One thing I forgot to mention in all of these posts is what it was like growing up in the Shoumatoff household…

Really, there aren’t “words that can describe it,” as good friends & fam can testify to…

But one thing was the plethora of guitars that were always floating around the house. Brazilian, old blues guitars from the 50s and 60s — you name it.   The old man was always strumming various songs of all sorts of backgrounds.  Reaslly, this is where much of the oddity & culture of this blog comes from, frankly…

Well, rather than blabbering on I thought I’d just post his full album: “Suitcase on the Loose.”

We also just set him up with his very own blog which is sure to be pretty darn out there and hopefully pretty riveting.   So make sure you check it out. ..

Here’s a good photo of him in rockstar mode when he was playing at Carrie & I’s wedding, ripping on Palin, you know, the uushe….  It was a hell of a weekend as a lot of you probably recall…   Dad, I’d proud of you, Old Man.