As a kid growing up in Boise in the 60�s and 70�s I was vaguely aware of the �Boy�s of Boise� scandal. A local man Seth Randal has decided to take another look at the book and it�s impact. He is looking for photos and home movies from the 50�s. For more info www.fallof55.com.

The first new am radio signal in I�m thinkin� 40 years has come to town. according to IDAHORADIONEWS.COM. 890 AM, KDJQ plays �Vintage Rock and Soul,� with a focus on 50 and 60s R&B and rock hits. If the comments on IDAHORADIONEWS.COM are any indication the station is playing some songs that we haven’t heard for a while. Cool.

While I am on the subject of radio. Remember when radio was fun, local, hell! even live? Now, well if you think you are hearing a �live� dj and it is after 10 am, call-No one will answer? Try the web, no response �till the morning. �IM� Yeah, right. OK, Caves and Prater are live at 4:00, but almost always that DJ is long gone by the time he�s �on the air�.

Sometimes they are not even in town!!! A Wall Street Journal article exposed a California based dj that was �Live� in Boise and Salem. BEAM ME to BOISE, Scotty. No Scotty, I meant Salem>>>.

USA Today wrote yesterday (5/12/05) that radio listening is off by 9%. Wonder why the big radio companies haven’t blamed illegal downloads, like RIAA has? Blame the same old songs, nothing local and certainly no fun. Maybe KDJQ will be different.

Had a run of bad food and bad service of late. Normally I avoid the negative. If I eat somewhere and the food is bad, I�ll talk about the atmosphere. If the atmosphere is off, there is usually a smiling cook or server to recommend. If everything is bad no review.

At the girls suggestion we all went to Merritt’s last weekend. Once a long way out of town and the Mecca of late night drunks and smokers, she assured us that it had changed. Remembering, fluffy scones and great breakfast, off we went.

Let�s just say. . . no review.

If it is at the new Shakers, we’ve heard that the answer may be that she left without a drink. No Joke. This new bar’s name must come from a dance — not the tool used to make Martinis. Sounds like no one
behind the plank can use a “shaker strainer.”

Call this a confirmed rumor. Track trickster Arnel Jones is trying his luck at the �New Riders� bar. That�s the short lived grille almost under the freeway at 16th or 17th and Grove. After the destruction both literally and figuratively of Dino�s, Shorty�s and the Les Bois you gotta� wonder who�s name the liquor license will be in. Good Luck to the banker and the landlord!

The good news is I have been a bit busy of late, the bad news, not much time to write. So here is another quick music list.
May 20, 21, 22
Eagle Island Experience Festival “Blues Night” - Headliner Too Slim & The Taildraggers.�For more about Too Slim - www.tooslim.org
Eagle Island has grown into one of the best fests of the year. With the Sunny Slope Blues Festival gone, make the most of Blues Night.

Wild Rose Manor in Caldwell, ID presents a Summer Concert Series to benefit Hope’s Door-a women and children’s shelter.� Concerts begin at 4:00 pm and end at 8:00 pm on each date.
May 22nd, Billy Mitchell
May 29th - Hoochie Coochie Men
June 5th - Betty Adams.
Other local and regional bands to be announced.� Adults $10.00, 6 - 16 $5.00, and 5 & under are free.� Seating is limited.� For information or ticket sales please call 454-3331.� Located at 5800 Oasis Rd. Caldwell, ID� - Take I-84 and Exit 17 (Sandhollow)

If you haven�t heard Alive After Five is going to have real music this year. Maybe all the bitching we have done has reached the right ears. Mike Bunell from the Record Exchange has taken the reins. There are even-Get This-BLUES bands . . .
May 18 — Pinto Bennett & Friends
June 1 — Almost Dangerous
June 8 — Too Slim & the Trailgraggers
July 13 — Duffy Bishop
Alive After Five is held at the Grove every Wednesday through out the summer. It used to be the place to be seen for all the hip business types. Maybe again.

Also, Diminutive Joplin cloner Cyndie Lee will be at Kats House of Blues (downtown Nampa) June 3rd & 4th.

The BBS picnic Is set for July 17th.
Whew!

Dawson Taylor Downtown has been good enough to allow me to exhibit another group of photos. Each was taken within walking distance of the coffee shop. 219 8th street.
Hope you can take the time to look at these images.