brook adams

Languages are more than just words. They express a world view. Some are loose and ambiguous, others technical and precise. Our languages reflect our environmental and social origins.

Behavior is a form of language. We say a lot through our…

A tribute to the Doors…

People are weird, when you're a weirdo.

When you're a weirdo, so is your clone.

People are mumbly, grumbly, and stumbly.

People get hungry, when they get stoned.

When you're weird, insects get trapped in…

Soul food, O' flood us. Nourishing mask.

Block & Blade. Cork & Cask.

Starbuck, chipotle, cinnamon sass. 

Donut Quixote, classical gas.

Sometimes our reach exceeds our grasp. We run for that train but it's already gone, we jump the ditch but fall in the water. When this happens to me, I beat myself up about it. I think that's both good…

A Power Trio is drums, bass, and guitar, with no extra baggage. Consider how many great bands have this configuration. To name a few; The Police, ZZ Top, Cream. Also four piece bands with a lead singer like The Who…

The maple out front is leafing out. The bamboo shoots are exploding. The Photinia is crimson with new sprouts. And so likewise is El Borko ¡Surf! We played last weekend at Deadwood Community center and it was a blast. I…

Sometimes, you gotta sit still. Last year was a relentless flow of performances. I loved it, but by December I felt exhausted and burned out. In addition, El Borko's drummer Cam is in New Orleans until April so No surf…

Do you write for yourself or for others? Does it matter? As a kid, before I could play an instrument, I would make up songs. There was "That House Is Haunted" which sounded a lot like "These Boots Are Made…

I started learning B♭ clarinet in fifth grade. I hated it. I wanted a trumpet, but my folks had a problem with the volume. Anyway, it's hard to learn music when you dislike the sounds you're making, so I gave…

An encounter with "Artificial Stupidity". I posted on an event for a gig today and facebook took the post down calling it "hate speech". What?! I gave the dates and band names and put up a drawing. Did the algorithm…

I attended high-school back in the Pleistocene Era and played electric guitar in a garage band. After graduation, I left the city and moved to a small town to attend college. Alas, there was no real rock there, just a…

It's here! The new album is finally done!

El Borko ¡Surf! is the first album with Cameron Wick on drums and James P. Daley on bass. I've been around the Pacific Northwest with these guys, they're fun to hang out…