I went to the Astros game tonight with Raymond. A buddy of his showed up and joined us with his new fiancé. It was a bit awkward when I already knew her. Anyway… Bottom of the 8th, down by two, two outs, one on, Berkman comes up. The Dodgers pull their set up man to … Read more
Engines of our Ingenuity, #1832 Just because things change, does not mean it is progress. Indeed, I whole heartedly agree. Does that make me a neo-Ludite? I guess it depends on the particulars. -b
Last night I first went to Rodney Crowell’s CD release party at the Continental. The Chronicle had a huge photo and front page story in the Houston section. Likely over 200 people there. Huge variety of fans. Many hadn’t been to the CC before. It was a great show. This was the band’s first gig … Read more
The Continental Club‘s been getting calls from people about Lonestar playing this sunday. It humors me.  Digital City has it plastered as thier lead story (may come down soon, now that I’ve informed them of their error). I assume the error happened because the website upcoming events said for sunday “Lone Star Juke Box” … Read more
Tuesday I helped Welder Dave (a.k.a YoYo) level, tack down and start welding together the 4 bar top parts. It’s starting to get super-solid, ready for bartop dancing. Steve W. was in from Austin and got the vinyl “tuck and roll” treatment done to the riser and bar rails Mon & Tue. Today Pete and … Read more
more playing with my new camera
many photos at http://shirl.com/photos/cc.html
there were several that I really liked including 