Wednesday's WTF? A WTF Night at Home Team BBQ as Ros Bonghi drops in to get the crowd going!

I have always been a fan of finality; in fact, whenever I say, “I’ll never do that” or there’s no way that I’m going out tonight” look for me at the event you are attending, because I will probably be there shortly. Monday night, I told “Sweets” that I wasn’t going out due to the litany of things around the house to do, doggie and daddy time, and that I have been spending money like it is going out of style-not that it ever will go out of style (because we do live in a consumption-based nation). You definitely won’t see me out tonight! Right….

Gave Mel a shout on the tele to arrange a pick-up my “murse” and when he answered I could hear the sweet harmonies of Goldfinger in the background. “Where?” “Home-Team!” Dang, Goldfinger is sounding good-even over Mel’s P.O.S. phone. And then it hit me, I could kill two birds with one stone if I went to Home-Team BBQ because I’ve wanted Goldfinger and Home-Team BBQ bartender, Reid Stone (formerly of the band Day-Break Down) to taste my new beer (The Black Samurai).

WTF #1: Bushido Spotting

All right, let’s show some "stick-to-itiveness" here-I am just going to have a beer and share a beer. And as the old adage goes: “the best laid plans, etc”. I show up, Mel and Goldfinger are there, its open-mic nite, there’s a birthday-girl from Virginia, etc. And then out of no where, I get the old (but always awkwardly received) “you’re the Bushido”. WTF? The Bushido is being recognized? Blast my vanity for putting pictures up of myself. (And Peter denies him again!) I am sorry folks, but whenever I am asked if I am JET or the Bushido and I don’t know the person, I become socially awkward. I don’t know why, perhaps it is one of those defensive mechanisms that kicks in but after a few minutes of denial and realizing that I was cornered (she recognized Goldfinger too-Blast!) it was time to man up and acknowledge that I was indeed the Bushido. I have to take time to talk to the readers you know, even if that means taking my licks for not posting on a regular basis here recently. (Yeah, my bad). And I will concede the Feed Your iPod posts do sometimes have a top-40 feel, but hey, sometimes I watch VH1 while getting ready for work, so a little bit of lead-way would be nice.

WTF #2: WTF Ros Bonghi?

After licking my wounds for my lack of posting and “Sweets-Inlow” showing up to tell me “we” (the Royal “We”) were mad that I went back on my decision to not go out and as I drowned my recent miscues with the imbibing of a fourth cold beer, I looked over to the stage and noticed that Ros Bonghi was on stage-WTF? WTF has Bonghi been? Bonghi! Bonghi still has that smooth breeze of a voice and his ad-hoc Reggae band was enjoyable. (See video). Btw, does anyone know what the keys are on the keyboard for the Reggae beat? I think that I could play that part of each song, usually seems like the same keys for each song-keep it simple people. I digress; I spoke with Bonghi and introduced him to the Black Samurai I.P.A. (which he enjoyed). We talked about Reggae for a bit, and he told me he took some time off from music because he has a daughter in college up in Ohio. I guess we all have to get a square job one time or another. Bonghi told me he will be at Home Team next Monday because he had so much fun. Word!