Reduced

It was a dark and stormy night.

Wait a minute. No it wasn’t. Last night was a gorgeous, clear, warm, perfect summer night.

I was drinking dark and stormys.

About 18 too many of them, by the feel of things today.

Anyway. It was a spectacular Labor Day and Labor Day weekend around these parts, with a party every day and loads of friends and great food and delicious beverages. And the highlight of the weekend was the annual Reducers show at Ocean Beach on Saturday.

That day, actually, was overcast, and the fog rolled in crazily, which lent the show an added element of Wow.
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My girl Sweet Jennie was there. Of course she was. Everybody was there.

Jennie wore her Dancin' Shoes. Naturally.

The show’s great because it’s right on the boardwalk of the beach.

So you can drink at the bar,

Or you can dance.

Or, if you’re me, you can bring your own margaritas and drink and dance simultaneously.

These guys have been at it for 30 years. My friend Rick wrote a wonderful, long, in-depth story about these guys in the local paper, and I don't know how long you can read it online before you have to pay for it (as IF), but it's there now, and it's great.

The gist of Rick's story is that they're really good. And fun. Which, of course, everbody who's been going to Reducers shows for years already knows.

After all these years, the peeps still come out in droves and dance like crazy loons.

This year's show featured the next generation of Reducers fans, dancing in front of Steve, who are young and fit and half naked and sweat a lot.

Oh, hello Petah!
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Mistah kept sprinting back to the Westy (really!) to get the camera. There are a lot of weirdly-colored shots that looked great that night but not so much in the sober light of day.

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I love Tommy's drumstick in this one, though. Not only is the man a drumming machine, he makes a mean grilled (like on his charcoal grill) pizza.

And Mistah nailed it with this shot of Hugh, with the spooky stage lights and swirling fog. Their next album cover, I'm thinking?

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It was an awesome night and a rockin' show and every person at OB had a blast.

Rave on, boys.