Happy Valentines Day
HSJ returned to the “The Garden” at the Board Room in Kailua for Valentine’s Day, 2026. We had great sound, no rain, a banging poster by Kenna Zohner, and we livened up the festivities with “Hardly Strictly Jerry Bingo”:
The goal was to get 4 in a row by noticing us singing the lyric from a square, for which you would receive a free HSJ sticker. (The diagonal made a bingo.) No one redeemed their bingo card at the end of the night, but people seemed to enjoy the idea.
We also had a merch table with HSJ t-shirts and stickers. Progress!
On the music front, this evening featured the debut of the HJS Jam Moves card in performance:
This worked surprisingly well for improving the musicality of our jams. One person told me, “I was talking to a friend and then you guys made a change in your jam and I told them, ‘I have to go listen now.’”
Larry recorded the show from his drumkit. Here’s a song where the jam (starting around 4:00) featured a drop out followed by call and response:
In other news, Matt had the idea of inserting the Harry Hood jam into China-Rider. It worked great and several people commented to me how much they enjoyed it.
Set 1: Ramble on Rose, They Love Each Other, Don’t Let Go, Sugaree, Boogie On Reggae Woman, Hard To Handle, Apocalypse Babe, How Sweet It Is, China Cat Sunflower/Harry Hood/IKYR.
Set 2: Shelter, Althea, Second That Emotion, Scarlet/Fire, After Midnight, Tore Up Over You, Throwing Stones, Sugar Mag.
Encore: Everything’s Right, NFA
Poster
