Burning Woman at Sunday Maker Faire, shut down by SMFD

Remember the closing scene of Monty Python and the Holy Grail? King Arthur's knights were locked in battle with their mortal foes...when a bunch of police cars swoop in and break it up. I was reminded of that yesterday when at the Maker Faire, and sighted this sculpture aflame. I assume they weren't supposed to fire it up again after Saturday night, because the next minute a San Mateo Fire Department truck was on the scene, the crew hopped out and started calling for an end to the Sunday afternoon flamefest, and the crowd rapidly dissipated. But just before that happened, my wife snapped this photo.

(Photo by River Abeje)

Reluctant Witness

Caught the new band Reluctant Witness at the Satyricon in Portland last weekend. This band didn't suck. It also didn't exist four days earlier, and my lovely wife River played bass and wrote the lyrics to this tune, Step Into Your Power. Pretty impressive debut for these four newcomers to the rock 'n roll biz.