The Life of Bryan

Yep, the former guitarist for early Genesis - and excellent solo careerist played again in Aschaffenburg. 6ks from my house.

I had a little handy dandy video recorder and posted a couple of videos at Youtube. It may seem that the audience was not into it, but these are Germans. It was nothing but fans - and Steve Hackett is amazing as ever.

I saw him during Genesis' "Wind and Wuthering" and "trick of the Tale" tours in the last 70s. He's aged about ten years since then. ...

In case some of you are wondering, I do have a life beyond Casinomeister

Here are some recent ceramic pieces I've created:

Here is a Tiki head I have implanted in the front yard - it's supposed to fend off evil. He's about 13 inches (33 CM) high:



From another angle:



And here ...

Originally Posted by Casinomeister

Some of you know I used to work in Alaska as a commercial fisherman (pre-Casinomeister). The main boat I used to work on sunk yesterday

The crew is safe, but it's such a shame for the boat - it's an absolutely gorgeous vessel - an old wooden purse seiner built in 1952. They don't make them like this anymore:

http://www.shipwrecklog.com/log/2011...ly-jane-sinks/

I hope they can salvage it.

Well, it was almost like being with him. I had a chance to catch Sheik Yerbouti - a German F. Zappa cover band at the Colos Saal here in Aschaffenburg.

What was amazing was that Napoleon Murphy Brock accompanied them - which gave them a truly authentic sound. I saw Zappa in '77 twice - once at Winterland in SF, and then again at the Stanford Auditorium at Stanford U. I was having some cool flash backs.

And they played all my favorite songs! Yay!

The awkward ...