Greetings, Wrecking Crew,

I hope this newsletter finds you well.

Does it bore you when people talk about the weather? Okay, then scroll down a few paragraphs.

WEATHER KVETCHING BEGINS HERE

For the rest o’ youse, I’m here to share my delight that a cold front came in yesterday in the late-afternoon and scared away the nasty heat wave that was plaguing us for most of the week. I slept really well last night.

I accept that Vermont does get a few hot and humid days every year, but it’s too many for Wendo nowadays. I did not move this far north for this mishegas.

WEATHER KVETCHING ENDS HERE

Last week I lost my appetite, then got really hungry, got woozy, schvitzed bullets, hadda change my clothes twice a day, got a rash, had to replace my electrolytes a buncha times…

But I still managed to have fun now and then. Particularly on Thursday night, when I had a delightful dinner with a dear friend in Turners Falls, MA.

As we were approaching the restaurant, another friend I know from WFMU suddenly appeared on the porch and caused me much cognitive dissonance.

HE LIVES IN BROOKLYN!
What is he doing on the porch of The Rendezvous?!?

Well, he and his sweetheart, whom I also adore, were in the restaurant with their friends and they looked out the window and saw lil’ ol’ me and had to go confirm this wondrous sighting.

Schvitzy hugging commenced!

After dinner I gallivanted next door to a music venue to see one of my favorite Western MA bands play. That band is called Animal Piss, It’s Everywhere.
What luck that this show was happening on the same night as my dinner date!

I really needed to have fun, and I did.
The music was great (there were two other acts on the bill and I loved their sets, too).
I saw MANY people I like quite a lot. I made some new friends. I had fun conversations. I was handed some new CDs by a friend. I felt very good and appreciated and loved.

After the show it felt like New Orleans just outside the venue. People were smoking and laughing, the air was heavy with moisture, and at a quarter-to-midnight it was effin’ 83F. WTF, dude?!

Oh whoops. I was complaining about the weather again and I didn’t warn you.

I’m going away soon for a loooong vacation to the Pacific Northwest. I really hope it’s cold and rainy there. I love that shit.

Here’s the upcoming Wreck schedule:

This week and next week I’m doing my regular show from the regular location.

I’m doing my show the first Monday I’m away, July 20, from a SECRET LOCATION with a SPECIAL GUEST! Where and with whom? You’ll have to tune in to find out.

The following Monday,July 27, Mary Wing and her great show, 100% Whatever, is filling in.

The Monday after that, Aug 3, my friend Charlie and his fabulous show, Busy Doing Nothing, is filling in.

Then I’ll be back with tons of stories.

Meanwhile, tune in tomorrow to Wreck Your Own Adventure, my radio program which airs on WFMU’s Give the Drummer Radio every Monday from 9am-noon (ET).

Here’s the link that’ll take you right to it, whether you’re listening live or on the archives: https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/166080

See you on the radio!
xo,
-Wendy del Formaggio