bshirley If you’re a fan at all of live music, this is the weekend you have to go out. . . on Sunday! The Houston Press Music Awards Showcase is the best bang-for-your-buck on music anywhere in Texas! I’ve been to many a SXSW, this year it cost me $130. I’ve avoided many an ACL Fest … Read more
I was talking to one of my sister’s friends. She commented that she’d just returned from Austin and there were lots of street performers, and lamented the lack of them in Houston. I was puzzled. I’ve noticed lots of buskers (of varying quality) throughout the downtown area, and a few in the medical district along … Read more
All of my Flickr photos are marked with a creative commons license. It’s an attribution, non-commercial, no derivatives license, which I would suspect is a fairly common one. This doesn’t prevent allowing other uses, of course. So, recently I got a random email from Schmap.com. What dot who? They would like to use my photo … Read more
Quite a few interesting groups of people this weekend. First Bob’s 40th in Austin. I got to see Manuel, it’s been a while, and got to meet his wife Sarah. Some fun hanging out at Lake Travis and in Austin. Monday night I went to Niece #2’s birthday party. A mostly parent-free zone with fifteen … Read more
This is a picture of me taken seventeen years ago (in June of 1990) in front of the MegaloElvis complex in Memphis. Bob and I were touring the country being recently graduated and as yet still unemployed. We actually just drove through Memphis. I recall checking to see if their minor league baseball team was … Read more
My friends John and Marsha were at the game and on the television on Sunday. They only live a few blocks from Wrigley Field, so they attend frequently. And if the Astros are in town, it can almost be guaranteed. I was getting ready for the Houston Roller Derby, so I missed them… Marsha says … Read more