Notes From The Pegboard: from thunderous skies to thunderous guitars

Been pretty busy round these parts, but the bike shop is WAY ahead of schedule thanks to Igor getting us the rosters early. In other words...all the bikes for the tour that starts in two weeks are already done and awaiting american tourist butts to pedal them around Italy. Its made for a more relaxing pace around the shop, and has allowed me a little time outside the farm.

Made it to a big ceramics festival last weekend. This area is known in the art world for its ceramic production, clay manufacturing, and firing (cooking the finished pieces) techniques. I got to see a group of dudes unveil a public kiln that housed a huge replica of the town tower. Pretty impressive to watch them open essentially a 12 foot high oven. There was also this cool kiln (the oven ceramics are cooked in) made of old wine bottles that melt on the inside while its going.

LOADS of artists and ceramics of every kind. And some GREAT people watching, but my camera died so this is all I got...

I also made time last nite to join some friends at a show in Modena. It made a good beak for my weary and dirty hands...

The skies were a little more than ominous though, and it had rained most of the day, dark and spooky skies coming from the northwest blowing cold air and hammering rain...

But the skies parted long enough to get to Sara's house and join the kids on the way to a Festa in Modena, where the epic Antwerp rock band DEUS was to play for free. Italy loves a free concert and most of my friends at the record store are pretty jealous I made it as they were bidding a fond farewell to one of their own, off to Brussels for a few month.

Enrico, Sara, and yet another Michele made it just in time for a quick bite and a beer before the show.

Good times.

Going to get busy here in the next few days, but you can expect any one or more of the following from your Olde Pal Scott;

A big bike ride, maybe as early as this sunday...