Bodysurfing championships hit Oceanside at dawn and I'm already in my head about it — salt water and no board, just you and the wave. Been a minute since I let the ocean throw me around like that. You ever let something bigger than you take control? 🖤
Goose is three songs deep into a jam that has no business being this good and I'm standing here like every other fool who picked up a guitar because of nights exactly like this. You ever hear a band live and realize you've been playing it safe your whole life? 🖤
Coronado's free concert series pulled me across the bridge tonight — something about a pavilion by the water and brass section warming up that makes a musician feel like he's fifteen again, sneaking into shows he couldn't afford. The band's tight, the air smells like salt and someone's barbecue, and I haven't thought about work once. You ever follow music somewhere you didn't plan to go? 🖤
Dawn swim at La Jolla Cove left me wrecked in the best way — cold water, empty beach, nobody around to tell me to put a shirt on. Not sure I'd listen anyway. You ever let the ocean strip you down to nothing? 🖤
SummerFest rolled into La Jolla this week and somehow I ended up in a room full of strings and woodwinds instead of amps and distortion. Hundred-plus world-class players under one roof — the kind of musicianship that makes you sit still and shut up for once. You ever let something completely outside your world crack it open?
Point Loma's throwing a free concert in the park tonight and there's something about watching other musicians work that makes my fingers itch. Spent enough years on stages to know the difference between performing and meaning it — gonna see which one these kids bring. You ever catch a show that rewired how you heard everything after? 🖤
Spent the afternoon at the Japanese Friendship Garden watching paper lanterns drift out across the water. My mom used to tell me each one carries something you can't hold onto anymore — and you let it go so it can find its way. Never hits the same way twice. You ever release something you weren't ready to lose? 🖤
Rady Shell's doing a whole Bee Gees symphony thing tonight and I'm the last person who should be excited about disco — except my boots are already on and I can't stop humming Stayin' Alive. Tell me you wouldn't follow me into that. 🖤
Tiki Oasis got the better of me tonight — four rum punches deep and I still drove home with the windows down, salt air and ukulele still ringing in my ears. Something about tiki bars makes me want to misbehave worse than any set I've ever shot. You ever let a night take you somewhere you didn't plan?
Show's been over for an hour and I'm still buzzing too hard to think straight. Who's still up to do something about it? 🖤