The farmers’ market season begins in less than 2 weeks and yes, I am looking forward to it.
Without going into too much detail (after all, I am trying to be anonymous here), this year I might have the opportunity to work with some farmers and get compensated in fruits and veggies. The only downside to this opportunity will be the fact that I will be subjected to crappy music.
Every time I attend some environmental event or visit a farmer’s market there is always someone with an acoustic guitar twanging away about peace, love and happiness. And I don’t dislike acoustic guitars (I am a fan of Leo Kottke), but…I’ve been listening to the Sex Pistols lately and I think the Pistols would sound better "singing" about peace, love and happiness than the local farmer’s market musician.
I’m sure I’ll survive, maybe I could even convince the musician to try to expand his/her musical abilities and perhaps even play a bicycle.
Ahahahaha! The Farmers’ Market I went to on Sunday didn’t have much in the way of acoustic guitars, but they did have DRUM CIRCLES. I’m thinking that’s worse than acoustic guitars…
Comment by arduous — April 23, 2008 @ 11:26 am
arduous: Please don’t scare me and make me reconsider my desire to move to L.A.
I don’t want to move across the country and find my happy, shiny food source corrupted by crappy music.
Comment by Beany — April 23, 2008 @ 11:38 am
I saw something by you on another blog, about turning off the fridge. That is my goal too. But I need to keep milk cold. I thought that logically the freezer portion of the frig would be well-insulated and could be kept cold with ice, but no, the ice (even a 1/2 gallon worth) melts within a day. Any suggestions? I absolutely cannot do without cold milk.
Would appreciate any ideas.
Comment by Nancy Kelly — April 23, 2008 @ 5:33 pm
Nancy: Well, I’ve decided to quit drinking milk which I used to drink with my coffee. I’ve been drinking my coffee black (with sugar) for the past few weeks and I don’t miss the milk.
Greenpa has been fridge free for 30 years and the only solution appears to be getting rid of drinking fresh milk as it spoils easy.
Comment by Beany — April 23, 2008 @ 6:42 pm
Come to N. CA. We have R&B and night clubish music (kinda weird), only occasionally peace/loveall acoustic guitar stuff. No harp or drum circles yet…
Comment by CindyW — April 24, 2008 @ 1:17 am
O dear! OK, I hate R&B (the new stuff), club music, rap music, twangy music, drum circles, Phil Collins and Rod Stewart. Frankly I’d like silence, but am willing accept old school R&B or punk. I think “Anarchy in the U.K.” would be good to listen to while buying some veggies.
And we’re thinking of expanding my search beyond L.A. because I really don’t want to accept a job because its the only offer I get. San Diego and San Francisco are now in the running. And there are some hard to fill jobs opening up in San Diego and San Francisco that will pay a relocation bonus that looks very enticing.
Comment by Beany — April 24, 2008 @ 5:36 am
I laughed so hard when I read this. What is the f***ing correlation between vegetables and crappy acoustic guitar playing? When I was in college I used to go to veggie food festivals on a regular basis and could not escape the unrequested serenades. It was the joke that you knew you were getting close when you heard the really bad Bob Dylan attempts.
Comment by organicneedle — April 25, 2008 @ 7:05 pm
Too funny!
My downside is two young wild childs that want to see, hear, and touch everything. It gets a touch exhausting.
I’ve taken to taking the wagon so they are contained. They get to much, sip on water, ride in style and count the green beans. We’re all happier.
Oooh…but I like music! It would be so generic if it played the top 40 like everywhere else.
Comment by Going Crunchy — April 26, 2008 @ 11:06 pm
I went to the farmers’ market today and you’ll be happy to know that there were no drum circles today. In fact, it was quite nice, someone was playing fun jazz music on the keyboard. (Not smooth jazz. I hate smooth jazz.)
Comment by arduous — April 27, 2008 @ 7:00 pm
O yay arduous! Maybe there is hope for the farmers’ markets after all.
Comment by Beany — April 27, 2008 @ 7:12 pm