Psyched to see Galactic in yesterday’s Times today which is how I realized today is Mardi Gras. Or, as Fess would say, The Mardi Gras.

I then also heard Stanton Moore on NPR although at first I didn’t recognize his name or his voice. I thought they said “Steve Moore” and I was somehow thinking Seattle not NOLA. Duh! I also got an email from a friend of Glenn Hartman, looking for a Klezmer gig in June. Stay tuned.

I am one of the few people who booked NOKAS before I booked Galactic, so Stanton Moore and Ben Ellman I knew from that first. I got a call from Adam Shipley asking if I would add Galactic to a bill I had announced in a series called A Quantum Decoherence of Jazz Shows that featured Ledisi (under the name Anibade) and Broun Fellinis. Galactic became the opening act, for like two bones. This was 1997. The flyer, which featured four shows, a ripped picture of Steven Hawking, designed by Michelle Nelson formerly of La Para Street and then Santa Cruz, is how I met Danny Scher — I was putting up the poster and Danny saw me, in Palo Alto Sport and Toy shoes, of all places. Dan Prothero came to the show, I gotta believe that’s where I met him.

I should probably check out that show or shows! So should you!

The new album art is sick. This video has crappy sound but is remarkable because its like from yesterday: