Ukulele Loki

2011-08-25T19:05:00.001-07:00

All of last weekend's ratatouille came from the garden (except for the salt, pepper, onion and booze). Tonight it's eggplant and kale.

2011-07-27T00:31:00.001-07:00

Just got "mugged" of "jumped" (if you can call it that). Poor kids. Looked like their first time. I hope they find a better hobby.

2011-07-24T13:06:00.001-07:00

Zucchini from the garden, cored. Guts sautéd with tomatoes, kale, & anaheim (from the garden), plus beef, cinnamon, garlic. Stuffed & baked!

2011-07-21T23:39:00.001-07:00

Moonlit Midnight snack in the garden: Anaheim (from-the-garden, bleu-cheese-stuffed) pepper, grilled. With you, my love.

2011-07-20T12:31:00.001-07:00

You've just completed two days of infernal landscaping. What are you gonna do now? I'm going tubing!!!

2011-07-19T18:21:00.001-07:00

Geeks who drink tonight at Jake's. Quiz starts at 8:00pm. I'm craving some hot-as-eff wings! See you there?

2011-07-19T00:20:00.001-07:00

It's the simple summer pleasures (grilled zucchini, fresh from the garden at 1:00am w/ the one you love) that amend the horrid heat.

2011-07-16T11:47:00.001-07:00

Today's Order of Services: 6pm dinner w/ The Roller Dolls at Eden (3090 Downing). Then it's Lakeside w/ Brenna & LaLa. Join us, my loves!

2011-07-12T17:18:00.001-07:00

Geeks who drink, tonight at Jake's: 38th and Walnut. Come get your geek on.

2011-07-08T11:07:00.001-07:00

Last Friday at noon: African Dance with Kissidugu. This week: Mirai Daiko Taiko Drum Ensemble. Cone join us in Denver's Skyline Park. Noon

2011-07-06T17:06:00.001-07:00

Garden salad... From my garden.

2011-05-21T15:29:00.001-07:00

Biking to Five Points Jazz Fest. Fun. Free!

2011-05-20T12:06:00.001-07:00

Living biking distance from the DMV makes the whole ordeal only slightly less tedious.

2011-05-14T14:18:00.001-07:00

Listening to The Sound of Music in my gray-day garden; planting the last of the brassicas just as the rain begins.

2011-05-13T18:23:00.001-07:00

Tonight at 7pm: Marie Vlasic shows new works at Walker Fine Art Gallery--including paintings of my Brenna.

2011-05-13T18:10:00.001-07:00

Tonight at 7pm: Marie Vlasic shows new works at Walker Fine Art Gallery--Including paintings of my Brenna! (300 west 11th ave.)

2011-05-10T19:47:00.001-07:00

Lightning illuminates lover's laugh; warmsoaked by rain, citybike path. Mojitomint exhale gardenswepass. Inhale wet dirt. Rain at last

2011-05-09T17:30:00.001-07:00

For my Baby I made: salmon in a caper/ garden parsly & wine reduction sauce with blue-cheese mashed potatoes & garlic-sesame-seed cabbage.

2011-05-09T16:37:00.001-07:00

Sunburnt and sore from seven hours of yard work on Sunday. And ever so happy about it!

2011-04-29T15:34:00.001-07:00

My girlfriend just informed me: today, we died in Sims. I'm not sure what the appropriate customs are. Please advise. And send...flowers?

2011-04-27T16:56:00.001-07:00

Listening to Bowie while building my beds: this is going to be a great garden!

2011-04-22T18:55:00.001-07:00

Tonight at LeeLa's in Denver, 9:30: Plastic Children play. (Think CoCo Rosie meets Portisehead, plus awesome!)

2011-04-16T14:55:00.001-07:00

Band: Dark Dark Dark. Playing tonight at The Odd Fellows Lodge in Boulder. 8pm for CMKY. First big public event we've had in a while!

2011-03-25T16:19:00.001-07:00

Ukulele Loki's Gadabout Orchestra tonight at the gothic theatre w/March Fourth and Itchy-O. $15. All ages. 9 pm. See you there!

2011-03-11T07:13:00.001-08:00

8.9 Eartquake in Tokyo. I'm thinking of my friends and their loved ones in Japan. My heart is with you.

2011-03-06T23:47:00.001-08:00

Pick up a copy of Westword. Brenna's eyes are on it! They needed big pretty eyes to look freaked about bed bugs.
http://tinyurl.com/4au8jgt

2011-03-05T18:24:00.001-08:00

Chris McGary and the Insomniacs: tonight!! 8pm at Crossroads Theatre in Five Points.

2011-02-19T15:46:00.001-08:00

Hey Geeks. I'm sub quizmastering Geeks Who Drink tonight at Bender's. 9pm. Come play!

2011-02-01T12:56:00.001-08:00

Record cold temperatures, many school and business closures. I predict a significant spike in the birth rate 9 months from today.

2011-01-26T11:22:00.001-08:00

Sick. Sickity. Sick-sick. My head's full of pudding and my ears are ringing.

2011-01-20T17:00:00.001-08:00

Heading to the Rooster and Moon to actually PLAY pubquiz instead of host. Yay! Come play?

2011-01-15T16:17:00.001-08:00

For my B-day, might do party next week. Tonight, I'm dancing at Milk Bar. No presents unless you can find me a manager & pro-bono web help!

2011-01-14T21:09:00.001-08:00

A week spent subbing Special Ed: bowling; sharing; disabled young adults helping those more disabled; & The Princes Bride still makes me cry

2011-01-11T10:25:00.001-08:00

Fun with numbers: It's one degree on 1/11/11. Despite the cold, it's been a perfect year so far.

2011-01-06T14:14:00.001-08:00

Join me tonight to Get your Geek on. 6pm. I'm sub Quizmaster at The Rooster & Moon Pub. (955 Bannock St.) Geeks Who Drink! See you there.

2011-01-06T11:15:00.001-08:00

I'm heading to the Buffs in Boulder for a recovery brunch/mimosa. Who's in?

2011-01-04T12:47:00.001-08:00

So, apparently, I'm allergic to plumping lipgloss. I look like Tony Curtis.

2010-12-31T16:01:00.001-08:00

Some practical joker at the airport's a Del tha Funkee fan: "Paging Mr. Bob Dobalina to a white courtesy phone.". (Tee hee hee.)

2010-12-28T22:46:00.001-08:00

I'm w/ my family, watching a cute film. Jeff Bridges, Ted Danson & their townie friends make a porn: "The Amatuers." Surprisingly adorable.

2010-12-25T09:33:00.001-08:00

We wish you a Merry ChanuKwanzSolstMas, And a hippie, nude dear!

2010-12-24T13:19:00.001-08:00

Learned just now how to properly pinch pie pastry. Next, it's the art of mutton roasting and gravy. Someday, I hope to be a good Mom.

2010-12-22T20:27:00.001-08:00

Babe: still my favorite film. It's now tied with another perfect film: The Iron Giant.

2010-12-22T20:25:00.001-08:00

Shrimp and steak; scallops and cheese plates. What? Is it the effing holidays?

2010-12-22T13:19:00.001-08:00

It's all set now. Which can mean only one thing: it's toffee stabbing time!

2010-12-22T12:52:00.001-08:00

Toffee is butter and sugar. In other words: good! Mom inherited grandma's toffee pans along w their thousand icecpick-pock-marks.

2010-12-21T16:31:00.001-08:00

Perfect visit w/ Mom: up to 3am playing piano, spent today talking about OUR messiah: John Lennon. Now we're eating strange Danish cheeses.

2010-12-16T21:44:00.001-08:00

A burlesque first: tonight at Lannie's, Orchid Mei's closer made me cry. What an artist.

2010-12-13T13:08:00.001-08:00

Teaching seventh graders, to dully reason Frost/ at break I reach for Coleridge/ lest my yawning Muse gets lost.

2010-12-06T11:47:00.001-08:00

I'm turning over 30sq yards of compost today. It feels good to be back in the dirt!

2010-12-06T11:32:00.001-08:00

Breakfasting on popcorn and chocolate milk at noon. Obviously there were no teaching jobs offered today. (sigh)

2010-11-26T23:35:00.001-08:00

I just finished "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian." Perfect. Thank you Sherman Alexie.

2010-11-24T16:05:00.001-08:00

MCing The Cirque de Cheveux tonight at Summit Music Hall. Raising funds for The Lupus Fnd. thanks Retro Room and Tenacit Circus Arts.

2010-11-20T18:35:00.001-08:00

As I tell my students: if you ever find yourself accepting cash in a dark alley, late at night, you better be a musician.

2010-11-20T14:56:00.001-08:00

It's a scrambled eggs in bed with The Beatles Antology DVD kind of a day.

2010-11-19T22:10:00.001-08:00

Biking to neon knights at meadowlark. Synth pop and electro clash. I love my life.

2010-11-17T16:10:00.001-08:00

I'm teaching a free ukulele lesson, tonight. 6pm -6:30pm at the Children's Museum. Ukes available. Bring the kiddos! (Same time next week.)

2010-11-17T12:51:00.001-08:00

I'm pitching live now on Free Speech TV's fall pledge drive. Tune in for a chilling documentary about Monsanto GMOs and pledge support.

2010-11-07T15:05:00.001-08:00

If you miss afternoon sun, share Ukulele Loki's Gadabout Orch. song: "Daylight Savings." http://ping.fm/CgjMw

2010-11-06T00:15:00.001-07:00

Burgled! My barely working Laptop's gone. I need it for everything! How'd a genius degenerate open my car door? Last backup-5 months. Crap!

2010-11-05T21:22:00.001-07:00

Shaking my cosmic thing to a B/52s cover band @ Bar Standard, Remembering my first concert! Next: DJrockstar Aaron. "Female Troubles!" free

2010-11-04T17:02:00.001-07:00

I'm now hosting Geeks Who drink tonight (and every Thursday) at Denver's "Freshcraft" (1530 Blake Street). 7pm. Come get your Geek on.

2010-10-30T15:43:00.001-07:00

Pillow fight on Larimer? Haunted Rhino? 200 mill years @ the Space? Goth @ the Shelter? Rocky Horror? I haven't carved a pumpkin. Advise

2010-10-28T16:38:00.001-07:00

Tonight: 29th & Huron. The Justice League of Street Food!! We play at 8pm. Come eat, drink, in da street. Fire. Music. Costumes. prizes.

2010-10-28T13:43:00.001-07:00

I'm substitute teaching a high school cooking class. I couldn't find the sugar. So I'm drinking my tea with sprinkles.

2010-10-27T22:24:00.001-07:00

Gogol Bordello.

2010-10-26T21:42:00.001-07:00

Dr. Dog.

2010-10-22T19:56:00.001-07:00

Saturday: Denver Zombie Crawl on the 16th street mall. Who's in?

2010-10-21T10:07:00.001-07:00

Get your Geek on tonight! I'm substitute quizmastering at the new restaurant "Fresh Craft.". 7pm 1530 Blake St. Denver.

2010-10-20T06:22:00.001-07:00

"Start wearing purple." Wear purple today as an of solidarity against bullying of glbtq young people.

2010-10-19T17:28:00.001-07:00

Get your Geek on with me tonight. I'm guest quizmastering tonight at "Big Game" (16th and Wazzee). 7:30.

2010-10-16T17:01:00.001-07:00

Chris McGary, tonight at Swallow Hill! It's gonna be a killer show!

2010-10-15T17:45:00.001-07:00

On my way to see "Nowhere Boy" opening tonight. 7:10 at The Mayan Theater. Love you, John.

2010-09-24T19:32:00.001-07:00

It's true. I saw 'em last night. 200 ukes in Schenk's living room! 200 more today. Come Sat. help us break the record. 1pm, Ruby Hill Park.

2010-09-22T15:07:00.001-07:00

To everyone, but especially all my wizards and witches: happy equinox. Enjoy tonight's harvest moon

2010-09-13T01:57:00.001-07:00

All people should avoid lies. But this is especially true for people with poor memories; they forget their lies as fast as they tell 'em.

2010-09-11T21:57:00.001-07:00

Pink Hawks at The Mercury Cafe!

2010-09-11T08:01:00.001-07:00

Tour du Fat Denver. Biking from my house in Five Points to City Park. Come along!

2010-09-06T16:37:00.001-07:00

Four tops. I'm under the second tree to the house left of the sound booth.

2010-09-03T23:03:00.001-07:00

Dead Prez... Live. Now. Eff yeah!

2010-09-02T15:04:00.001-07:00

Subbing Geeks Who Drink pub quiz tonight at Rooster and Moon Coffee Pub (955 bannock). Early quiz: 6pm!

2010-08-31T14:28:00.001-07:00

Tonight: I'm subbing Geeks Who Drink @ 1631 Wazee, 7:30pm "The big game" is the bar's name. Come get your geek on.

2010-08-28T14:56:00.001-07:00

2900 Marion. Denver art genius & dear, dear friend Lauri Lynx Murphy is selling most everything in her studio today-one hour left!!!

2010-08-22T17:09:00.001-07:00

I Played in a lake North of Boulder. I Ate, n ate, n ate. I just ran through a fountain in Laffayette. You see, summer isn't over yet.

2010-08-20T09:39:00.001-07:00

Uke Loki's Gadabout Orch. Sat 8/22 at Moe's BBQ. With I Sank Molly Brown & Radical Knitting Circle. $5. All ages. 9pm. Please come.

2010-08-09T16:17:00.001-07:00

Rain.

2010-07-31T19:08:00.001-07:00

With six healthy squash plants, it's becoming less like harvesting and more like pest control. Now I'm eating their young. Fried blossoms!

2010-07-19T03:12:00.001-07:00

"Many of our fears are tissue paper thin and a single courageous step would carry us clear through them." - Brendan Francis

2010-07-17T19:51:00.001-07:00

Hey you, Patty-Pan Squash in my garden. I'm gonna pick you. And grill you. With a bratwurst. Now.

2010-07-17T19:44:00.001-07:00

300 bands playing at The Denver Post U.M.S. next week: quite a strain on the service industry. That's every bartender/waiter in town.

2010-07-06T16:38:00.001-07:00

Tonight only! Lannie's Clocktower Cabaret 8p. My dear friend/former sideshow collaborator, L'il Miss Firefly: Midget of Mischief performs!

2010-07-02T13:36:00.001-07:00

Biannual of the Americas exhibit: FREE today!

2010-06-27T09:32:00.001-07:00

I'm looking for a roommate to join our house in Five Points. Think you might fit? http://ping.fm/hHikS

2010-06-22T14:35:00.001-07:00

Recording scratch tracks for our new ep at my house today w Michael Musick & his travelling, dazzling home studio. Couldn't be mire pleased!

2010-06-22T11:21:00.001-07:00

Back from scrambling Arches w/ nieces and nephews, drinking fresh spring water, strumming my Uke among the aspens, making fires & S'mores.

2010-06-17T12:52:00.001-07:00

Heading to our cabin outside Moab to memorialize Granddad. Back Mon night. In the meanwhile, no cell phone or Internet. (Sigh o relief.)

2010-06-14T00:04:00.001-07:00

I've said it before; I'll say it again: I only like movies about talking pigs, drag queens, and the unemployable.

2010-06-12T19:37:00.001-07:00

Gallery opening of a friend at Yum (15th & Blake), then Danceotron at HiDive, then Goth night at Milk Bar (10th & Bway). Fun.

2010-06-07T19:55:00.001-07:00

The park across the street from my house (by Manual High) is doing an outdoor cinema in a few. Gin n tonics and a movie in the park?

2010-06-07T18:16:00.001-07:00

Denver's on fire. Rubber-neckers on 13th and Vine have a good reason for Lik's Ice Cream.

2010-06-05T21:27:00.001-07:00

Hot summer night. Shoveling gravel into my rock garden by rope light, lightning, and thunder.