Clarinets have their gnarly mouth positions too.

Honeys, I'm home! Heard some terrific live music at Wavy Gravy's 70th birthday bash. The best was Mickey Hart's smokin' drum group playing "Iko-Iko" with Joan Baez singing and dancing along. (She also sang "Happy Birthday" to Wavy Gravy while wearing a clown nose.) Also heard Ali Akbar Khan, now 84, play a luminous sarod concert accompanied by his two sons, and musicians from the great San Francisco rock bands playing John Cipollina's music on the anniversary of his passing at a party at the very man's childhood home.

Sigh. Now, back to the daily grind, with some occasional levity at the kitchen table.

Elmer