It sure was easy chatting up the crowd at the Wood Brothers show at the Paradise club in Boston on Saturday night.
It was pouring rain, and I heard people’s shoes squeak as they came down the hall!

But everyone brightened up about HOMEGROWN food, farming, growing, cooking, and what to do with rutabega—yes, one guy wondered about that!   And there was only one identified Convenience Store Culinarian, ribbed by her pals.  They said they don’t even let her in the kitchen!  Most people said, yeah, I like all that stuff!  From the students who just moved into a sustainability house on the Wellesley College campus to the guy who composts, and doesn’t even have a garden, it was a HOMEGROWN crowd.

And those Wood Brothers make music!  Very cool guys, delicious lyrics, a lot of groove.  “I got a soul that I won’t sell.”

HOMEGROWN.org will be at the Melvins with Big Business show this weekend, talking to folks about where our food comes from. If you’re going to the show, stop by on your way in - we’ll give you some cool stuff. We’re hoping to get King Buzzo to wear a Cube Farmer sticker!

When: Saturday, August 9th

Where: at the Paradise Rock Club, 967 Commonwealth Ave. in Boston

Doors open at 8PM. Admission is $16.50.

***Post-show update***

Sold out show, lots of new songs from the Melvins/Big Business hybrid, and confirmation that seersucker is the new black.

Big Business’ Jared Warren sings the Star Spangled Banner with Melvins.

The club was enchanted last night by Joseph Arthur and the opener, Anna
Ternheim. Both sets were acoustic and had the audience stunned to silence
until the last note. I enjoyed the banter the artists had with the audience
almost as much as the music.

Before the show I talked to people as they made their way in to the venue. It was great to be able to chat with people about the sources of their food and the HOMEGROWN lifestyle, and they were excited to learn about a place online to share their thoughts!

Here is my husband Cory proudly stating what kind of HOMEGROWN he is: