Well, I missed Jana the previous night at Sound Exchange but had the Good Luck to catch her touring friend John (whose last name escapes me). The guy did a gorgeous version of “that old black magic” that was inexplicable in it’s emotion and simplicity. Sadly, I had to leave…
Yes, the Linus Pauling parliament was in session at Poison Girl this Tuesday and as you can see from the meeting notes (a portion of which you can see below courtesy of C-SPAN). Great progress was made on various topics. Here are the summary notes again courtesy of C-Span: Flonase…
Thanks to everyone who came out. We had a great time and hopefully you did too. Fatigue- the order of the day Work, childcare, and heavy equipment is a recipe for exhaustion and, for me, the idea of quietly siting in a corner with my Herman Melville novel and maybe…
This post is a little late, but last weekend I went to see Zakir Hussain, one of the world’s greatest tabla players, at the Wortham theatre downtown. The show was put on by the Indo-American Association of Houston, who do events like this periodically. I went in expecting some pretty…
As much as it’s easy to conclude that everything out there is either worthless packaged angst (see any Clear Channel modern rock station) or derivative (see any band resurrecting Gang of Four and Joy Division), there are some bands that really make you acknowledge that rock isn’t quite dead yet.…
In putting together the new flyer, Clinton and I got to talking about 80’s video games – specifically old Apple II games. Well damn, if in chatting I didn’t stumble upon a copy of Karateka for my Palm at beiks.com ! Pretty frikkin Brilliant! Should you happen to play this…
OK this is basically just a test post, but my topic today is the lizards outside my window. Big green guy is up there puffing out his throat, trying to pick up babes. So far he doesn’t seem to be having much luck. When I went by earlier there was…
The band playing after Kochalka sucks! Let’s go play in the fountain!!!!
James Kochalka at the KTRU Outdoor Show (as Photographed by Orion Medina Guerrero Age 3)
