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Americans in France - Fireworks at the Cave, originally uploaded by michael rupert.

They are featured on Pitchfork Media’s Music Forkcast today. Congrats Kent, Casey, and Josh. Link

Sarah Shook - Bynum General Store, originally uploaded by michael rupert.

My good buddy Miss Sarah Shook performing at the Bynum General store in Chatham County, NC.

Americans In France - The Cave - July 4th, originally uploaded by michael rupert.

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To my best friend all the way out in sunny California, also known as my wife on Facebook, aka dfunkmcgunk, dandle, daney, dananico, deanut, freckles, and so on… Happy Birthday Dana!

I was hanging out at the OCSC late last night with some friends from Americans in France and The Spider Bags. The subject of old-school Bob Seger, aka The Bob Seger System, came up and I remembered to check out youtube today. Bob Seger - there was a time…

Tres Amigos, originally uploaded by michael rupert.

That’s where I’ll be.

Blue Tilapia, originally uploaded by michael rupert.

I caught this Blue Tilapia, Oreochromis aureus a while back on a friend’s dock located on North Carolina’s Hyco Lake/Reservoir. I cast a #4 Wooly Worm to its spawning bed in the shallow water. It had no interest in eating it, but it was determined to keep the foreign invader out of its nest. After a few misses, I finally set the hook.

This nonnative species is invasive and competes with native species for nesting ground. They were accidentally released in Hyco a while back. The warm water discharge from the power plant keeps the temperatures warm enough for them to survive where they otherwise wouldn’t.

This particular fish weighed around 4+lbs and was as long as my forearm. The flyrod in the background is a stout 9 weight (no little trout rod) with a large arbor reel meant for bonefish. I’ve posted this fish before, but I’m bringing it up again because it is currently featured on Wikipedia’s home page under the “Did You Know” section. Link to the Oreochromis aureus Wiki. Flickr Link