the setting, crown and anchor pub, one of my favorites in austin, i’m sitting here with ashley, and she’s doing an assignment for her writing class, she has to describe something. i’m going to share her pain, tonight, i will write about inspiration, from none other than the crown and anchor bathroom, a place in [...]
Pride and envy, the feelings I get when I open the inbox and see things like this. If you recall Toshi from way back when, well he’s galavanding all over the world, currently working in India, and for his birthday this year Taj Mahal. Toshi, what can I say about this guy, he cultured me [...]
Today me and about 10,000 other ‘surrender monkeys’ came out to watch Barack welcomed to Austin. Why did he come to Austin?…. Considering initial predictions say the only votes from Texas he will get are probably the 10,000 or so that packed into Auditorium Shores. He came because a lot of the liberal Austin hippies [...]
Insightful, clever, intense, deep, happy, sad, depressed all rolled up into one? Meet your daddy, his name is James Mercer of The Shins. I’ll spare the tributes to this wonderful band, let’s just say that in the 1,000 of wanna-be’s in the world of indie rock, this is the tallest blade of grass, and they [...]
What a trip to Jet City! Too bad its officially a week later I’m finally able to catch up. Where to begin, where to begin?! Why not, how bout a picture of me with a beer in my hand, a Pabst Blue Ribbon to be exact. I equate this beer in taste and strange popularity [...]
Tomorrow me and Mike D hop a flight to Seattle, meeting Rolando from LA there, and hanging with with buddies Kyle and Sahala. Let’s see, Mike D’s a Shins fanatic, so we are going to see them at the Paramount Theater, and we’re likely to drive up to Vancouver, check things out there, and back [...]
Calexico with Iron and Wine is what is jammin’ thru the headphone at Epoch Coffee this evening. This place is the bomb, although I feel out of place without an IBook. I really dig the ‘f*ck off’ Starbucks logo, not that I’m a hater, just like to see the ‘mom and pop shops’ getting the [...]
sure enough, a line from the Dresden Dolls….spent my evening at Room 710, snagged a video of the ‘red teasers’ aka my friend ashley do a hula hoop gig.
The day where everything turns red and capitalism cashes in. Whatever one may think of this day, whatever one may think of whatever they are in or not in, just remember, wherever you go, there you are. Personally, after pigging out with the family on this lovely heart shaped masterpiece from Mangia, I’m happy.
What can I say? If it weren’t for fine German Beer and chips, I’d be very fit. Have you ever stopped to think about how many times per day you are tempted with a nice tasty bag of chips? Even at work we’ve developed a NASTY habit of ordering ‘chips and queso’ before the meal. [...]