I Answer the Random

1. How do you feel about the marshmallow Easter Peeps?

Well, I think they're cute, of course, since I like chicks, but I'd rather squoosh them a la Lennie in Of Mice and Men than eat them.

2. Chickens are notoriously nervous creatures. When you are nervous, what is the best way to calm down?

I daydream (escape) or I rock slightly. I know. That's weird. The other day I was rocking gently (not like a maniac) in the computer chair and Kristin said to me as she passed by, "You look like you're insane." Thank you, sweet daughter. I also pray and either talk excessively or completely shut down. Boatload o' nervous fun here!

3. People say, "April showers bring May flowers." Do you enjoy Spring rains?

No, I do not like rain or mushy Spring. I only like Spring when it's basically summer. I feel bad to say I don't like Spring. That's like saying, "I don't care to see life rejuvenated or babies or budding flowers." What kind of rocking maniac talks like that? But I do not like rain and mud.

4. When I was randomly flipping through TV channels this week, I saw a show in which tattoo parlor employees received tattoos of a co-worker's face on their bodies. I can't imagine having a portrait of a colleague tattooed on me. But if someone forced you to receive a portrait tattoo (face only) of anyone, who would it be? Why?

Judge Judy.



Or maybe Alan Alda, only before he went to work in the coal mines.



Just kidding.

I suppose if it could only be one face, I'd have to choose my dog, Zoe, because I have three kids and could not choose one over the other.

5. Would you rather have a tattoo (any kind) or a nose ring?

I have a long, long nose that has been broken probably twice, the doc says. The LAST thing I have ever wanted to do is draw attention to my nose. And any person with allergies would never get a nose piercing. So: Tattoo.

6. Do you have any special plans for Easter?

We'll go to church, and then I'll fix an Easter dinner. Last year was the first year I did not do baskets for my kids, who were 22, 20 and 16 at the time. Now I kind of regret it. So the other day, I bought them all one little candy thing.

7. Cadbury Eggs or Reese Eggs?

I got into a Facebook-wars fight with a high school friend over this. I choose Reese.

8. What was the last thing/person you took a picture of?

Ritz Face

9. What book are you reading now, or what was the last one?

90 Minutes In Heaven, by Don Piper. I'm getting ready to read Heaven by Randy Alcorn.

10. What do you think is the most difficult task when it comes to Spring cleaning?

Windows. And when we built on to our house, I decided it would be great to have a vaulted ceiling and decorative windows up high. I don't think they've been cleaned since 2001.

11. How many pairs of flip-flops do you own?

The regular old ones? None. All of mine have some kind fancy to them, like beads or kitten heels or braided straps, etc. My girls, on the other hand, own oodles of Old Navy solid color rubber ones. So if I need a pair like that, I just steal them; it's one of the greatest rewards for raising your kids to a certain age.

12. Which color makes you happiest?

Right now, pink, but that is because it's Easter week. I'm enjoying a certain pink hyacinth very much right now, sight and scent.

But I'm really not much of a pink person. Next week it will probably be red and yellow, as in tulips. In fact, this picture is making me almost too happy:



Thanks for playing this week! Be sure to hop on over like a good little bunny to Mocha With Linda for her prompt for tomorrow's Flashback Friday.

Stolen Art Watch, Leonardo Da Vinci Madonna, Frank Was Frank, J Was OK, The Ghost Said "So Stuff Your Fecking Crown, We Irish Won't Lay Down" !!!

I’m not an extortionist, says accused
Lawyer insists he acted on trust throughout talks to ensure return of Leonardo painting
http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1670036?UserKey=

By Hilary Duncanson

Published: 31/03/2010

A solicitor insisted yesterday he did the “right thing” in working to secure the return of a stolen Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece.

Marshall Ronald said he was proud of what he achieved and it was sad that he was facing a trial which had “decimated” his life.

The 53-year-old said he acted on trust throughout the negotiations and fell “hook, line and sinker” for an undercover police operation.

He said the police had been deceptive and played footloose and fancy-free with valuable property.

“The fact is, I’m not an extortionist,” he told the High Court in Edinburgh.

Ronald is one of five men accused of demanding £4.25million for the return of the artwork Madonna of the Yarnwinder. The painting was stolen from Drumlanrig Castle, the Dumfriesshire estate of the Duke of Buccleuch, in August 2003.

Ronald has told jurors of an approach made to his law firm in Lancashire by two of his co-accused, Robert Graham, 57, and John Doyle, 61.

He said the pair had heard there was a chance they could return the Leonardo painting to its owner and wanted advice on whether it could be done lawfully.

The painting was taken into police custody in October 2007 after a swoop on a meeting at a lawyers’ office in Glasgow. Ronald was among those at the meeting.

Ronald was asked if there was anything he would like to say to the court, with the benefit of hindsight.

“I feel what we achieved in getting this painting back is something to be proud of,” he said.

“I think we did the right thing. I think we’re very proud of it and we have done something which would not have been achieved but for the effort that we did. The police couldn’t do it.”

Jurors have heard that a police sting to trace the £20million artwork swung into action after Ronald contacted an expert on recovering missing art.

The court has heard he had communications with undercover officers, believing they were working as agents for the duke.

He said: “As an experienced lawyer, I genuinely believed they were who they said they were. I was taken in hook, line and sinker.”

The lawyer told the trial that he operated on trust in the negotiations surrounding the return of the painting.

Ronald, of Skelmersdale; Graham and Doyle, both of Ormskirk, Lancashire; Calum Jones, 45, a solicitor from Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire; and David Boyce, 63, a solicitor from Airdrie, Lanarkshire, deny conspiring to extort £4.25million from the duke and the painting’s insurers. They are not accused of the robbery.

Ronald also told the trial he was threatened by “scary” individuals during a meeting about the painting.

He said he became frightened during the conversation and felt that going to the police would put him in danger.

He said the meeting in a pub had initially involved co-accused Graham and Doyle but that the threats, from men known as “J” and “Frank”, came when his co-accused left.

He told the trial: “They said things to me which actually frightened me.”

The five accused have pleaded not guilty to conspiring to extort £4.25million and an alternative charge of attempted extortion. The offence is alleged to have taken place between July and October 2007.

The trial continues before Lady Dorrian today.

Solicitor denies da Vinci ransom
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/south_of_scotland/8597740.stm

A solicitor accused of plotting to secure a pay-off for returning a stolen painting has denied demanding a ransom.

Marshall Ronald, 53, told the High Court in Edinburgh, it was a commercial deal between "willing parties".

He is one of five men who deny demanding £4.25m for the safe return of a stolen Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece.

The Madonna of the Yarnwinder painting was snatched from the Duke of Buccleuch's stately home, Drumlanrig Castle, Dumfriesshire, in 2003.

At the end of three days of questioning, Mr Ronald told the court: "I resent the use of the word conspiracy because it is an alien concept to me."

He added: "We have never sought any ransom at all.

"This is plain and simple. It was a commercial deal between willing parties acting with integrity."

Police raid

The art treasure was seized during a police raid on a Glasgow law office, more than four years after it was stolen.

Mr Ronald, of Skelmersdale, Lancashire, was arrested then.

On trial with him are Robert Graham, 57, and John Doyle, 61, both from Lancashire, Calum Jones, 45, from Renfrewshire and David Boyce, 63, from Lanarkshire.

They are not accused of stealing the painting and deny conspiring to extort £4.25m or attempting to extort the money

The trial continues.

Art Hostage Comments:

Remember Curly bonce Jonathon Powell said back in 2002 at the Labour Party Conference regarding IRA smuggling, emanating from South Armagh

"What harm can a few Uneducated Micks do smuggling a few cigarettes ?"

I'll tell you what, they turned it into a billion dollar portfolio, that's what, and yes the devil finds work for idle hands thus the Brits allowed the Northern Bank job to go ahead, even allowed Bobby Storey to get a political post, perks and car included.

The Brits also turned a blind eye to art theft and the security services/spooks monitored the exchange of monies for the Da Vinci Madonna without stepping in as they wanted to follow the money trail.

MI5/6 don't tell S.O.C.A., S.O.C.A. don't tell Dumfries Police, Dumfries Police don't tell Scottish Drug Police, no-one tells anyone what each agency is up to, therefore each agency was and is working towards their own exclusive agenda.

It wasn't called the "Dirty War" for nothing !!!

The Home fire still burns with patriotic passion at "Home Place" !!!

O'h go on, go on, go on, all together now:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5vsUwts5xk&feature=related

Link Up for Easter's Random Dozen & Springtime Fun

I went on my first real walk with Zoe this year because it's just now getting warm enough to take her out. She carried a Ritz cracker the whole way, except when she stopped to read "pee mail" at the hydrant and put her FACE on the hydrant and relieved herself in the other direction. ? I picked her up to avoid a mud puddle but stumbled and stepped into the La Brea Tar Pit of Muncie in my neighbor's yard. Mud squished all up over my flip-flops and between my toes. Fun times.




1. How do you feel about the marshmallow Easter Peeps?
2. Chickens are notoriously nervous creatures. When you are nervous, what is the best way to calm down?
3. People say, "April showers bring May flowers." Do you enjoy Spring rains?
4. When I was randomly flipping through TV channels this week, I saw a show in which tattoo parlor employees received tattoos of a co-worker's face on their bodies. I can't imagine having a portrait of a colleague tattooed on me. But if someone forced you to receive a portrait tattoo (face only) of anyone, who would it be? Why?
5. Would you rather have a tattoo (any kind) or a nose ring?
6. Do you have any special plans for Easter?
7. Cadbury Eggs or Reese Eggs?
8. What was the last thing/person you took a picture of?
9. What book are you reading now, or what was the last one?
10. What do you think is the most difficult task when it comes to Spring cleaning?
11. How many pairs of flip-flops do you own?
12. Which color makes you happiest?

Stolen Art Watch, Leonardo Da Vinci Madonna, IRA Link Revealed, Careful, Updated !!!

Leonardo da Vinci operation 'hooked' solicitor

They Haven't Gone Away You Know !!!!!!

Marshal Ronald alluded to an IRA link and was Frank in his revelations, to a point.

Ghost like eyes revealed no soul, a very dangerous man who would even scare Da Vinci Madonna trial Prosecutor Simon DiRollo.

I wondered when he would realise he was played like a fiddle throughout this whole thing, as were the Police, everyone wanted a taste of the Da Vinci Madonna, why, well lets look at the facts.

The boys from the Ra got paid, (meant to be the whole £500,000 but they only got £350,000), still paid is paid. The Duke got the Da Vinci Madonna back, the Insurance company got their money back via Mark Dalrymple, interest accrued on the payout, don't ask !!!

The Police got their bodies, basked in the intoxicating glory of the Da Vinci Madonna recovery, and behind all of this was a shadow playing all sides off but making sure the Da Vinci Madonna was recovered.

Would have been better if there had been arrests but no charges and the only court action was to decide if the reward payment should be made.

Still, that was not in the gift of the Architect, but still, back end payment allowed the Da Vinci Madonna to be recovered and this trial is the unfortunate collateral damage caused by over eager Police looking for a TV reality show and media hype. Now its political, like the Guilford four Birmingham Six, and the Maguire Seven.

Now it's the Da Vinci Madonna Five !!

You see in all cases of recovering stolen art, money has to be paid up-front to get the stolen art released.

The Insurance company cannot be seen to be paying up front so lawyers are used to withdraw money from their client account to cover the up-front payment. This is repaid when the stolen art is recovered and the reward or fee is paid.

In the Turner case Lawyer Edgar Liebrucks paid Stevo V from his client account, then the first Turner was recovered.

There were no arrests because the people actually recovering the first Turner were ex-Police officers Mick Lawrence and Rocky. Mark Dalrymple paid out £600,000. Then the second Turner was recovered 18 months later.

Marshal Ronald, Robbie Graham and Jack Doyle were mentioned in a covert meeting between Mark Dalrymple, two Police officers from the Serious Organised Crime Squad and the Architect of the Da Vinci Madonna recovery in January 2007 at Gatwick airport.

Following that meeting it was agreed by Dalrymple and the Architect, Marshal Ronald was a likely fall guy and would succumb to paying the up-front money from his client account therefore allowing Mark Dalrymple and Hiscox to appear squeaky clean and enabling the release of the Da Vinci Madonna.

Robbie Graham and Jack Doyle were to be allowed to play the same role as Mick Lawrence and Rocky, the two ex-Police officers who recovered the Turners.

However, as it turned out Robbie Graham and Jack Doyle, unlike Mick Lawrence and Rocky, who received £500,000 from Mark Dalrymple on the Turner case, Graham and Doyle did not get the huge payday and find themselves facing trial. Their only crime was to Not be Ex-Police Officers.

Calls across the Irish sea set things in motion and sure as day in July 2007 the Architects plan came together. Tony turned it in as PM around this time.

Shame the negative publicity has driven the Gardner Art in Ireland deeper underground.

The original Architect's plan was to use a successful recovery of the Da Vinci Madonna to give confidence in Ireland that would allow the Gardner art to surface.

Unfortunately, the intoxicating nature of the Da Vinci Madonna made Police rush for a quick media headline that has spooked those with control of the Gardner art.

And all this in the week Gerry Adams is subject of allegations by "Darkie" RIP, from the grave in the Ed Moloney book
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/there-is-no-antisinn-fein--agenda-in-my-book-says-ed-moloney-14747319.html


Not forgetting the bogus tax allegations against General Thomas Slab Murphy:
http://www.irishcentral.com/news/news_from_ireland/Former-IRA-Chief-to-face-tax-evasion-charges--89322347.html

Come out you Black and Tans, come out and fight me like a man !!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9D38J0yH9w&feature=related

Ra, Ra, ooh la la, as they rode off into the Sunset, saddlebags bulging with cash !!!!

Update;
BBC Radio Scotland, go to 1 hour 17 mins, 30 seconds to hear report from Da Vinci Madonna trial, Willie Johnson reporting, The Ghost, IRA Hitman, freaked out Marshal Ronald:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00rp9v7/Newsdrive_30_03_2010/

Breaking news out of South Armagh:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5vsUwts5xk&feature=related

From Bologna: the Ragazzi Awards

Every year I am very curious to see who won the Bologna Ragazzi Award, given to 

the best new books in terms of graphic and editorial design. The award categories are

Fiction, Non-Fiction, New Horizons (for Asian, Arab, African and South American books),

 and for the first time this year Opera Prima, acknowledging the efforts of publishers 

promoting new talents. Publishers from all around the world submit their best

 productions, guaranteeing a very high quality of the candidates. Here are 

all the award winners and two of the mentions; on the official website 

you'll find the other mentions and the jury's motivations.

This year's Fiction Award was assigned to De Boomhut, a Dutch book by Ronald Tolman,

 illustrated by Marije Tolman. I really enjoyed reading the jury's motivation, 

so here it is in its entirety: "De Boomhut is a wise, clear, even poetic, example of how 

an established topos of the collective imagination may be revisited with a fresh eye 

to reveal a continued relevance to modern times. Marije Tolman and Ronald Tolman

 return to the “house in the trees”. Their house, however, is rich with subtle cultural

 references ranging from symbolist painting to the most refined 20th century graphic art.

 The book’s message is not declaimed, but is conveyed quietly. It pleads for an

 enlightened ecological stance in which an intense awareness that we are part of nature

 does not forego our need for elegance and intellectual enquiry."

Visit Marije Tolman's website to enjoy more of her delightful children's book illustrations,

 like the two above.

Non Fiction winner is the beautiful The Riverbank published by The Creative Company, 

in which Fabian Negrin's illustrations accompany the final paragraph of The origin 

of the species by Charles Darwin. Fabian is a very versatile and innovative 

Argentinian illustrator, who has published many interesting books here in Italy 

thanks to the pioneering work of our friends at Orecchio Acerbo.

The New Horizons Award went to Do!, with text by Gita Wolf and illustrations 

by Ramesh Hengadi & Shantaram Dhadpe. Another extraordinary production 

from our favorite Indian publisher, the luscious Tara Books. For more Tara goodness, 

go to our previous feature on Bhajiu Shyam, and to A Book By Its Cover's posts 

on Nurturing Walls and The Night Life of Trees.

I was so pleased to find out that the Opera Prima Award has gone to Chronicle Books' 

There was an old lady who swallowed a fly! by Jeremy Holmes (watch the delightful-

creepy preview animation here) Not only is the book fun, refined and experimental, 

but the prize also rewards one of my favorite American publishers. In fact, 

Chronicle books was the only exciting US company I saw at the fair this year. 

The whole Anglo-American publishing industry is not much present in Bologna, 

since they have their own very important book fairs, like London and Chicago. 

Mostly, only very large, corporate looking US companies make the trip here, 

one of them our own American publisher, Gareth Stevens. In that context, 

Chronicle's beautifully innovative offerings are a wonderful breath of fresh air. 

I already had a chance to appreciate this book, again through A Book By Its Cover. 

In fact, thanks to fellow design bloggers, for the first time this year 

I was already familiar with many of the best new titles on show!

Another beloved publisher, Shabaviz, won a New Horizons mention for the poetic 

Two Friends by Hoda Haddadi. Like always, I visited their colorful booth, but this time 

I was less shy than usual and chatted a bit with the beautiful and elegant lady pictured 

on the website. She is seriously fond of cats, and loved Sebastiano's postcards - I would

 have loved to ask her about more serious issues, but only ventured to enquire about their

 internet connection. Unfortunately, I got caught up with other things, and didn't make it

 back to buy some books. This is a shame, because they cost only five euros, and Bologna

 is my only chance to get these collectible copies, with english text pasted by hand on

 each printed page over the Iranian original. Luckily, Two Friends is one of the first

 Shavabiz volumes published in Italy (as Il bosco delle meraviglie), together with 

I misteriosi tatuaggi di mio papà by Neda Azimi, and I am definitely going to buy them both. 

For more Shabaviz beauties, visit animalarium's feature on Azimi's The Cat and the Stars,

 and also check the extensive digital collection at the International Children's Digital Library.

Finally, a peek at another Opera Prima Award winner: Cécile Boyer's onomatopeic 

Ouaf, miau, cui,cui by French publisher Albin Michel. Another great entry for 

the ongoing trend of typographic children's book experimentation!

Kissing Chickens & the Random Dozen Preview

I love chickens, especially baby chickens. All of my life I have had a peculiar affinity for the tiny, fuzzy, bony little peepers. So when Easter rolls around, I give in to my inner child and revel in the abundance of chickens in stores, etc.

Many of you do not know that I used to have some "backyard" chickens, even though I live in the city. I simply hid them from public view and enjoyed a summer of sitting in my backyard surrounded by various breeds, including my favorite, the Japanese Silkies, which look like giant babies. They cannot fly and are completely defenseless. They lay the cutest little eggs. I considered my time in the lawn chair amidst the chickens similar to a person being able to be IN the aquarium with fish.

Yep, I'm kissing a chicken.

I wasn't kidding when I said I love them.

So, this week's Random has a couple of chicken-dedicated questions. Other than that ... complete randomness. Because that's the name of the game.

Directions: This is the preview. Copy the code for the Easter button at the right of this page. Copy the questions, formulate answers, come back tomorrow and link your post here. Go visit others. Say nice things. Increase your blog traffic. Make your mom proud.

1. How do you feel about the marshmallow Easter Peeps?
2. Chickens are notoriously nervous creatures. When you are nervous, what is the best way to calm down?
3. People say, "April showers bring May flowers." Do you enjoy Spring rains?
4. When I was randomly flipping through TV channels this week, I saw a show in which tattoo parlor employees received tattoos of a co-worker's face on their bodies. I can't imagine having a portrait of a colleague tattooed on me. But if someone forced you to receive a portrait tattoo (face only) of anyone, who would it be? Why?
5. Would you rather have a tattoo (any kind) or a nose ring?
6. Do you have any special plans for Easter?
7. Cadbury Eggs or Reese Eggs?
8. What was the last thing/person you took a picture of?
9. What book are you reading now, or what was the last one?
10. What do you think is the most difficult task when it comes to Spring cleaning?
11. How many pairs of flip-flops do you own?
12. Which color makes you happiest?
Bonus Joke (not part of the Random): Why did the Easter egg hide?
He was a little chicken!
By the way, just so you know, the meaning of Holy Week and Easter is not lost on me. I believe in the empty tomb. It makes my life worth living.

You Morning Dove

I have been listening to Joanna Newsom's magnificent latest triple album opus, 

Have one on me, and feel very grateful for such a poetic, soulful, 

magical soundtrack to the blossoming beauty of these days.

Soft as chalk

So, so long ago, and so far away 

When time was just a line 

That you fed me when you wanted to stay 

We'd talk as soft as chalk 

Till morning came, 

Pale as a pearl 

No time, no time 

Now I have got all the time in the world 

Say, honey did you belong to me? 

Tell me, honey, was your heart at rest 

When, darlin all the morning doves were howling out 

Their song of love, oh godawful lawlessness? 

Lawlessness. 

Say honey, did you belong to me? 

Tell me, darlin, did I pass the test? 

I lay as still as death until the dawn 

Whereupon I rested from your godawful lawlessness. 

Lawlessness! 

I roamed around the tidy grounds 

Of my dapple sanatorium 

Coat-less I sit, among the moles adrift 

And I dote upon my pinesap gum. 

And the light through the pines in brassy tines 

Lays over me, dim as rum 

Thick as molasses, and so time passes 

And so my heart, tomorrow comes 

And I see you leaning out back with the crickets 

Loyal heart marking the soon-ness, darkness tonight. 

Still the morning doves will summon us their song of love 

Never dulling lawlessness. Lawlessness! 

Well over and over we're up and down, around, 

Trying to sound out or guess the reasons. 

I sleep like a soldier without breath 

But there's no treason where there is only lawlessness. 

Lawlessness! 

In the last week of the last year, I was aware. 

Took a blind shot across the creek at the black bear. 

When he roused me in the night 

And left me cowering with my light, calling out... 

Who is there? Who's there? Who IS there? 

Well I watched you sleep, repeating my prayers. 

You give love a little shove and it becomes... terror. 

And now I am calling in sadness, beyond anger and beyond fear 

Who is there? Who's there? And who IS there??? 

I glare and nod like the character, God, 

Bearing down upon our houses and lawns. 

I knew a little bit, and darling you were it, 

And, darling, now it is long gone. 

Sweetheart, you your clean bright start, 

Back there behind the hill and the dell. 

In the state line of twelve I'll be thinking on you, 

Yes I'll be thinking and be wishing you well. 

We land, I stand, but I wait for the sound of the bell. 

I have to catch a cab and my bags are at the carousel. 

And then, I'll just spend time alone, one lonely tale.... 

You morning dove!

This

And That



This great video has surfaced of the first minute or so of the St. Patrick's Holyoke Road Race:



When Jeff Ziff and I went to Conant Brook Dam earlier this month, we couldn't help but be intrigued by the gigantic Chinese characters someone had painted on a spillway.



Here's a close-up that Jeff took.



We wondered what the hell the message was that someone had gone to so such trouble to paint, but we had no way of finding out. Well, leave it to the internet to produce the answer. Leon Zheng wrote in to say: "These are eight separate words, and the meanings are: justice, bravery, humanity, courtesy, honesty, fame, loyalty and honor."

So now you know.

Jeff also took this picture of some signs at an exit in Palmer. Notice the gambling casino sign.



Hmmm, does Palmer know something we don't?

Here is the class of 1981 from Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church in the Pine Point Section of Springfield.



Miss Markett, Lynn Rossmeisl, Dawn Roberts, Christine Gibbs, Becky Sullivan, Paula Garvey, Darlene Dusseault, Maggie Berthume, Gail Donermeyer, Ann Woodbury, Chrissy Brennan, Christina Torro, Marie Peck, Tom Stabilo, Brian Elliott, Jim McCoy, Roger Sagendorph, Tim Quirk, Tom Bretta, Tom Quapian, Shawn Corbitt, Robin Dunn, Michael Poole, Bill McMahon, Jimmy Kervick, Jim Cicerchia, John Danio, Bob Pastreck, Joe Santamaria, Malachi Gladden, Kevin Sullivan, Mike Dunn, Eddy Ebberston, Chris Dalecki, Anthony Tarrantino, Jim Stote, Mike Kervick, Brenda Girard McMahon, Jeff Prairie, Marissa Miles, Missy Cyr-Shockroo, Kathy McKenzie, Kim Keddy Kennedy, Lisa Messier, Kara L. Cruz, Michele Lariviere Gropp, Carol Angers, Liz Mulcahy, Moira Pasini

The Music Section

Longtime local Grateful Dead tunesters Lobsterz from Mars at The Lighthouse in Ludlow.



Northampton's School for the Dead has a new video out.