#peanut barrel

[bestfriendredefined-blog]

PB

The waiter: and who had the fries?

My friend and I: (looking at the girl who ordered the fries who isn't paying attention)

The girl who ordered fries: oh yeah, that was me.

My friend: ah, silence of the fries. It puts the ketchup on the side.

The waiter: keeps acting like nothing is happening writing checks.

My friend: you know I've never seen that movie...just heard about it...I guess you'd have to hear about the movie to get it...

Me: /dying.

[eater-at-state]

At Peanut Barrel (521 E. Grand River Ave., East Lansing, MI 48823): Long Island Iced Tea. 'Nuff Said.

[acmesalesrep]

Dairy Store, Sparty, and the Peanut Barrel. It's the MSU experience in three photos.

[turning50-blog]

Its Friday Afternoon... enjoy. Sing along if you know the words. 

This is one of the songs that Jeff wrote that made me stick around Nashville to see what noise we could make with a little acoustic rock trio called The Floating Men. It took us a while to find the right drummer - Jeff Bishop - but when we did we were golden. I remember Bishop's audition when Jeff started playing this song and Bishop kicked in with just the right grove. We had ourselves a band. 

This video is from The Peanut Barrel in Bloomington, Indiana 1994 when we were just hitting our stride. We used to set up in the middle of the little club in-the-round style and have at it. Lots more video from that night here. For some reason, watching this video makes me want to drink tequila...hmmm....

Here's to turning 50. Here's to scrappy little acoustic rock trios. Here's to Friday Afternoon. 

[I turn 50 in 39 days. This is #12 in a series of reflections on turning 50]