The photo above is from May 23rd, at the wedding of Kris and Kat from Ragwater Revue. Earlier in the day I had officiated their marriage ceremony, my first as a minister, courtesy of the Universal Life Church.

May has been a month of unusual gigs - on the 17th I played a set at Psycho Donuts in Santa Clara, which sports a sanitarium décor, complete with padded cell and cashiers in nurses' outfits; they serve confections titled "The Bipolar" and "Massive Head Trauma." There were sign-carrying protestors picketing in front of the shop, claiming the store to be insensitive. Myself, I wore a straightjacket as a cape while I played.

Then yesterday I made an appearance at the Maker Faire at the San Mateo Fairgrounds. Other attractions included a giant fountain made from Coke and Mentos, a fifteen-foot mechanical giraffe, and a life-size game of Mousetrap. I was on an outdoor stage and had to compete with the sound of a nearby steam engine.

Speaking of steam engines, I recently taped an interview with Klaude Davenport for The Clockwork Cabaret, a sterling steampunk encephalopodcast hailing from North Carolina. You can find it here (it's number 67, "A Salute to the Slow Poisoner"): http://clockworkcabaret.podhoster.com/

The Clockwork Cabaret will also be presenting a live performance with myself and the Hellblinki Sextet on July 24 in Chapel Hill, NC. This will be part of my Slow Poisoner Summer Caskeetering Tour 2009, which will take me to 8 of these United States!