank arena in those cottage looking buildings on truxton. he just opened the place a month ago and it looks like it has been there forever.
he has a lot of great product (cds, records, books, photos, movies, dvds, toys and more). the place looks like a person’s home almost. lots of cool things on the wall and it reminds me of someones study.
you feel like you are at the home of a person who loves music and has taken much time and effort gathering and displaying his treasures. the only difference is that you can buy the stuff from him. so go checkout darkstar records. they are open from 9 am to 6 pm mon- sat.
i will be making a page on this site for his shop too.
i almost forgot that before we visited dan, we went and saw my friend lisa at benefits of massage office. it is behind dan’s cottages. she had a client so we just did a quick howdy.
now the mr. mu was really tired but i wanted to visit my friend joey at his skate shop outer limits. as usual the place was busy and joey has tons of product. my son nick loves the place (he also likes front porch) and has been wearing the clothes he got there lately.
i plan on doing a photo shot there (as well as at the other stores) and putting up a page on my website soon. though with the track season heating up, i may wait till june to do the pages.
anyways after all this excitement, it was time to go home, mr. mu was beat.
