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Luke Sommer Glenn
Apr 19, 20243 min read
The Nature of Things
At 55 yoa I had congestive heart failure and as a result I have this nagging thrombosis in my left leg- an occlusion, a blockage. I've...
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Luke Sommer Glenn
Mar 20, 20244 min read
Knife and Gun Clubs
Most people remember the scene from the Blues Bros. movie with the band playing in one of those bars with the chicken wire in front of...
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Luke Sommer Glenn
Mar 11, 20243 min read
How I Got My High School Diploma
I started hating school shortly after puberty. It was repetitive and not very interesting. If it weren't for hooking up socially I'd had...
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Luke Sommer Glenn
Mar 7, 20243 min read
The Embalmers Children or Boys Are Gross
The kiln door opens and the art teacher screams with fright at the shrunken heads with toothy grins staring at her through twinkling...
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Luke Sommer Glenn
Mar 5, 20247 min read
Judgement Day
After my first time busted https://www.lukesommerglenn.com/post/first-time-busted I had to travel back north to face the music. I...
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Luke Sommer Glenn
Feb 19, 20244 min read
Pulling the Ox Out of the Ditch
The show must go on! New Year's Eve 1989. A bar in Kissimmee, Fl on what was the outskirts of town. The Brass Rail or Oak Rail, no...
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Luke Sommer Glenn
Jan 22, 20246 min read
HELLO, I’m…. Brain Damage, Personal Guru
I had come off the road with the Photons leaving half the band in South Dakota to have fun with the winter, I am DONE with being cold if...
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Luke Sommer Glenn
Jan 19, 20244 min read
Local Transitioning
Space 1999...could've been '96...I suck at time but it was Windley Key not actually space though you could still get there from here, the...
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Luke Sommer Glenn
Jan 15, 20243 min read
Updates, Clarifications and Nonsense
I get asked quite a bit about how I'm feeling and I usually say, "With my hands". Some of you might remember that as a three stooges joke...
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Luke Sommer Glenn
Dec 22, 20233 min read
The America I Know
The band was on I-90 between Sioux Falls and Rapid City, South Dakota. As a soul travels on I-90 you can't help but notice all the...
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Luke Sommer Glenn
Dec 22, 20233 min read
Buy Our Sh-, I Mean, Stuff
When I was a kid, every time a commercial would come on the TV, Dad would command me to turn it down. When the commercials were over I...
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Luke Sommer Glenn
Dec 13, 20232 min read
Rain and Roller Coasters
Life is a roller coaster ride of twists and and turns, ups and downs, bumps and sudden jerks. Just like the highs and lows of playing...
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Luke Sommer Glenn
Nov 13, 20234 min read
Keys Seasons in a Nutshell
Since I'm writing this at the slowest time of year I'll start there. It's hot. A lot of businesses have shorter hours, open less days a...
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Luke Sommer Glenn
Aug 21, 20234 min read
Arrogance Leads to Disappointment
While setting up to play on a packed Friday night at the Big Chill we were attacked by a negative entity known in today’s parlance as a...
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Luke Sommer Glenn
Jul 17, 20235 min read
Pink Lady
Peggy Caswell was the first victim of breast cancer that I knew personally. She played the piano/keyboard in one of the very first bands...
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Luke Sommer Glenn
May 24, 202312 min read
Becoming Keyzie: Tuning Out, Turning On, Dropping In...Permanently.
I had played in the Keys with a different band previously but for “The Photons” it was our first gig ever at Holiday Isle. We only got...
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Luke Sommer Glenn
Apr 26, 20234 min read
"Bummer, man" or "My old man always said I was too much of a sissy to get old"
Everyone has their bummers in life, serious shit that ruins plans, relationships, lives… It amazes me how much bitching, whining, pissing...
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Luke Sommer Glenn
Mar 7, 20234 min read
This Ain't Glamping or The Masked Gangs of Pennekamp
The band was booked to play the infamous party spot Holiday Isle in the beautiful Florida Keys. We had been playing high out in the low...
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Luke Sommer Glenn
Feb 20, 20233 min read
From the "That's Nasty" files...
I've stated many times that I don't enjoy doing solo shows as much as I enjoy band gigs. I have always preferred the camaraderie and...
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Luke Sommer Glenn
Feb 16, 20233 min read
What A Drag It Is Getting Old
Summer is right around the corner and I'm just not prepared for it as this is my first year of trying to plan around the summer heat....
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