Coffee culture, what can you say about it, something I didn’t even know existed living in Shiner, but it’s live and ‘well’ in every metropolitan area in the world. Listening to random conversations lead me to random thoughts. As we stay on the subject of coffee people, its a different kind of pretentious attitude, but [...]
The Cat in the Hat On Aging I cannot seeI cannot peeI cannot chewI cannot screwOh, my God, what can I do? My memory shrinksMy hearing stinksNo sense of smellI look like hellMy mood is bad — can you tell? My body’s droopingHave trouble poopingThe Golden Years have come at lastThe Golden Years can kiss [...]
A distinct pleasure to go to a taping of the Austin City Limits TV show. Today was my first experience at the KLRU studios, and what a great experience! Today was Blues Traveler, Mr. Stomach staple, the Jimmy Hendrix of the horminica, and boy what a show did they put on. Most of the was [...]
tradition = a specific practice of long standing, this time the tall boys remain, and the long walk, but Manuelabor and Lacinator is the new friend to the lineup. Ahhh, nothing like the sea of humanity! I’m getting to be an old pops, I don’t know how much longer I can endure going out there. [...]
tradition = a specific practice of long standing — Austin City Limits, Jenny, Ashley and some master cylinders of brew, and a long a$$ walk to the park. This years festival lineup was stacked with all the tunes you could handle, and still bursting at the seams. As you can see, a mass of humanity, [...]
Emo’s, crappiest place in town, best gigs in town, crazy how that happens. Tonight was the distinct pleasure of seeing the Gift of Gab and Blackalicious grace us with his skillz and intelligence. What a wordsmith the guy is, and apparently he likes the grubbin, b/c he’s a healthy boy. There they are, tearin’ up [...]
Decisions Decisions Decisions – Well ACL isn’t cancelled yet, are the boys from Oasis going to play in 60 mph wind and rain on Saturday, or is it safe to say that day is going to be hurricaned out. If hurricaned out, do I go to Shiner and face 80 mph wind, shakin’ my fist [...]
Part 1 — Overture In 2112, this is just a jam session to get warmed up, so here I will also get warmed up. First off, the catalysts that have lead me to digest this content on paper. Of course his holiness, Ethics for the new millennium, On Bullshit, The Tipping Point and plenty of [...]
His Holiness, the Dahai Lama, in the UT Frank Erwin Center, talk about a crowd, haven’t seen such a crowd since The Red Hot Chili Pepper / Foo Fighters (interesting they can occupy the same venue, Foos and Dahai). Well it was gosh darn hot for my ‘date’ Mike P and I as my poor [...]
Take the 3rd largest university in these great United States, a number 2 ranked team in the nation, a heisman trophy candidate, the greatest showband in the south, and 83,000+ people in a football stadium, you’ll have a tremendous experience even if you don’t like football. Seriously, I’m not about a bunch of dudes killin’ [...]