This may sound silly or perhaps utterly moronic to some, but has anyone thought of inviting Blevins? Maybe he would be cooler if he was involved than as an outsider? I dunno, I've never met or spoken to him.
Bobby never shows. He wasn't at the Portland conference in 2011, nor the Tacoma one in 2013. Plus, he said he couldn't make this one due to a prior family commitment out of town. I've met Bob once, at the Ariel Tavern in the early afternoon before the Cooper Daze festivities started for the evening, circa 2012 - before the craziness got dangerous and toxic. He video taped an interview with me, Meyer, and Dona E. Posted it somewhere.