. . . day at the beach
I'm just not sure which
Is it Sunday or Saturday?
Or maybe Monday?
It really doesn't matter at all
And not because I do not care!
It's because regardless of what
The calendar says
This day is brand new
And beautiful
And brings with it the promise
Of many and new opportunities
To live, love, create, enjoy, ruminate
Or, conversely, do nothing
Absolutely nothing
In any case, it's beginning now
As you can see
And I intend to make the very best of it
As I will do again tomorrow
Friday, March 1st, 2019
99 SEA LEVEL
OHO Duo (Jay & Ray) - 8:00PM
99 Hollywood St
Bethany Beach, DE19930
United States
(302) 539-0299
Price: NA
OHO (duo Jay & Ray) brings OHO's (visit www.ohomusic.com) original, rock/prog/folk/jazz/pop music and sophisticated, thought-provoking covers to 99 Sea Level, a stunning oceanfront restaurant; home to Chef Danio Somoza, whose farm to table philosophy is bolstered by a unique culinary landscape. 99 Sea Level sources from local fisheries, farms, and orchards to bring excellence and innovation together on the plate. From select meats to local seafood and vegetarian fare, freshness meets inspiration that is perfect for everything from romantic evenings to lively gatherings. Experience the extensive, rotating wine list by the glass or bottle, which pair perfectly with seasonal menus. Hope to see you there.
Saturday, March 16th, 2019
BOURBON STREET ON THE BEACH
OHO Duo (Jay & Ray) - 3:00PM
Coastal Highway & 116th Street
Ocean City, MD21842
443-664-2896
Price: NA
OHO (2/3s of OHO-Jay & Ray) offer a selection of heartfelt original songs combined with some sophisticated, albeit obscure (but not all) covers for your dancing, dining and drinking pleasure at one of Ocean City's most underrated eateries- Bourbon Street on the Beach, featuring chef (and owner) Barry Lee Reichart! Obviously a win - win kind of an evening. See you there.
Friday, May 3rd, 2019
99 SEA LEVEL
OHO Duo (Jay & Ray) - 4:00PM
99 Hollywood St
Bethany Beach, DE19930
USA
(302) 539-0299
Price: NA
OHO (duo Jay & Ray) brings OHO's (visit www.ohomusic.com) original, rock/prog/folk/jazz/pop music and sophisticated, thought-provoking covers to 99 Sea Level, a stunning oceanfront restaurant; home to Chef Danio Somoza, whose farm to table philosophy is bolstered by a unique culinary landscape. 99 Sea Level sources from local fisheries, farms, and orchards to bring excellence and innovation together on the plate. From select meats to local seafood and vegetarian fare, freshness meets inspiration that is perfect for everything from romantic evenings to lively gatherings. Experience the extensive, rotating wine list by the glass or bottle, which pair perfectly with seasonal menus. Hope to see you there.
(from https://www.facebook.com/TheIdesOfTrump/)
"Mark your calendar for November 6, 2018!
This is the date in which 33 senate seats, all 435 seats in the House of Representatives, and 39 state and territorial governorships (and numerous state and local elections) will be up for re-election.
Don't pencil it in. Use ink! Put it on your calendar, put it in the church bulletin, share the date with your sorors, frat brothers and other organizational connects. Is your family registered to vote? Make sure they register and help others register too.
Please become familiar with the issues. Nothing worse than an uninformed voter. I'm just sayin'. Be prepared to be an informed voter. No more complaining about what is. Develop a strategy for what you want it to be. Start planning and acting! (And pass this around by cutting and pasting yourself to ensure people see it!)"
Friday, May 13, 2016
OHO's Jay & David (with some special guests) @ Bourbon Street On The Beach
Coastal Highway & 116th Street, Ocean City, MD 21842 (United States) - Map
443-664-2896Set: 3:00 PM
All Ages
Friday, May 20, 2016
OHO at Johnny's Pizza & Pub @ Johnny's Pizza & Pub
5601 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD 21842 (United States) - Map
(410) 524-7499Set: 10:00 PM
All Ages
Friday, July 8, 2016
OHOmusic @ Bourbon Street On The Beach
Coastal Highway & 116th Street, Ocean City, MD 21842 (United States) - Map
4436642896Set: 3:00 PM
All Ages
Tickets: na
Saturday, June 18, 2016
Ray Jozwiak - Gonzo Piano
Elk Run Harvest Jazz Festival @ Elk Run Vineyards
15113 Liberty Rd., Mount Airy, MD (United States) - Map
8004142513Set: 12:00 PM
All Ages
Tickets: $15.00
Saturday, July 23, 2016
OHO
Warren's Park Annual Block Party @ Warren's Park
5101 Coastal Hwy, Ocean City, MD 21842 (United States) - Map
(410) 524-0012Set: 4:00 PM
All Ages
Tickets: Covered Dish
Saturday, August 6, 2016
OHO @ Bourbon Street On The Beach
Coastal Highway & 116th Street, Ocean City, MD 21842 (United States) - Map
443-664-2896Set: 6:00 PM
All Ages
Tickets: no cover
Saturday, August 13, 2016
OHO at Johnny's Pizza & Pub @ Johnny's Pizza & Pub
5601 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD 21842 (United States) - Map
(410) 524-7499Set: 10:00 PM
All Ages
Friday, August 26, 2016
OHO
Wine Down Fridays at Elk Run @ Elk Run Vineyards
15113 Liberty Rd., Mount Airy, MD (United States) - Map
8004142513Set: 6:00 PM
All Ages
Tickets: na
Sunday, December 29, 2019
Just Jay (Jay Graboski of OHO most Sundays with occasional special guest performers. Call 443-664-2896) @ Bourbon Street On The Beach
Coastal Highway & 116th Street, Ocean City, MD 21842 (United States) - Map
443-664-2896Set: 4:00 PM
All Ages
Tickets: no cover
My latest solo offering, No Frills, is now available at - No Frills
(To Access all Ray Jozwiak - Gonzo Piano music you can copy-and-paste this URL directly to
your browser: http://http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/RayJozwiak)
OHO brings their unique, time-tested brand of pop/prog/folk/jazz-rock to the rolling hills of Mt Airy to be savored with some of the best wine in the region. OHO is Jay Graboski, David Reeve & Ray Jozwiak.
OHO's "Ocean City Ditty," the CD single is now available at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/oho4
(and, if you're in town, at Trax On Wax on Frederick Rd. in Catonsville, MD) OHO is Jay Graboski, David Reeve & Ray Jozwiak. Please Visit http://www.ohomusic.com
My latest solo offering, Just More Music by Ray Jozwiak, featuring original, instrumental piano music will be released April 7, 2014 Just More Music by Ray Jozwiak
(To Access all Ray Jozwiak - Gonzo Piano music you can copy-and-paste this URL directly to
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I have a day-to-day calendar called "S is for Stupid" by Leland Gregory which displays one factual and truly stupid fact for each day of the year. Very amusing. Sometimes controversial. ALWAYS stupid.
While driving home from an Oho rehearsal the other night, I spotted something that could very well qualify for the cover of the day-to-day calendar "S is for Stupid". At least it appeared stupid to me in its imprecision as well as its chauvinism. I really don't know what the man was trying to tell me. I also do not believe he is a member of the Green or the Justice political parties.
I don't recall the exact punctuation, but the message, appearing on the spare-tire cover mounted at the rear of an SUV stated:
"Women, Guns, Freedom - America"
I believe I will be writing to Leland Gregory very soon.
(http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/comment/columnists/joe-bennett/8324052/Meteor-message-for-unbelievers%5C) by Joe Bennett An amazing thing happened in Switzerland last weekend during the annual Peace and Light Symposium. This inter-faith conference, renowned for its catering, had attracted leaders from every major belief system. Top of this year's agenda was the Russian meteor. All the theologians except the Archimandrite of Easter Island had seen it on television and were frightfully excited.
At the plenary session, held in the Davos Convention Centre, the Peace and Light Moderator told journalists that despite two days of commitment to the gravy train, the thinkers had been unable to reach a consensus on the meaning of the meteor. So the various factions would present their conclusions separately.
First to step to the microphone was a mullah, gravely wiping crumbs of strawberry gateau from his beard. "God is not mocked," he said. "And neither are his faithful followers. So when a member of the New Zealand Parliament chooses to denounce all 2 billion of us as misogynist troglodytes from Wogistan, it is hardly surprising that He should choose to express his wrath meteorically."
A journalist interrupted to ask why the meteor should have been biffed at Russia rather than New Zealand, but the mullah was not fazed. "Do you have any idea where New Zealand is?" he asked.
The journalist shook his head and conceded the point.
Next up was a cardinal from Omen Dei (De Imaginis in Pane Immolatis), the powerful Vatican committee for the interpretation of portents, cloud shapes and pieces of toast burnt with the image of the Virgin. "With all due respect to my friend the mullah," he began in Latin, "God could hardly have spoken more clearly. In the same week as the Holy Father resigns, whoompha. Coincidence? I don't think so. Our Almighty has a long history of communicating through celestial show, and this meteor is a clear warning to the Russian Orthodox church and other eastern schismatics. Now is the time for them to renounce their heresy and to return to the one true mother church. And I am assured by the Vatican Bank Enforcement Division that a suitable accommodation can be reached with regard to centuries of unpaid . . . "
"Poppycock," exclaimed a small man, leaping to his feet and shrugging off a straitjacket in what looked like a practised manoeuvre. He grabbed the cardinal by the chasubles and flung him into the wings, to applause from the Eastern Orthodox churches.
Seizing the microphone the little man glared at the gathering with eyes that swivelled independently. "As president of the Mayan Calendar Straw Clutchers I am thrilled to announce the imminent end of the world. We were right, you were wrong, so suck on that, sceptics."
"Wasn't it meant to be December?" shouted a journalist.
"What's a few months in an 18,000-year calendar cycle?" bellowed the little man with glee. "We're talking stone-age people here. They didn't have digital calculators, you know. We're all going to die."
"I refuse to share a stage with a doom-saying poltroon," exclaimed a Texan Baptist, rising to his enormous feet.
"Not so fast, big boy," exclaimed the swivel-eyed Mayan. "All of you have got a doomsday scenario, same as we have. Fire, brimstone, rapture, apocalyptic horses and so on. We're just the only ones prepared to put a date on it."
But the Texan had seized his chair and was advancing on the little man with obvious intent. Other divines rose to their feet, shouting. An ecclesiastical donnybrook seemed seconds away, with the journos cheering them on. The Archbishop of Canterbury squealed "No violence, please, I beg you," but no one paid him the least attention, which made him feel at home. But then just as the Texan raised the chair above his head there came a mighty crack and the roof of the convention centre split asunder.
The divines fell to their knees as one and gawped in awestruck silence. Above them lay the sweep of the cosmos in the form of a limitless multi-dimensional skittle alley. Meteorites by the billion criss-crossed the alley at dizzying speed.
And as their eyes grew used to the darkness of forever, the clerics made out a huge dim figure hunched in the heart of the cosmos, launching the meteorites arbitrarily into space like intergalactic bowling balls. And though the figure had neither ears to hear with, nor yet eyes to see with, whenever a meteorite struck a celestial body, wiping out a race of dinosaurs here, a whole planet there, a huge and eerie cackle rang through the reaches of eternity.
"Gosh," said the Archimandrite of Easter Island, reaching for an anchovy sandwich.
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(from: http://www.businessinsider.com/the-world-didnt-end-2012-12#ixzz2FgYECchZ)
". . . Well, pinch me if I'm dreaming, but it looks like we're still here. Which means those crazy theories were wrong. Earth was NOT sucked into a giant plack(sic) hole. The sun did NOT enter an apocalyptic "galactic phase." Solar flares did NOT reverse the poles and fry us. Earth did not smash into a giant planet called Nibiru. . . "
Of our the prospect that the end of the Mayan calendar was to the the apocalypse was a view only held by certain few mis-interpreters. But doomsday is certainly a lot more fun that simply turning the page of the calendar.
We here at the homestead had our own theories. One family member had hoped that either aliens from another planet would be visiting us. Or in the case that was not to be, possibly animals would begin speaking in our own language.
Another reluctantly admitted that she hoped a certain high-ranking Washington DC personality would effectively self-destruct.
Myself well, I really didn't formulate anything too specific. The dawning of a new cycle does spark the imagination. But as for wishes of world peace, loving and caring for our fellow man, the dawning of the age of Aquarius were a little to good to be realistic. And besides, such things require a long, slow period of development and cannot simply and magically appear overnight. . . from the rubble of our present situation. . . as it were. . .
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I don't think it's 'popularity' but lately I feel like the calendar is the be-all end-all of my life. And as I do not have a smart phone (smart phones and dumb owners do not a compatible relationship make) I fumble with trying to make calendar entries on my dumb phone, foul them up, then forget the date against which I was making an entry in the first place.
And since I am such a klutz, pen and paper would simply not work for me. I would most certainly drop the pen at every opportunity or have the ink leak in my shirt pocket and last but not least, how could I possibly remember to take that with me everywhere I go???
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