Pete Kennedy recently performed live at Trumpets, in Montclair, NJ, for an Outpost in the Burbs benefit performance, celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Woodstock. See how many 60s songs you can recognize!

What you've all been waiting for, I'm sure. El Kabong Live! - The Incomplete Collection.

The alt rock band I'm in, El Kabong! played out on one of the few nice evenings this summer at the Montclair Center Stage, run by the Church Street Kitchen.  "I Ain't Ever Satisfied" is a Steve Earle cover and my first lead vocal, since I've been playing bass! "Back To Me" features Carrie Cantor on lead vocals and is a Kathleen Edwards cover.

Once you get over the high prices and long lines, the new stadium is quite impressive. Very spacious and open, though the lines to get into the Yankee Museum and Monument Park were huge, even 1 1/2 hours before the game. I don't know what time you need to get there to do those things. Anyway, it was all worth it, as I had a nice day with my son Zach, and the Yankees won a very well pitched game, 4-1. Both starting pitchers (C.C. Sabathia for the Yankees, Matt Garza for the Tampa Bay Rays), pitched 7 strong innings, giving up one run apiece, but the Yankees clobbered the Rays bullpen for 3 runs in the 8th. And the Yankee bullpen has recently been flawless, as they were today.

The Yankees Win! Thuuuuuuuuh  Yankees Win!!!!!!

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Lefty C.C. Sabathia

Derek Jeter digging in. 3 hits away from tying Lou Gehrig's record of most hits as a Yankee.

The great reliever, Mariano Rivera

"Power Alley", the home run friendly right field seats, though the only HR in the game was hit by Evan Longoria of the Rays.

Or, searching for Intercourse in Pennsylvania. Yes, there really is such a town in the Pennsylavania Amish country, southwest of Blue Ball and north of Paradise. What's with these names?! Anyway, it was a struggle to get there - every main road in Pennsylania seemed to be under construction, turning an already long 3-hour drive into a 4 1/2 hour one. I'm officially avoiding that state. Anyway, my wife and I finally got to Intercourse (really), and looked for quilts there, and in nearby Ronks. Linda was on a mission to replace our very worn out one, circa 1930, and was having a really hard time. None of them "spoke" to her, and they seemed either uninspired or overpriced, or both. My suggestion to just buy a blanket and be done with it didn't do much to help. Finally, looking through a local paper, we found some out of the way places, that were private residences/farms. These quilts were much nicer and much more reasonable than the ones we saw in town. So, if you want to save yourselves some time, we'd recommend Country Lane Quilts, 221 South Groffdale Road, in Leola, PA (where we bought ours) and Esh's Handmade Quilts on Route 340 1 mile east of Intercouse. (Is that like East of Eden?) The one place in town that was pretty good was Village Quilts, in Intercourse. It was really late by the time we finished our sojourn, and headed towards Lancaster for dinner. We had no idea where to go, but wandered around the town and made a great find. A really nice restaurant called The Press Room, complete with jazz trio. Good food and drink after a long day. We finished at 10, and with minimal traffic and avoiding the nightmare roads we took getting there, it still took us 3 hours to get home. Oh, and the quilt. It's beautiful!

This is IT! (Wedding ring pattern)

Our little town

The Press Room, Lancaster, PA

Zach playing at open mic at the Church Street Kitchen in Montclair, NJ. He plays Vienna by Bill Joel, and Ice Cream Man byTom Waits. He doesn't play Free Bird!

Really needs the Cyndi Lauper music, but I'll have to do with just growls and yelps for now.

Who you might meet while waiting for a plane in Chicago!

MISS TEEN NEW JERSEY! Yaaay!

A sample of El Kabong's performance in the backyard of drummer Mike Trullinger