SXSW 2008: March 7 – 16, Part 2: Music, Music, & More Music! Tuesday: The companion’s flight came in at 11 PM. After picking her up at ABIA, we headed straight for the Hole In the Wall on Guadalupe for the annual Swollen Circus shindig held […]
SXSW 2008 Recap (March 7 – 16) Part 1: Intro & Film Fest Fun Not sure that anything can touch the exhilaration felt when seeing music in the live setting. At this year’s South-by-Southwest event in Austin, such exhilaration was pretty much a constant from day […]
This roadtrip was born out of not wanting to help a kid in Texas buy a new car via the long distance route – e-mail, cell phone, etc. The brainstorm was why don’t we just sell him our car and be done with it. It also […]
Well folks, while I’ve been in the airports surrounding the city too many times to count, it wasn’t until the first week of May that I finally treated myself to the sites, sounds, and chow beyond O’Hare and Midway. Simply put, Chicago is a pretty cool […]
The Return of the Double Feature Two flicks for the price of one? Not a bad deal, if you ask me. Now add in the fact that one was made by a cat named Tarantino, as in Quentin, and another by Rodriguez, as in Robert, each […]
Well folks, I attended my 2nd SXSW in Austin last week and like the first time, it was an overwhleming experience. Bars, burger joints, coffee shops, pizza places, taco joints, art stores, parking lots, private homes, you name it there were bands playing. 1300 invited to […]
Musically speaking, each of these ladies has been moving me for awhile. Ms Jewell, who has a terrific record out called Boundary County, just played a house concert at my home a week ago that left the 50+ attendees pretty stunned. She’s got the voice, the […]
Wow, a blog of my own. I had asked our esteemed webmeister Bill 3 months or so back about setting something up and plum forgot about it until his e-mail a few days ago that we’re up and in business. So what’s the vision here? Well, […]
