Tantric continues to evolve, ready to perform in Bay City and Flint with Adema and Burn Halo

There are two constants keeping Tantric attached to the band's roots. The first is the only remaining original member, lead singer and writer Hugo Ferreira, who helped form the alternative metal rock band in 1999. The second is the band's continued love of performing in Michigan and Flint's Machine Shop, 3539 S. Dort Highway.

Dating after 50

Maybe it's because I'm riding the fence between middle age and the abyss, and friends sometimes call me a rookie geezer, but when I'm asked what I did over the weekend, the word "girlfriend" sticks in my throat, a hand grenade threatening to go off.

Folk-punk player "Happy Ron" Hill has season tickets to the Old Globe

That album, produced by Sven-Erik Seaholm, includes titles such as “All She Needs Is a Spankin’,” “The No Tantric Woman Blues,” and “Dickless Wonder.” Among the two dozen local guest players are Kelsea Little (the Wrong Trousers), Robin Henkel, and Cathryn Beeks.

Tickets for future shows, 9/3/10

Dead Prez w/special guests. Today, Summit Music Hall, $15. sodajerkpresents.com

Turtle Watching in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua

On our first night at Pelican Eyes Hotel, my mom penciled us in for a midnight adventure tour to see turtles nesting on a beach one hour north of San Juan del Sur (near Playa Maderas). We boarded a boat/bus with two benches placed back-to-back, with steel poles girding us from beside and above.