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Friday, May 13, 2011

Winnie Byrd, Lindsay Clark, Ed Masuga & Brass Menazeri's Chasing the Moon Sunday! Panic is Perfect, Dina Maccabee, Indianna Hale, & Ava Mendoza Tues. May 24th!


hey everyone,
hope you all are well. this sunday is the third one of the month + the full moon is next week, so it's time for another seaweedsway showcase + chasing the moon episode premiere at the make-out room! we have an extra special folky lineup this time, with winnie byrd (featuring davyd nereo from beatbeat whisper), lindsay clark (in town from portland), and ed masuga + brass menazeri's chasing the moon premiere... jeremy dalmas & the absurdists are going to be reading lewis carroll poems in between! would love to see you there!!




tuesday may 24th is a special edition seaweedsway show w/ panic is perfect, dina maccabee, indianna hale, and ava mendoza (bob dylan's birthday!) @ amnesia.



then please save your memorial day evening for conspiracy of venus's season finale show at the rickshaw stop, opening for dustin o'halloran w/ the magik*magik string quartet, presented by seaweedsway & the songbird festival.

i'm in minnesota at the moment so the list is short... please http://facebook.com/theseaweedsway & the calendar http://bit.ly/seaweedswaycalendar for regular updates on recommended events! 
recommended seaweedsway shows
May 15th - Sunday
A Very Folky SeaweedSway Showcase w/ Winnie Byrd, Lindsay Clark, & Ed Masuga + Brass Menazeri's Chasing the Moon @ the Make-Out Room! 
7:30 doors. show @ 8. 
Winnie Byrd!
http://soundcloud.com/winniebyrd
 http://www.facebook.com/pages/Winnie-Byrd/202054589807069
 Lindsay Clark 
 http://www.facebook.com/lindsayclarkmusic
 http://lindsayclark.bandcamp.com/
 Ed Masuga
 http://edmasuga.com/
 http://facebook.com/edmasuga
 http://myspace.com/edmasuga
 +Brass Menazeri's Chasing the Moon video premiere
 http://chasingthemoon.pdcst.com
 http://brass.menazeri.com
and as always, THE ABSURDISTS who this month will be acting out the Poetry of the original Dada master: Lewis Carroll!
You can't wait!! -Jeremy Michael
 President of Presidents,
Wyrmmaster
May 24th - Tuesday
SeaweedSway Presents, on Bob Dylan's Birthday: Panic is Perfect, Dina Maccabee, Indianna Hale, & Ava Mendoza at Amnesia. 9pm. come early if you wanna join in the weekly open mic! (7-9) ... $7

PANIC IS PERFECT
Incorporating afro – pop rhythms, retro synthesized sounds with well crafted song writing and pseudo-spiritual lyrical sensibilities Panic is Perfect has created their own brand of quirky eclectic indie dance pop.


Jeremy Belzer and Mike Hoffman officially started the group as an acoustic duo while traveling in south India together in the spring of 2010. Since then the San Francisco based group has evolved into the 5-piece band it is today. They are currently working on their debut album set to be released in the fall of 2011.


http://www.facebook.com/panicisperfect
 DINA MACCABEE
 Dina Maccabee is a violist, violinist, vocalist, and songwriter living in San Francisco. Her new album of original songs was released on October 12, 2010 in collaboration with Toby Summerfield on Antephonic Records. In addition to her work with Ramon and Jessica and Real Vocal String Quartet, she performs in many styles and many bands, from Middle Eastern Psych Rock to 60′s Brazilian Tropicalia. Through the vehicle of the Dina Maccabee "solo" project -- which to date has incorporated many of her top-favorite fellow musicians including Summerfield, drummers Eric Kuhn and Ezra Lipp, guitarists Roger Riedlbauer and Josh Tillinghast, bassists Tom Edler and Joe Lewis, and cellist Jessica Ivry -- she aims to write and perform concise, expressive new songs that resonate like those she returns to over and over again as a listener. http://www.antephonic.com/artists/dina-maccabee.php
 http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dina-Maccabee-Band/173843127230
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPjiSMc_LzY ("Driving is Fun" video)


INDIANNA HALE
While her greatest influence is a good friend Matt McCluer, Indianna’s writing style developed with notable inspiration from Hank Williams, the Staple Singers, and the Magnetic Fields.  She now plays with a supporting band and takes inspiration mostly from “…Sunshine, riding bikes and the salty wind of the beach. It’s California rock, filtered through a ‘lonesome gospel pedal', with a little country swing and a splash of rain.”  

“…a sweet caress of a voice that sounds like something from another era.  The way she warbles a tune is beautiful and mesmerizing, a soft creation you want to crawl inside and dream the day away with,”  Rich Kane, OC Weekly. 
http://www.myspace.com/indiannahale
http://chasingthemoon.pdcst.com/2009/01/indianna_hale/

 AVA MENDOZA
Guitarist Ava Mendoza starts from old melodies already tattooed on your brain, then applies sufficient heat to peel that paint leaving you re-pinked and wondering what’s next. What’s next are original compositions, heavy, gorgeous, oddly reverby, layers that build, blister and flake away to alight indelibly on your mind. Just as Mendoza reprises those traditional tunes, you discover she’s walked you far into a lost countryside. How, or whether, to get back will be your own business. 
May 30th - Monday
SeaweedSway & the Songbird Festival Present: Dustin O'Halloran w/ the Magik*Magik String Quartet + Conspiracy of Venus at the Rickshaw Stop!
       

extra bonus things.


YOGA CLASSES Saturday & Sunday: I teach yoga classes weekly on Saturdays & Sundays at the Yoga Loft. Saturday's Gentle Hatha class is now at 10:45-12pm. Sunday's Restorative Class from 6:30-8pm. Each class is only $10! Check out http://theloftsf.com & http://seaweedswayyoga.blogspot.com for more details. I'd love to see you there! 321 divisadero st. @ page. (I

New Parlour to Parlour episode with Ash Reiter. Each month, Popdose.com contributor Michael Fortes is peeking into artists' homes and creative processes to discover a bit of what's behind the songs and what makes them tick, this year focusing on a snippet of the Bay Area music scene, with lots of Seaweed Sway favorites. You can see the full Ash Reiter musical report here: http://popdose.com/parlour-to-parlour-episode-29-ash-reiter Also check out past episodes of the Beehavers, FpodBpod & the Blank Tapes, and stay tuned for future episodes! Thanks to Garrett Eaton for the awesome video footage. 

Seaweed for Sale! 
my friend Kacie Loparto is returning to Maine where she has lots & lots of seaweed that she hand-harvested, and she's going to be shipping me a big order of it. if you know you want some, please get in touch. either email Kacie Loparto @ she.sells.seaweed@gmail.com or contact me @ seaweedsway@gmail.com to place an order. there are 2oz bags ($7) of kombu, nori, dulse, wakame, kelp & a special soup mix blend ($10). i intend to keep selling seaweed at seaweed sway shows too, so give a heads up if you want some!
il gato has a new video for the song "On Feathers & Arrows (on Burnt Pine)"! The B&W video is composed of archived video footage around San Francisco from he 1920s and 1930s. http://www.vimeo.com/18936235

Devotionals made a video for their song "Misericordia"! http://vimeo.com/19547825 
TINY ANTENNA HAVE LARGE RECEPTORS Radio Show with Elia Vargas on Pirate Cat Collective Radio every Monday 6-8pm. He's been having lots of SeaweedSway bands - Michael Musika, The Beehavers, Helene Renaut, Sugar Candy Mountain & Ash Reiter, Dina Maccabee, Ever Isles, Magic Leaves, il gato, & more. You can stream it live from anywhere and hear past shows at http://pcrcollective.org (new link).
LOST PURPLE CAMERA - I lost my new little purple camera at the Make-Out Room SeaweedSway show on my birthday February 20th! it was in a little purple case. did you see it?? let me know if you found it or have any leads! thanks! HOUSING LIST - post or sign up: if you're looking for housing in the sf bay, sign up to receive emails or browse recent posts at http://groups.google.com/group/looking-for-housing / it's a google group i started to help pass along rooms for rent. please post any good room openings to looking-for-housing@googlegroups.com! JOB LIST - post or sign up: http://groups.google.com/group/looking-for-jobs-in-sf-bay-area send me job announcements please!! this list is a little slow right now...

connect with Seaweed Sway in other realms.
Thank you for reading & participating in community events!! This is a weekly or so list of bay area music shows, with a few yoga & nature events mixed in. Please submit events in the format above a couple of weeks in advance (& send a reminder if you think of it). Thank you!
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011

SUNDAY: Winnie Byrd, Lindsay Clark, & Ed Masuga + Brass Menazeri's Chasing the Moon @ MAKE-OUT ROOM!


Sunday May 15th
A Very Folky SeaweedSway Showcase with
Winnie Byrd
Lindsay Clark
Ed Masuga
plus
Brass Menazeri's Chasing the Moon video podcast
with your hostsJeremy Dalmas & the Absurdists
at the Make-Out Room

Address: 3225 22nd St. between Valencia & Mission Streets
Tickets: $7 at the door
Venue: http://makeoutroom.com
RSVP on facebook: http://bit.ly/may15rsvp
Time: 7:30-11pm
Press Inquiries, please contact Jessie Woletz, seaweedsway@gmail.com

Folk music is back in full force at the next SeaweedSway Showcase, Sunday May 15th. The night features Winnie Byrd, an electric folk ensemble featuring Davyd Nereo from BeatBeat Whisper and some ghost-believing best friends he's met along the way (see story below). We're happy to have Lindsay Clark stopping by on her way through from Portland, Oregon, gracing us with her ethereal voice and intricately fingerpicked guitar and banjo. Ed Masuga, a "finger-picking maniac", will woo us with his one-man folk and blues orchestra of beautiful clanks and calls.

In addition to this folky goodness, we are celebrating the full flower moon that falls on May 17th, with the release of Brass Menazeri's Chasing the Moon episode. Brass Menažeri is San Francisco’s original & hottest Balkan Romani (“Gypsy”) Brass Band. Chasing the Moon is a high quality local music video podcast that comes out every full moon. We celebrate it with a live show and screening of the new episode on or near the full moon each month. Don't miss out!!

Flyer hand-drawn by Julie Crossman (of the Absurdists)

Below are links and stories about the bands and the full moon podcast... Any help spreading the word is greatly appreciated.

Winnie Byrd
Electric Folk Ensemble w/ Davyd Nereo from BeatBeat Whisper, Brian Pfeiffer, Katie Colver, & Rene Carranza.

Like all great stories, our story begins in a graveyard with a group of best friends practicing black magic. But we didn’t know we were practicing black magic, or that it was a graveyard. We just thought we were playing Harry Potter Clue in Berkeley Bowl West’s new parking lot, when a real life ghost suddenly appeared in the middle of the board, knocked over all of the pieces, and shouted, “It was HERMIONE GRANGER in the GREAT HALL with the MUGWART!”

Before we could process what was happening, Davyd was already screaming, “Damn you ghost! And damn that fatal beauty for killing poor Harry. Everything is ruined. Go away, ghost. We don’t want you here anymore.”

The ghost looked pained, kind of like the time Casper first realized he had died, but ghosts need to get used to having their feelings hurt. No one likes them, so the ghost began to leave in a very ghostly fashion.

“I’m about to disappear completely and forever,” said the Ghost, who was already about 80% transparent. “But here is some unsolicited advice: you guys should start a band.”

“Okay Mister Ghost, but what should we call ourselves?” asked Rene.

But before the ghost could answer, he disappeared 100%, leaving behind only a garbage bill that fell out of his ghost pocket. That piece of ghost paper absolutely proves we’re not just making this up. We lost it somewhere, though, and now the payment is way past due, but we never forgot the name that was on the bill. And what was that name?

That name was Winnie Byrd.
http://soundcloud.com/winniebyrd
http://www.myspace.com/winniebyrd
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Winnie-Byrd/202054589807069

Lindsay Clark
Lindsay Clark, a guitarist and folk singer based in Portland, OR, was born and raised in a small California mountain town in the foothills of the Sierras, to a forest ranger father, and a mother who teaches languages.  She began writing poetry as a child and spent years studying classical piano and violin, but was always drawn toward folk and traditional music, eventually coming to find her place as a songwriter.

After leaving Nevada City, Lindsay spent time on the coast of Santa Cruz, CA and in Boston, MA, where she performed with east coast friends like Nat Baldwin (of Dirty Projectors), Matt Bauer, and Casey Dienel (of the now Portland based White Hinterland), as well attending music school, before settling  in Portland in 2009.  Her music is steeped in images of nature, which she uses both as symbol and as a framework in which to place thoughts on relationships, love, family, and spiritual growth. They are sung over spacious and intricately finger picked guitar and banjo.

A collection of songs written during the end of her time in Boston became her latest record, "Home of the Brave", recorded with Sean Ogilvie (of Portland folk ensemble Musée Mecanique) at his & acclaimed songstress Laura Gibson's home in Sellwood, OR.  Taking almost a year to complete, the record has nine songs, featuring guitar, mandolin, alto flute, piano, and violin by Anton Patzner (who has performed with Bright Eyes and Mates of State, among others).

Lindsay is currently searching for a label but will release a small pressing of the record in mid summer (it will also be available digitally in June). She will be touring west coast cities in May and again in August in support.  Future plans include recording again later this year, attending an artist outpost with Signal Fire Arts (signalfirearts.org), growing a butterfly garden, and collaborating with other musicians.
http://www.facebook.com/lindsayclarkmusic
http://lindsayclark.bandcamp.com/

Ed Masuga
Ed Masuga is a finger-picking maniac; a one man folk and blues orchestra of beautiful clanks and calls. At two years old he saw his dad compete on the game show "Name That Tune," and though the appearance netted just a jukebox and a trip to Puerto Rico, Ed's future as a traveling musician had been fully inspired.
http://edmasuga.com
http://facebook.com/edmasuga
http://myspace.com/edmasuga

Brass Menazeri's Chasing the Moon
We are premiering Brass Menazeri's episode of Chasing the Moon in honor of the full flower moon a couple of days later.

Brass Menažeri (pronounced “Menagerie”) is San Francisco’s original & hottest Balkan Romani (“Gypsy”) Brass Band. Our music cascades through Serbia, Macedonia, Bosnia, Greece & even Rajasthan with wild rhythms, new sensibilities, innovative arrangements & original compositions, expanding the traditions while we remain rooted within them.
http://brass.menazeri.com

Chasing the Moon is a monthly local music video podcast that is celebrated with a live show and screening of the new episode near the full moon each month. See past episodes of Quinn DeVeaux, Thao & Mirah, Birds & Batteries, John Vanderslice, Sonya Cotton, Indianna Hale, Michael Musika, Silian Rail, Slow Motion Cowboys, Oona, Judgement Day, Lavay Smith, Foxtails Brigade, Steve Taylor, Kacey Johansing, TaughtMe, the Devotionals, Magic Leaves, Sea of Bees, Ever Isles, Sonny & the Sunsets, & Gojogo.
http://chasingthemoon.pdcst.com

Full Flower Moon
"Full Flower Moon – May In most areas, flowers are abundant everywhere during this time. Thus, the name of this Moon. Other names include the Full Corn Planting Moon, or the Milk Moon." - from the Farmers Almanac website below.
http://www.farmersalmanac.com/full-moon-names

presented by Seaweed Sway
http://facebook.com/theseaweedsway
http://bit.ly/seaweedswaycalendar (google calendar of events)
http://groups.google.com/group/seaweed-sway (weekly email list of events)
http://bit.ly/seaweedswaystory (project background)
For more info contact: Jessie Woletz, seaweedsway@gmail.com

Thanks for supporting local music!!
To receive notices of extra special SeaweedSway shows & events, please join the SeaweedSway Press List Google Group here: http://groups.google.com/group/seaweedsway-press 
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Tonite! Emily Jane White, Helene Renaut Record Release, Ed Masuga @ Cafe du Nord! Friday: Matt Adams' Bday Party w/ Blank Tapes & Friends! Friday 3/18 Michael Musika Seance of Spells

Happy belated International Women's Day and Mardi Gras! ...Here are 3 upcoming events that SeaweedSway is presenting + a longer list of good shows + a few more news and announcements below that!... This list is meant to be passed on, please forward to friends who are looking for stuff to do or new music to check out and thanks as always for receiving these notices. :)
**Tonight! Wednesday: Hélène Renaut is releasing a real record, the Deer Convention! On vinyl! Emily Jane White and Ed Masuga will be playing too!! At Cafe du Nord. It's a very special night. Hélène's long-awaited album is being released as a limited edition vinyl w/ download card. Recorded by Jason Quever (Papercuts) & with a roster including Matt Montgomery (Adam Haworth Stevens), Donovan Quinn (Skygreen Leopard, 13th Month), Jasmyn Wong (Skygreen Leopards) & members of the Mumlers, you know you're in for a treat. Renaut will be backed by Joe Lewis on upright bass, Russ Blackmar on percussion, Chloe Roth on harmonies, and a mini string section featuring Carey Lamprecht and Deb Fox. Please purchase your ticket now at http://bit.ly/dunordtix!! Watch Hélène's Bumblebee video @ http://vimeo.com/20010598! ...Read a little more from the SF Weekly and The Bay Bridged.
*This Friday: it's Matt Adams' 30th Birthday Party w/ a bunch of favorites playing ~ the Blank Tapes, FpodBpod, Indianna Hale, Sleepy Todd, the Beehavers, and Childlike Divine ~ up in Mikey's attic (aka the Rusty Nail). Ooh gonna be so good & a nice sampling of music for your ears!! Sliding scale $5-10. Bring friends who like good music in cozy places. :)
*Friday March 18th: Michael Musika is finally releasing his novella and album, Spells, at the Rickshaw Stop. Also playing are the Brass Menazeri Brass Band and Toshio Hirano. A night of legends & serious sorcery. dj Zelijko will be closing the show w/ a dance party to continue the dance party. There is a beautiful flyer circulating, look around for one in the places you pass... and reserve your evening for this seance ceremony of the year! Oh yeah, and the Full Worm Moon is the next day, so we're releasing a new episode of Chasing the Moon - this time from Sonny & the Sunsets! Advance purchased tickets earn you extra appreciation & guaranteed entry: http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/27191
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SeaweedSway Events
Below is a list of super-recommended shows. You can find the fuller list here: http://bit.ly/seaweedswaycalendar (click "agenda" for a list version) or go here http://facebook.com/theseaweedsway for regular updates on cool events! 
March 9th - Wednesday - Tonight!!
Emily Jane White, Helene Renaut Record Release, and Ed Masuga at Cafe du Nord, SeaweedSway Presents! http://bit.ly/dunordtix
March 10th - Thursday
Wave Array and Ash Reiter Album Release w/ Buckeye Knoll @ Cafe du Nord
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=187274924623093

March 11th - Friday
Matt Adams' 30th Bday Party @ the Rusty Nail w/ The Blank Tapes, FpodBpod, Indianna Hale, Sleepy Todd, the Beehavers, and Childlike Divine. $5-10. 843 Hayes St. Apt. C @ Fillmore. 8pm. As this is a house, please be courteous of the neighbors & do not hang out in the front + bring considerate friends. :) Drinks & snacks for sale, so bring some extra $$.
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=192203970802628

March 15th - Tuesday
The Beehavers, Sour Mash Hug Band, & Passenger and Pilot @ Bottom of the Hill
March 17th - Thursday
St. Patrick's Day Presents: The Barbary Ghosts & Shameless Seamus and the Aimless Amos's (Obo Martin's extra-Irish side project) at Amnesia
March 18th - Friday
Michael Musika Novella + Album Release seance w/ Brass Menazerie & Toshio Hirano + Sonny and the Sunsets' Chasing the Moon premier for the Full Moon at the Rickshaw Stop, SeaweedSway Presents! http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/27191
March 20th - Sunday
Audiafauna (Santa Cruz), Au Dunes / Graves (Portland), and Ariel Eisen (SF) + Jeremy Dalmas and The Absurdists @ the MakeOut Room, SeaweedSway Showcase! Early 7:30-11pm. $7.
March 25th - Saturday
An Evening of Experimental Americana w/ O'death, Arann Harris & the Farm Band, and Helado Negro @ the Independent, Shelby Ash Presents
628 Divisadero, SF. 415-771-1421. 8:30 doors, 9pm show, $12, 21+. Show info: http://www.shelbyashpresents.net/independent/independent.html
April 8th - Friday
Buxter Hoot'n CD Release Show w/ Nick Jaina and Devotionals at Cafe du Nord
(Devotionals new video for Misericordia: http://vimeo.com/19547825)
also that night...
Woven Screening (Elia Vargas's film), Honeycomb and Ever Isles @ ATA

April 13th - Wednesday
Girls in Trouble, Jascha Hoffman, & poets in the Mission @ Viracocha
The Blank Tapes Album Release, Little Wings, Rad Cloud, Kacey Johansing @ the Great American Music Hall, Loving Cup Presents
April 17th - Sunday
SeaweedSway Showcase w/ Sabrina (pdx) @ the Make-Out Room!
May 7-8th - Saturday & Sunday
Fundraiser for Zambaleta - New Music Venue & School in the Mission - Presented by Joe Lewis - Lineup TBA soon!

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 A few more things:

YOGA CLASSES Saturday & Sunday: I teach yoga classes weekly on Saturdays & Sundays at the Yoga Loft. Saturday is a Gentle Hatha class from 12:45-2pm and Sunday is a Restorative Class from 6:30-8pm. Each class is only $10! Check out http://theloftsf.com and http://seaweedswayyoga.blogspot.com for more details. I'd love to see you there! 321 divisadero st. @ page.
TINY ANTENNA HAVE LARGE RECEPTORS Radio Show: check out past and future episodes of Elia Vargas's show on Pirate Cat Radio - every Monday 6-8pm. He's been having lots of SeaweedSway bands - The Beehavers were 2 weeks ago, Helene Renaut was on this Monday, and Michael Musika is on next Monday. You can stream it live from anywhere and hear past shows at http://pcrcollective.org (new link). HOUSING LIST - post or sign up: if you're looking for housing in the sf bay, sign up to receive emails or browse recent posts at http://groups.google.com/group/looking-for-housing / it's a google group i started to help pass along rooms for rent. please post any good room openings to looking-for-housing@googlegroups.com! JOB LIST - post or sign up: http://groups.google.com/group/looking-for-jobs-in-sf-bay-area send me job announcements please!! this list is a little slow right now...

Devotionals have a new video out!! For the song "Misericordia". The song and video are beautiful and profound - filmed on and around the decay and expanse of the shores of the Salton Sea. the song features Tyson Vogel, Anton Patzner, & Lewis Patzner instrumentally - and the video also features Emily Ritz of Honeycomb. here is the link, please take it in & pass it around if you wish: http://vimeo.com/19547825  Catch them playing on Friday April 8th at Buxter Hoot'n's album release show (Nick Jaina plays too)!! http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=205318579483343
FpodBpod's Sean Olmstead was just interviewed by Popdose.com contributer Michael Fortes, on his music video-interview series, Parlour to Parlour. Each month, Fortes is peeking into artists' homes and creative processes to discover a bit of what's behind the songs and what makes them tick, this year focusing on a snippet of the Bay Area music scene, with lots of Seaweed Sway favorites. And this episode focuses on FpodBpod - rock and roll with a psychedelic soul. You can see Fortes' full FpodBpod musical report here: http://popdose.com/parlour-to-parlour-episode-27-fpodbpod/ and see a performance (w/ Joe Lewis on bass) of unreleased song "Annie": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TF6u5a7ONg Also check out last month's episode of the Blank Tapes, and stay tuned for future episodes! Thanks to Garrett Eaton for the awesome video footage. Catch them playing an acoustic-y set in Mikey's attic this Friday for Matt Adam's 30th birthday! http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=192203970802628

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Connect with Seaweed Sway in other realms:
Thank you for reading and participating in community events!! This is a weekly or so list of bay area music shows, with a few yoga and nature events mixed in. Please submit events in the format above a couple of weeks in advance to seaweedsway@gmail.com. Thank you!
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