From funk to funkadelic

For the past couple of weeks, I have felt like I have been knee deep in  muck.  Just slowly dragging myself forward but not really able to pick up the pace.  My only thoughts on this self-imposed rut is the lack o' sunshine shining down on me.  Cloudy skies, rainy and drizzly weather, cold temps have me wanting to do not much more than come home from work and crawl in bed. 

Saving grace?  Spring forward time!  Daylight savings is this weekend!  Hallelujah!  Being an early bird it doesn't matter to me if it is still dark in the morning for a while longer or not. 



Adam Levine of Maroon 5
(He just looks yummy here)

 One nice reminder of summer being on the way was delivered to my email inbox today and I got immediately excited!  Celebrate St. Louis, our 4th of July fair down at the Arch grounds music lineup was announced!  July 2nd is Steve Miller, July 3rd is Montgomery Gentry and July 4th is Maroon 5!  Whoo Hoo!  I love love love watching live music and St. Louis has some big events during the summer all at virtually no cost!   A bit later this spring Celebrate St. Louis will be announcing their Live On The Levee music artists.  For the entire month of July on Friday and Saturday nights (also at no cost) there will be opening acts which are generally local and regional artists, then a featured band.  Then there is the Whitaker Music Festival hosted by the Missouri Botanical Garden on Wednesday nights (I believe 8 in a row) featuring all sorts of musical types. 

I will plan all my summer outings around these nights of music!  Generally I fly solo to most of them and that does not bother me a bit.  I can sit where I want, take photos and some video, whatever!  Not sure if anything brings me more joy in an instant besides music?  So one thing this blog will be used for once the summer music scene starts up for me is my post-concert reviews/highlights and photos!