The UNREAL Band Exhibits Ultimate Class at the Starry Plough, April 25th in Berkeley

Check out this latest poster...How Dandy G. can you get! What is the G-man wearing... a smoking jacket?... a house coat?... What can this mean? Could this be a sign of DG's Big West Coast farewell? A swan song of sorts? OK, enough with the rumors! Does this look like a man ready to move to move to Pennsylvania? I don't think so!... so, come on down to the SP on the 25th for some good old steeped in Muffin R&R. So start now and rest up. If you get plenty of sleep in the next week maybe you can stay out til after 1. DG would really appreciate it! Be there! P.S. Come wish Doyle a big HB... and the big guy too!

Pearmain Studios to Host DMOAS BBQ Art Fest on Sunday, April 12th

Yup, once again the infamous DMOAS BBQ extravaganza and art fest is happening at Pearmain Studios in industrial East Oakland. Starting time: around 1PM or so. The usual rules apply. Bring along your own meat (or veggie) sculpture entry if you want to compete for the big prize. Hope to see you all then... BTW peep wars are now banned at DMOAS as a result of a humongous ant invasion at the Alameda compound and the fact that contrary to popular belief, they really don't ever biodegrade.

Also in the news, if you didn't make it the Happy Clams (All Steamed Up, Baby!) CD release party, you missed a real doozy. A GREAT time was had by all and a highly successful event all around. I'm sure Mr. Pot will have some CD's on hand at the above mentioned BBQ.

Lastly, the Pope is wondering if folks might show up for a mow-down (no-down?) even if Muffin is canceled this year (at least for MD weekend). If this sounds interesting to you please post a comment here. Maybe we could do a Saturday nite sleep-over Muffin-lite style. Stay tuned for more on that.

Also: don't fergit the UNREAL show at the Plough in Berkeley, Saturday April 25th. This may be the last time you see Gary before he has to move to Pennsylvania!

Help Save the Salmon with Captain Mike, May 7th at La Pena in Berkeley

Captain Mike is inviting everyone to please join him and other fish friendly folk on Thursday May 7th for a fundraiser for SalmonAid, at the LaPena Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, 7:30 PM. All proceeds from this evening go to the production of the annual SalmonAid Festival that raises awareness for the problems surrounding our fishies and our water.

For example... did you know that these days 98% of all salmon released at Coleman hatchery (just outside of Sacramento) die before they ever get to the ocean? Or that if we actually allowed these salmon to live, they could create an annual economic contribution in the area of $6,000,000,000 ($6 Billion) to our State?

Please go to http://www.salmonaid.org/ for more info about the SalmonAid Foundation and about the 2009 SalmonAid Festival - and we hope to see you at the party on May 7th.