MORE GIGS!!!

Saturday September 20th
The Bent Elbo
Fundraiser Benefiting The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s
"Light the Night Walk"
582 South Bethlehem Pike
Fort Washington, PA 19034
Cost: $35.00
6pm to 9pm

Friday September 26th
SCREWBALLS Sports Bar & Grill
208 West Beidler Road
King of Prussia, PA 19406
Cost: FREE
9pm to 1am

Friday November 7th
RON'S ORIGINAL BAR & GRILL
74 East Uwchlan Avenue
Exton, PA 19341
Cost: FREE
9pm to 1am

Friday December 26th
RON'S ORIGINAL BAR & GRILL
74 East Uwchlan Avenue
Exton, PA 19341
Cost: FREE
9pm to 1am

Hello friends and family, as you can see (above) I have lined up a few more gigs before the end of the year. I set up the last RON's Show (Dec. 26) thinking that the family could all come out to see me play. Instead of sitting around watching TV and drinking frozen slushes, you can come out and watch your favorite family member play his guitar and sing. I picked this date specifically so you wouldn't have to make a special trip (up or down) to see me...you'll already be here!!!


PA BANS SMOKING!!! Kind of...

Thursday Pennsylvania FINALLY introduced a statewide Smoking Ban. Yeah!!! No more coming home from open mic night smelling like a smoke stack or burning red-eyes.


The only problem is that out of 24 other Statewide smoking bans, PA has the weakest with a ton of loop-holes. This has to be one of the BIG and BEST examples of how money and big business run the country.

Here is a snippet of the story from www.philly.com.

Pennsylvania's smoke-free workplace law goes into effect, banning smoking in most public places, including many bars, restaurants, taxi cabs, schools and government buildings.

However, the bill, known as the Clean Indoor Air Act, is loaded with exemptions, including bars in which food represents less than 20 percent of sales and portions of casino floors and private clubs. Also, the bill bars any municipality from enacting its own sanction.

Philadelphia's smoking ban, the only active one in the state, would not be affected.

The law, passed June 13, after months of debate, was deemed so weak that it failed to get the endorsement of smoking opponents who say it does not do enough to protect workers from second-hand smoke, which the U.S. Surgeon General has linked to cancer.

The bill has "too many exemptions and therefore creates too much confusion as to what is smoke-free and what isn't smoke-free," said Deborah Brown, spokeswoman for the American Lung Association of the Mid-Atlantic region. "We want to protect everyone from second-hand smoke."

The political compromise "sells out the health of hospitality industry workers," said Bronson Frick, associate director of Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights.

Of the 24 statewide smoking bans in the nation, Pennsylvania's is the weakest because of its many loopholes and the stricture on communities, including Allegheny County and the city of Scranton, that want to enact their own, tougher laws, opponents say.

"This only serves the interests of the tobacco industry. If the state isn't going to protect the health of workers, then cities and counties should be allowed to," Frick said.

Advocates of the measure say it's a good start, but could use some work.

I guess this just means YEAH!!! and BOOO!!! all at the same time.