Surfing Injury

Out the door early Saturday morning and down to OB. Pea soup fog, so I can't see what the waves look like, but there is no wind and the bouys didn't indicate 2x overhead. Suit up with some trepidation, but time is short and need to get wet. A dozen duck dives later I'm out and to my relief see a few others bobbing around. Waves are sloppy and a little overhead, but not horrible. Spin around and catch a nice left. Paddle back out and catch a nice overhead right. Pump down the line backside and see that it is going to explode in front of me so bottom turn and thankfully get over the back of the wave with my board flying in the air. Come up and conk. Hurt a little bit but not too bad, but then notice blood is dripping down my face. I put my hand on my hood and it is covered in blood. Oh shit! Immediately think SHARK BAIT!!! Paddle like a madman for shore with blood continuing to gush down my face. Man, what the hell did I do?! Must be the fin came down on my head. Get to shore, pull off my hood and blood continues to gush. Use my hood to apply pressure and run to my car. People looking at me in horror, but no one offers to help. Get to the car and try to call E to see if his women Dr Yang can take a look at it. Can't reach him so decided to drive home. Thankfully, the bleeding stopped, and I didn't feel too bad. Nurse Mary that lives upstairs is home, so ask her to come down and take a look. She says it my scalp is sliced open and advises me to go to the ER. Not looking forward to low priority ER wait but have the wife take me. Surprisingly I get in in less than and hour and get some staples in my head and check out. Time to get some new Proteks!

Maserati and Mono @ GAMH

Got in around 8:30 and the place was really empty. Maserati started soon after. I had only recently checked their stuff out and dug it, but after seeing them live, I appreciated them so much more. They are kind of a mix of Battles (the preclude Battles though), Pink Floyd and Mogwai. They were showered in this trippy combination of black light with a touch of pink that reminded me of Dario Argento films. Gotta get more of their stuff for sure. I worried that they were going to make Mono look bad, but that wasn't the case at all! I have been listening to their new one, Hymn to the Immortal Wind, quite a bit and was excited to see it live. Wow, so much emotion. There were multiple times during the set that chills were running up my spin and that is rare for me. Bummed that I didn't get to see their entire set when I saw them open for High on Fire last year. Looks like they're playing their tenth anniversary show in Japan around Christmas with a full orchestra! Hope that shows up on Youtube.

SF Street Food

My wife is from Taiwan and loves street food. We are so stoked that this movement is catching on in SF. I ran across this site that has the tweets of the various street food vendors around SF.

http://www.findsffoodtrucks.com/

Went to the Chez Spencer converted taco truck a few weeks ago and enjoyed some curried frog legs. Yum!

Some Bands I've Been Checking Out Recently

Yob
Nadja
Maserati
Subarachnoid Space
Sun O)))
The O Sees
Absu
The Enablers
Japandroids
Candy Now
Banner Pilot
zu
Death (the 70s Detriot Band)
The Sword
Torche