Caught Up

Greetings dear readers,

I've finally caught up on my blogging for now.

I know I will probably fall behind again but I want this to be the top post.

Here is the link to Oliver's picture gallery on Flickr
https://www.flickr.com/photos/loukohley/sets/72157671697063182

His site Oliverkohley.com is working. This links to pictures and a couple youtube videos.
This is mostly for the family who have been asking for more pictures.

More to come.

LOU

New Gigs and The P-Dubs

Paul and I had to run down to San Jose to do a store credit trade for the AF band. We decided to get some breakfast before we left. There is a new place I like at the PAX terminal on base. They have some organic veggies and such. Paul had them create a breakfast that we have taken to calling the P-Dubs BFast. It veggies scrambled in eggs with an “X” of bacon and pico de gallo. Very Tasty

So we head down to San Jose. Once we did the trade I was talking to their audio shop guy. I asked if he does any production work in the area as Mel and I are trying to get down to Santa Cruz and San Jose is an OK commute. He pointed me to LJ productions in San Jose. I called them and asked if they had a need for an audio humans. We had a nice chat.

A week later I was on a gig at Mountain Winery in Saratoga. It was awesome.

I did monitors for the opening act Lucy Wainwright Roche who was great. 

I got to actually use a digico in the wild.

Then the Indigo Girls went on. They were very cool. 

Here is the guitar land that they had setup.

I loved this gig so much as everyone was a total pro. It just felt good and like something I want to move toward. We shall see.

LOU

Gig Pic

This is Pasquale again. I did this one last year with my new Danley rig which I have since upgraded. It was much more effortless this year. I really enjoyed mixing this gig.

LOU

Nerd Goggles

I’ve been playing around with some VR goggles for my phone. It’s a cheap little thing they sell on Amazon. I’ve been using it to look up old houses I used to live. It’s really cool to look around your old neighborhood.

LOU

Beach Boys

My old friend from Winchester, John Bracken was nearby on the road with the Beach Boys. I went out to say hi and to check out the gig. I got to meet Mike Love which was cool.

I also met some dudes from 4X audio in Sacramento. I’m trying to connect with them later for more gigs since I’m on the area.

LOU

Beetle

A random beetle outside the house.

LOU

Punk Squirrel

I let Phoenix out in the backyard and this squirrel was taunting him. I caught him spying down on me when I went to check it out.

LOU

Gig Pic

The 2nd Annual Travis Music-fest. My first gig back after Ollie was born. It wasn’t as huge a production as last year but a good time was had by all. I had to leave early to be home with our baby boy.

LOU

Candy Bar Game

Mel’s friend Melissa threw Mel a baby shower. This was a fun game she setup. The idea was to match the name of the candy bar to the phrase. 

LOU

Cuc Skywalker

Another Co-op find. So good.

I’ve started a sticker collection on the divider in the van. This is the first.

LOU

Lizard

I found this little lizard in the back yard he reminded me of Leon, my pet lizard when I was young. 

LOU

Super Cat

Miss Kitty aka Kitty GaGa laying around the house doing her superman impression.

LOU

Gig Pic

I took out my gear for this gig with the Jazz combo. I’ve been using mixing station on my android tab;let and it has changed my world. It’s the software I’ve been after for so long but haven’t been able to make myself. Oh and the band was ok too.

LOU

The Van

Oh baby. I had to make an upgrade from my pickup. My S-10 has served me well for the past 10 years. I sold it to a nice guy who was buying it for his grandson as a first car.

I love this truck.

But my new ride is more suited to what I’m doing. Behold the LOU VAN!!

It’s high top Nissan NV and it is amazing.

LOU

900 Posts

So I'm way of course from what I was planning. (No Surprise)

So for my 900th post here he is,

I'm still setting everything up. For the family and anyone else that whats to see pictures and video of this guy it will be on Oliverkohley.com

That's right my son already has a website! He is applying for a job next month.

Here is a quick link to the photo album in case you can't wait. The website will always direct to some form of picture of update about him until he is old enough to take over the site for himself. It may be a while.

LOU

Natch Graffiti

I saw this at the Sacramento Co-op. It’s fitting graffiti for the folks that might frequent a food co-op. In case you can’t read it, it reads “Beets not Beef”

LOU

Mel's GMa

This is a sculpture of Mel’s Grandmother Jean. It was on display with some other things of hers at the Sacramento Historical Society. They were entering it into the archive and to preserve her memory and legacy that Jean had.

I never got to meet Jean as she passed away before I met Mel but I imagine she was a very interesting personality based of everything I’ve seen. 

LOU