It's come to my attention that I have a very short attention span.
I mean, I like peanut butter pie, and I really think the one at the Texas Pie Company in Kyle, Texas takes top prize, or is at least in the top 5 peanut butter pies ever. It's certainly the best I've had from a store. No, they aren't paying me a dime, I just thought I'd bring it up.
You see, I like things that not too many people do. There aren't too many PB Pie lovers in the world... but if you think you could be one... that's where you should start.
Speaking of liking things not too many people like, I'm a big fan of putting soy sauce on my macaroni and cheese. Now, before you gasp and envision a horrible taste.. hear me out. Just try it one time. I am of the belief that you'll love it too. If you don't, well at least you can mark off that "do something new today" line off your list for the day.
The soy sauce on mac and cheese is something that my dad taught me. I'm not sure where it came from, I used to think it was a "north thing" since my dad grew up in Ohio, but once I talked to a few people from Ohio they debunked that theory right off. It's a Claes thing.
Another food item that is a bit weird to describe but tastes oh, so good, is "corn in a cup." I grew up in Laredo, Texas and this is something that people who are from that area (or "The Valley") will recognize, and salivate over. In spanish it's called "elotes en vaso" Check this one out... you start with hot corn (preferably cut off the cob)then add a layer of butter and cheese, then another layer of corn, a layer of sour cream and cheese, layer of corn, layer of butter, then corn, and top it with cheese and chili sauce.
I know, it sounds a little gross, but trust me, it's fantastic. Wish I could find somewhere in Central Texas that sold this delicacy. It reminds me of growing up.
When I was growing up, my parents rarely bought popscicles, instead we poured sugarless Kool-Aid into ice racks, covered them with saran wrap and stuck toothpicks in them. It was the best thing for a hot day. Never knew what I was missing with "real" popscicles until one day when my parents came home with the creamsicle... wow... popscicles filled with ice cream. Maybe that's why I find it hard to eat popscicles other than the ice-cream filled ones these days. Hmmm.. If I had a therapist, I'd call because I may have just had a breakthrough.
But, I don't have a therapist, I write. This blog is actaully my therapist, I'm just throwing things that are rattling around my head out on this blog for no other reason than I can. I have to make room for other things, so corn in a cup, peanut butter pie and things like that have to be taken out.
Remember at the beginning I said I had a short attention span? Well... welcome to my mind. Tuesday, September 18, 2007 edition. Thanks for reading.
I feel better now...
September 18, 2007
September 11, 2007
Reflections on 9/11
As I sit at my desk on Tuesday, September 11, my mind wanders to the last 9/11 that occured on a Tuesday, the day that the World Trade Center and Pentagon was attacked.
I was on my second day at a new job... I was the new Communications Specialist on a federal grant called the National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research at the Southwest Educational Development Laboratories. Shortly after I got to work, I was settling into my cubicle just trying to figure out what exactly my role in this position was going to be, my boss came out of his office and quietly said "A plane just hit the World Trade Center."
Talk about a million thoughts racing in my head. In the following days as the news continued to pour in, I found out that the folks I knew in Washtington DC were all safe. That was a bit of a personal relief... but how devastating was this to every person in the world. A friend who was visitng Europe and France was consoled and embraced as she was their link to "America" in the days following... it was an amazing response of a mix compassion for Americans and rage against whomever did this injustice.
Now it's six years later.
I'm not the kind of "wave-the-flag-yee-haw" American, but I have pride. I am all for the things this country was founded on and I try to live my life embracing the melting pot idea.
So.. I sit at my desk (yes I came to work as did all my co-workers) and reflect. I popped in one of my all-time favorite CDs that I haven't listened to for a long while... Darrell Scott's Aloha From Nashville.
While doing some work, the song "Life is Cheap" began...
"She's awakened every morning with her baby down the hall
and when he's cried to sleep, she's staring at the wall.
And in that wall she sees the devil staring out of knotty pine
Though she speaks out loud, he will not get behind.
She's a woman with wounded spirit. She's a woman who loved too much.
Like Mama always said, she's such an easy touch."
Suddenly a meaning that was never intended came through this song (It was recorded in 1997) and it sent chills down my spine.
I guess I'm effected by music as much as many are. As Darrell Scott said when I interviewed him earlier this year:
"Music is universal language. It is frequencies and vibrations that effects me in deep ways I do not understand. I feel them and it resonates and sticks with me. Somewhere in me is all that I have heard, sounds endlessly gathering. "
I transcribed the lyrics above because they don't actually appear anywhere online that I could find.
I did find a link to a little bit of an mp3 though if you care to listen. The chorus is on the link and it's what actually effected me....then I started the song over with a new mindset.
http://www.echotunes.com/mmTHEECHOPLEX/audio/mp3/dscott_lifeischeap.mp3
So... I'm sitting here.. reflecting. Thought I'd share. I don't need a big american flag sticker or a magnet on my car or a day off work to remember... I don't need a political comment or a stance to champion or a people to parade around.
Thanks for reading.
I was on my second day at a new job... I was the new Communications Specialist on a federal grant called the National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research at the Southwest Educational Development Laboratories. Shortly after I got to work, I was settling into my cubicle just trying to figure out what exactly my role in this position was going to be, my boss came out of his office and quietly said "A plane just hit the World Trade Center."
Talk about a million thoughts racing in my head. In the following days as the news continued to pour in, I found out that the folks I knew in Washtington DC were all safe. That was a bit of a personal relief... but how devastating was this to every person in the world. A friend who was visitng Europe and France was consoled and embraced as she was their link to "America" in the days following... it was an amazing response of a mix compassion for Americans and rage against whomever did this injustice.
Now it's six years later.
I'm not the kind of "wave-the-flag-yee-haw" American, but I have pride. I am all for the things this country was founded on and I try to live my life embracing the melting pot idea.
So.. I sit at my desk (yes I came to work as did all my co-workers) and reflect. I popped in one of my all-time favorite CDs that I haven't listened to for a long while... Darrell Scott's Aloha From Nashville.
While doing some work, the song "Life is Cheap" began...
"She's awakened every morning with her baby down the hall
and when he's cried to sleep, she's staring at the wall.
And in that wall she sees the devil staring out of knotty pine
Though she speaks out loud, he will not get behind.
She's a woman with wounded spirit. She's a woman who loved too much.
Like Mama always said, she's such an easy touch."
Suddenly a meaning that was never intended came through this song (It was recorded in 1997) and it sent chills down my spine.
I guess I'm effected by music as much as many are. As Darrell Scott said when I interviewed him earlier this year:
"Music is universal language. It is frequencies and vibrations that effects me in deep ways I do not understand. I feel them and it resonates and sticks with me. Somewhere in me is all that I have heard, sounds endlessly gathering. "
I transcribed the lyrics above because they don't actually appear anywhere online that I could find.
I did find a link to a little bit of an mp3 though if you care to listen. The chorus is on the link and it's what actually effected me....then I started the song over with a new mindset.
http://www.echotunes.com/mmTHEECHOPLEX/audio/mp3/dscott_lifeischeap.mp3
So... I'm sitting here.. reflecting. Thought I'd share. I don't need a big american flag sticker or a magnet on my car or a day off work to remember... I don't need a political comment or a stance to champion or a people to parade around.
Thanks for reading.
September 8, 2007
San Marcos Naturescapes Contest...
So much of my time is spent shooting bands in dark places... it's nice to take something in the light. It is just fun to be able to get out there and try my hand at nature photography. Three years ago, the San Marcos Greenbelt Alliance and the Hill Country Photographers club established the "San Marcos Naturescapes Photography Contest and Exhibition.
And...for the third year in a row, I've entered. Every year, I've been excited to find that some of my photos were chosen to be displayed in the Exhibit.
The first year, I actually got 3rd place for a photo I took of some canoers (that my wife has hanging in her office now). Last year I had 3 shots in the show, but nothing placed.
This year's contest winners were announced last night with a reception at the San Marcos Recreation Center. I was very pleased to have two shots in the show. A photo of some tubers I took, and a photo of a flower I saw down by the river.
After they went through the "Honorable Mention, 2nd and 1st Place" of each catagory, I thought the night was over except for the Best of Show... so I thought "At least the fried mushrooms rocked and I enjoy seeing everyone's photos and chatting with folks" but then My name was called along with 3 others.
My River Flower won the "Award of Excellence" meaning it was the top rated photo in my category of "Wildlife and Plants." I'm amazed. I almost didn't enter the photo... but my wife pretty much begged me to. I should listen to her more often.
So here's the shot.
You can see it in person at the San Marcos Activity Center Walker's Gallery until October 26... for details, go to: http://www.smgreenbelt.org/PhotoContest.htm
You can also see some of the winners from the last 2 years (including my Canoers shot.. and a root photo) on that site.
Oh.. my other shot in the show hanging right now - "Tubers Tubing":
And...for the third year in a row, I've entered. Every year, I've been excited to find that some of my photos were chosen to be displayed in the Exhibit.
The first year, I actually got 3rd place for a photo I took of some canoers (that my wife has hanging in her office now). Last year I had 3 shots in the show, but nothing placed.
This year's contest winners were announced last night with a reception at the San Marcos Recreation Center. I was very pleased to have two shots in the show. A photo of some tubers I took, and a photo of a flower I saw down by the river.
After they went through the "Honorable Mention, 2nd and 1st Place" of each catagory, I thought the night was over except for the Best of Show... so I thought "At least the fried mushrooms rocked and I enjoy seeing everyone's photos and chatting with folks" but then My name was called along with 3 others.
My River Flower won the "Award of Excellence" meaning it was the top rated photo in my category of "Wildlife and Plants." I'm amazed. I almost didn't enter the photo... but my wife pretty much begged me to. I should listen to her more often.
So here's the shot.
You can see it in person at the San Marcos Activity Center Walker's Gallery until October 26... for details, go to: http://www.smgreenbelt.org/PhotoContest.htm
You can also see some of the winners from the last 2 years (including my Canoers shot.. and a root photo) on that site.
Oh.. my other shot in the show hanging right now - "Tubers Tubing":
August 27, 2007
MANGA ENTERTAINMENT’S ANIME CLASSICS COMING TO HEAVY.COM
Press Release from "The Morris + King Company"
MANGA ENTERTAINMENT’S ANIME CLASSICS ‘GHOST IN THE SHELL,’
‘NINJA SCROLL’ AND ‘ASTRO BOY’ COMING TO HEAVY.COM
Starz Media’s Anime Division to Deliver Streams of TV Episodes and Feature Films on Heavy
New York, NY – August 27, 2007: Heavy.com, one of the web’s leading online brands and the leader for 18-34 year old guys, today announced that numerous properties from Starz Media’s Manga Entertainment, a major producer and distributor of anime, will be streamed full-screen on HeavyTV—the first time many of these classics will be streamed online. This partnership begins two years of Manga anime content on Heavy, which includes film and television classics Ghost in the Shell, Ninja Scroll and Astro Boy, among others (see list below).
“We’ve seen a lot of success with our original anime series, Kung Fu Jimmy Chow, and decided we needed to give Heavy’s audience the foundational anime classics courtesy of Manga Entertainment,” said Jason Marks, VP of Programming for Heavy. “Manga Entertainment’s library is unparalleled in both quality and depth, and we at Heavy are ecstatic to have been chosen as the online home for the Heavy generation of anime fans.”
Every week, one full 25-minute television series episode and one television series mashup will stream in segments at URL. Monthly, one full feature-length film and one film mashup will stream at URL. Mashups consist of Manga Entertainment content presented by Heavy’s most hilarious and talented personalities.
“We’re very excited about this new way to showcase our Manga Entertainment properties in a form and format targeted specifically to today’s online audience. In Heavy we have found both the ideal partner and perfect audience to do so,” said Marc DeBevoise, Senior Vice President of Business Development and Strategy for Starz Media.
Come back to Heavy throughout the year to enjoy the following Manga Entertainment titles online for the first time in their entirety:
Television
Astro Boy — Anime classic from Osamu Tezuka, “the god of manga,”about a scientist who creates a powerful robot boy in an attempt to replace his deceased son.
Ghost in the Shell — Stand Alone Complex (Season 1): Masamune Shirow’s groundbreaking cyberpunk thriller involving high tech sci-fi, political intrigue, and terrorist hackers.
Street Fighter II V — Watch as the ultimate contest of body and mind is decided in the streets in this fan-favorite series based upon the popular video game.
Virus — This 1997 TV series is set in Neo-Hong Kong, 2097, when Earth is attacked with a virus that turns bio-machines into metamorphic monsters.
Feature Films [CHANNEL LINK]:
Blood: The Last Vampire — Saya, a brooding and mysterious girl, battles Teropterids—evil beasts which pose as humans and live only to drink human blood.
Castle of Cagliostro — Famed thief Lupin III and his partner Jigen set out to steal the treasures of Castle of Cagliostro, Hayao Miyazaki’s first feature film.
Dead Leaves — Pandy and Retro, two unlikely renegades, are captured by authorities and sent to the infamous Dead Leaves lunar prison.
Ghost in the Shell — One of the most influential anime films of all time is set in 2029 where an unnamed government uses lifelike cyborgs for undercover work to capture computer hackers.
Ninja Scroll — A ninja-for-hire is forced to fight an old nemesis who is bent on overthrowing the Japanese government.
Macross Plus Vol. 1 — Isamu and Guld must beat the odds in order to destroy cybernetic singer Sharon Apple’s computer, which contains a hypnotic hold on the city's citizenry.
Macross II: The Movie — Together with ace Valkyrie pilot Silvie Gena, Hibike and Ishtar must find a way to save Earth from total destruction at the hands of the Marduk leader, Ingues.
Read or Die — Yomiko Readman is “Agent Paper,” a secret underground operative for the British Library who is called to duty when a book that could spell the end of the world is stolen.
Street Fighter Alpha — Ryu, the current Street Fighter champion, must overcome the power of the “Dark Hadou,” which consumed Akuma, the brother of his sensei, Gouken.
Street Fighter Alpha Generations — In a quest to become a true martial arts master, Ryu sets out to hone his street fighting skills and to deliver himself from the haunting legacy of the Dark Hadou.
Street Fighter II: The Movie — Led by the evil M. Bison, Shadowlaw—an underground organization bent on world domination through drug smuggling, illegal weapons distribution and terrorism—hopes to increase their power by recruiting the world’s greatest street fighters.
About Heavy.com
Heavy is one of the web’s leading consumer media companies and the leader for 18-34 year old males, which is a key demographic for marketers and advertisers. Heavy combines its own unique programming with those of its users to create an environment where you can control and even participate in your own media experience. Heavy empowers its audience to share, editorialize, and create their own content as well as provide its own library of programming. Heavy’s programming staples include “Superficial Friends,” “Kung Fu Jimmy Chow,” "The Massive Mating Game," "Heavy News," "Behind the Music that Sucks," "Heavy’s Angels," "Contagious," "Blisster" and "Tourettes Cowboy.” Portions of Heavy's library of animation and live-action shorts are available on Verizon V-Cast, Verizon Fios, Comcast VOD, Tivo, Sony PSP, Apple iPod and Joost. Advertisers on the broadband network include Coors, Nissan, Panasonic, Diesel, Axe, Sony and Nike.
About Starz Media
Starz Media, LLC is a programming production and distribution company operating worldwide. It includes the Film Roman, Anchor Bay Entertainment, and Manga Entertainment brands. Its units create animated and live-action programming -- including theatrical films -- and programming created under contract for other media companies. It distributes that programming, and programming acquired from outside producers, through home video retailers, theaters, broadcasters, ad supported and premium television channels, and Internet and wireless video distributors in the US and internationally. Starz Media is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Corp. that is attributed to Liberty Capital Group, www.starz.com.
About Manga Entertainment
Manga Entertainment is an entertainment company specializing in the production, marketing and distribution of Japanese animation for theatrical, television, Internet, DVD and home video release worldwide. The Manga film library is marketed and distributed in the U.S. through Starz Home Entertainment and Anchor Bay. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in London and Tokyo. Manga is a division of Starz Media LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Group. www.manga.com
MANGA ENTERTAINMENT’S ANIME CLASSICS ‘GHOST IN THE SHELL,’
‘NINJA SCROLL’ AND ‘ASTRO BOY’ COMING TO HEAVY.COM
Starz Media’s Anime Division to Deliver Streams of TV Episodes and Feature Films on Heavy
New York, NY – August 27, 2007: Heavy.com, one of the web’s leading online brands and the leader for 18-34 year old guys, today announced that numerous properties from Starz Media’s Manga Entertainment, a major producer and distributor of anime, will be streamed full-screen on HeavyTV—the first time many of these classics will be streamed online. This partnership begins two years of Manga anime content on Heavy, which includes film and television classics Ghost in the Shell, Ninja Scroll and Astro Boy, among others (see list below).
“We’ve seen a lot of success with our original anime series, Kung Fu Jimmy Chow, and decided we needed to give Heavy’s audience the foundational anime classics courtesy of Manga Entertainment,” said Jason Marks, VP of Programming for Heavy. “Manga Entertainment’s library is unparalleled in both quality and depth, and we at Heavy are ecstatic to have been chosen as the online home for the Heavy generation of anime fans.”
Every week, one full 25-minute television series episode and one television series mashup will stream in segments at URL. Monthly, one full feature-length film and one film mashup will stream at URL. Mashups consist of Manga Entertainment content presented by Heavy’s most hilarious and talented personalities.
“We’re very excited about this new way to showcase our Manga Entertainment properties in a form and format targeted specifically to today’s online audience. In Heavy we have found both the ideal partner and perfect audience to do so,” said Marc DeBevoise, Senior Vice President of Business Development and Strategy for Starz Media.
Come back to Heavy throughout the year to enjoy the following Manga Entertainment titles online for the first time in their entirety:
Television
Astro Boy — Anime classic from Osamu Tezuka, “the god of manga,”about a scientist who creates a powerful robot boy in an attempt to replace his deceased son.
Ghost in the Shell — Stand Alone Complex (Season 1): Masamune Shirow’s groundbreaking cyberpunk thriller involving high tech sci-fi, political intrigue, and terrorist hackers.
Street Fighter II V — Watch as the ultimate contest of body and mind is decided in the streets in this fan-favorite series based upon the popular video game.
Virus — This 1997 TV series is set in Neo-Hong Kong, 2097, when Earth is attacked with a virus that turns bio-machines into metamorphic monsters.
Feature Films [CHANNEL LINK]:
Blood: The Last Vampire — Saya, a brooding and mysterious girl, battles Teropterids—evil beasts which pose as humans and live only to drink human blood.
Castle of Cagliostro — Famed thief Lupin III and his partner Jigen set out to steal the treasures of Castle of Cagliostro, Hayao Miyazaki’s first feature film.
Dead Leaves — Pandy and Retro, two unlikely renegades, are captured by authorities and sent to the infamous Dead Leaves lunar prison.
Ghost in the Shell — One of the most influential anime films of all time is set in 2029 where an unnamed government uses lifelike cyborgs for undercover work to capture computer hackers.
Ninja Scroll — A ninja-for-hire is forced to fight an old nemesis who is bent on overthrowing the Japanese government.
Macross Plus Vol. 1 — Isamu and Guld must beat the odds in order to destroy cybernetic singer Sharon Apple’s computer, which contains a hypnotic hold on the city's citizenry.
Macross II: The Movie — Together with ace Valkyrie pilot Silvie Gena, Hibike and Ishtar must find a way to save Earth from total destruction at the hands of the Marduk leader, Ingues.
Read or Die — Yomiko Readman is “Agent Paper,” a secret underground operative for the British Library who is called to duty when a book that could spell the end of the world is stolen.
Street Fighter Alpha — Ryu, the current Street Fighter champion, must overcome the power of the “Dark Hadou,” which consumed Akuma, the brother of his sensei, Gouken.
Street Fighter Alpha Generations — In a quest to become a true martial arts master, Ryu sets out to hone his street fighting skills and to deliver himself from the haunting legacy of the Dark Hadou.
Street Fighter II: The Movie — Led by the evil M. Bison, Shadowlaw—an underground organization bent on world domination through drug smuggling, illegal weapons distribution and terrorism—hopes to increase their power by recruiting the world’s greatest street fighters.
About Heavy.com
Heavy is one of the web’s leading consumer media companies and the leader for 18-34 year old males, which is a key demographic for marketers and advertisers. Heavy combines its own unique programming with those of its users to create an environment where you can control and even participate in your own media experience. Heavy empowers its audience to share, editorialize, and create their own content as well as provide its own library of programming. Heavy’s programming staples include “Superficial Friends,” “Kung Fu Jimmy Chow,” "The Massive Mating Game," "Heavy News," "Behind the Music that Sucks," "Heavy’s Angels," "Contagious," "Blisster" and "Tourettes Cowboy.” Portions of Heavy's library of animation and live-action shorts are available on Verizon V-Cast, Verizon Fios, Comcast VOD, Tivo, Sony PSP, Apple iPod and Joost. Advertisers on the broadband network include Coors, Nissan, Panasonic, Diesel, Axe, Sony and Nike.
About Starz Media
Starz Media, LLC is a programming production and distribution company operating worldwide. It includes the Film Roman, Anchor Bay Entertainment, and Manga Entertainment brands. Its units create animated and live-action programming -- including theatrical films -- and programming created under contract for other media companies. It distributes that programming, and programming acquired from outside producers, through home video retailers, theaters, broadcasters, ad supported and premium television channels, and Internet and wireless video distributors in the US and internationally. Starz Media is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Corp. that is attributed to Liberty Capital Group, www.starz.com.
About Manga Entertainment
Manga Entertainment is an entertainment company specializing in the production, marketing and distribution of Japanese animation for theatrical, television, Internet, DVD and home video release worldwide. The Manga film library is marketed and distributed in the U.S. through Starz Home Entertainment and Anchor Bay. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in London and Tokyo. Manga is a division of Starz Media LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Group. www.manga.com
August 20, 2007
Open Auditions for METV Veejay!
ME Television | Music & Entertainment Television
*
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[2]ME Television - THE NEXT VeeJay
Open Call Auditions - August 30th at Midnight Rodeo
Wanna be on T.V. and cover all the hottest events in Austin? ME
Television, Austin's premier 24-hour music and entertainment
television network, is holding open call auditions for THE NEXT VEEJAY.
THE NEXT VEEJAY:
* Win an opportunity to be an ME television personality
* Cover all of Austin's best in music and entertainment
* Interview and cover the hottest celebrities and events like
/Austin City Limits/, /South by Southwest/, /Musicfest in Steamboat
Springs/, /Dennis Quaid and his Celebrity Charity Weekend/ and many
more.
COME EARLY!
Open call begins 12:00 p.m. and will go on through 8:00 p.m. at
Austin's own Midnight Rodeo, August 30th. Bring your best as viewers
will be voting on you based upon these auditions. THE NEXT VEEJAY
premiers October 1st.
Click here for more information[3]
Copyright © 2007 ME Television 2130 South Congress Ave. Austin,
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Advertise With Us[4] | Contact Us[5] [6]
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[4] mailto:natalie@metelevision.com
[5] http://www.metelevision.com/contact.php
[6] http://www.midnightrodeoaustin.com
*
[1]
[2]ME Television - THE NEXT VeeJay
Open Call Auditions - August 30th at Midnight Rodeo
Wanna be on T.V. and cover all the hottest events in Austin? ME
Television, Austin's premier 24-hour music and entertainment
television network, is holding open call auditions for THE NEXT VEEJAY.
THE NEXT VEEJAY:
* Win an opportunity to be an ME television personality
* Cover all of Austin's best in music and entertainment
* Interview and cover the hottest celebrities and events like
/Austin City Limits/, /South by Southwest/, /Musicfest in Steamboat
Springs/, /Dennis Quaid and his Celebrity Charity Weekend/ and many
more.
COME EARLY!
Open call begins 12:00 p.m. and will go on through 8:00 p.m. at
Austin's own Midnight Rodeo, August 30th. Bring your best as viewers
will be voting on you based upon these auditions. THE NEXT VEEJAY
premiers October 1st.
Click here for more information[3]
Copyright © 2007 ME Television 2130 South Congress Ave. Austin,
Texas 78704
Advertise With Us[4] | Contact Us[5] [6]
Links:
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[2] http://www.metelevision.com/auditions/index.php
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[4] mailto:natalie@metelevision.com
[5] http://www.metelevision.com/contact.php
[6] http://www.midnightrodeoaustin.com
July 31, 2007
INsite Night @ Red Eyed Fly - 8/4/07
Hosted By: INsite Magazine
When: Saturday Aug 04, 2007
at 7:30 PM
Where: Red Eyed Fly
715 Red River St
Austin, TX 78701
United States
Description:
INsite Magazine
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Say Hello To The Angels - 12:30, Twenty Questions - 11:30, Redefining The Moment - 10:30, The Still Life - 9:30, The El Guapos - 8:30, We Killed Shelly - 7:30.
Hosted By: INsite Magazine
When: Saturday Aug 04, 2007
at 7:30 PM
Where: Red Eyed Fly
715 Red River St
Austin, TX 78701
United States
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INsite Magazine
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When: Saturday Aug 04, 2007
at 7:30 PM
Where: Red Eyed Fly
715 Red River St
Austin, TX 78701
United States
Description:
INsite Magazine
Click Here To View Event
Say Hello To The Angels - 12:30, Twenty Questions - 11:30, Redefining The Moment - 10:30, The Still Life - 9:30, The El Guapos - 8:30, We Killed Shelly - 7:30.
Hosted By: INsite Magazine
When: Saturday Aug 04, 2007
at 7:30 PM
Where: Red Eyed Fly
715 Red River St
Austin, TX 78701
United States
Description:
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July 13, 2007
July 27 INsite Night @ Hanovers
Freebleeder:
Go to the corner store, buy the cheapest beer you can find, shake the Hell out of it, then pop the top. What comes out is Freebleeder from Austin Texas. One part punk, one part rock, and one part metal, and three parts drunk. Catchy songs and an energetic live set have begun to provide a buzz throughout the mighty State of Texas. Drink and Destroy. (From http://myspace.com/freebleeder)
FULL SERVICE
Full Service refers to the fact that at any given show you go from soothing rhythm to hard rock to heavy funk to . . . well, a combination of all three. The brilliance is in how it is all woven together in a way that nobody has done before. . . The more I've listened to the band the more I've come to realize that the riveting guitars and the catchy baseline are strangely melodic in ways unlike any other band has mastered. Everything is upbeat without feeling forced. The music seems to echo Full Service's outlook on life with the integrity that is lacking in most of today's music. To listen is to appreciate their perspective on life. (From INsite Magazine)
BENT EYE BOLT
Allow me to introduce the band. I'm David Harrod from the band Bent Eye Bolt. Stephen Haas is the drummer/back up vocals/ producer/ owner of Addison Studio's. There is also two other guys in the band Todd Hiebert (bass), and Brian Carney (Hammond C3, Rhodes, Wurlitzer, Mellotron, synthesizer, piano samples) A side from the music we’re just regular dudes trying to have a good time. (From: http://www.benteyeboltmusic.com
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4. Twilight - Dexter Freebish (dexterfreebish.com/)
5. Look Up, Look Down - This Life Electric (thislifeelectric.com/)
6. Rufus - Patrice Pike (patricepike.com/)
7. Goldmines - David Newbould (davidnewbould.com/)
8. Poetry and Prozac - Twilight Broadcast (twilightbroadcast.com/)
9. Easy - Wendy Colonna (wendycolonna.com/)
10. Photographs - Dave Madden (davemaddenmusic.com/)
11. Marcia Martian – Jabarvy (jabarvy.com/)
12. Useless Cause - Loss Rayne (lossrayne.com/)
13. Specialer - Escort Service (escortserviceband.com/)
14. ...And The Band Played On – DAX (dax.org/)
15. In Love With Your Sound - Acoustic Spoken Groove (spokengroove.com/)
June 21, 2007
Beautiful... just beautiful
When I was in college I put together a video for a project on Tattoos, Branding, and Ritualistic Scarafication. Mostly for the shock value. Anyhow... we put together a video and used Marilyn Manson's "Beautiful People" as the soundtrack. I need to YouTube it....
Anyhow... here's the actual video. Lyrics are below.
I dont want you and I dont need you
Dont bother to resist, Ill beat you
Its not your fault that youre always wrong
The weak ones are there to justify the strong
The beautiful people, the beautiful people
Its all relative to the size of your steeple
You cant see the forest for the trees
You cant smell
Your own shit on your knees
Hey you, what do you see?
Something beautiful, something free?
Hey you, are you trying to be mean?
If you live with apes, man, its hard to be clean
Theres no time to discriminate,
Hate every motherfucker
Thats in your way
The worms will live in every host
Its hard to pick which one they eat most
The horrible people, the horrible people
Its as anatomic as the size of your steeple
Capitalism has made it this way,
Old-fashioned fascism
Will take it away
Anyhow... here's the actual video. Lyrics are below.
I dont want you and I dont need you
Dont bother to resist, Ill beat you
Its not your fault that youre always wrong
The weak ones are there to justify the strong
The beautiful people, the beautiful people
Its all relative to the size of your steeple
You cant see the forest for the trees
You cant smell
Your own shit on your knees
Hey you, what do you see?
Something beautiful, something free?
Hey you, are you trying to be mean?
If you live with apes, man, its hard to be clean
Theres no time to discriminate,
Hate every motherfucker
Thats in your way
The worms will live in every host
Its hard to pick which one they eat most
The horrible people, the horrible people
Its as anatomic as the size of your steeple
Capitalism has made it this way,
Old-fashioned fascism
Will take it away
June 16, 2007
Less Musketeers needed...
It sounded good... in concept.
So, the other morning I was on my way to work and I had to stop and gas up the truck. Gas is up over $3 now so I thought, as long as I'm spending over $48 on gas, I deserve to have some breakfast. So, I wandered into the store to find something that was breakfasty. The problem with looking for breakfast at a gas station is, unless it's a fancy one (and this one was anything but fancy) you aren't going to find anything other than coffee and little chocolate do-nuts.
So I wandered through the store, past the newspapers, bin of beer on ice (it was 7:15a.m. you know), and vaious jerkeys and chips looking for something that said breakfast to me. Having finding nothing, I took a look at the beverages. A breakfast drink.. that's what I'd get. That Starbucks ice coffee thing was like $27.00 so I browsed elsewhere until I found what looked like the best drink ever.
The Three Musketeers breakfast drink. PERFECT! I love 3 Musketeers, and I love breakfast. It's the best of both worlds. So I bought it. I paid for it and wandered out and jumped in my newly gassed up truck and headed to work. I shook up this bottle that I thought was filled with liquid genius and opened it up.
It was crunchy. I thought I'd thought I hadn't shaken it up enough.. so I closed it up and did it again. Nope... crunchy. It was like they took 1/2 the bottle and filled it with powdered Three Musketeers, 1/4 of it filled with powdered milk and 1/4 water... Crunchy liquid.
So, please be warned, if you buy this bottle... buy a pint of milk to dilute it into in order to make it drinkable.
I'll go ahead and skip the middle man and just buy a candy bar next time. It's not breakfasty... but hell.. it's edible.
So, the other morning I was on my way to work and I had to stop and gas up the truck. Gas is up over $3 now so I thought, as long as I'm spending over $48 on gas, I deserve to have some breakfast. So, I wandered into the store to find something that was breakfasty. The problem with looking for breakfast at a gas station is, unless it's a fancy one (and this one was anything but fancy) you aren't going to find anything other than coffee and little chocolate do-nuts.
So I wandered through the store, past the newspapers, bin of beer on ice (it was 7:15a.m. you know), and vaious jerkeys and chips looking for something that said breakfast to me. Having finding nothing, I took a look at the beverages. A breakfast drink.. that's what I'd get. That Starbucks ice coffee thing was like $27.00 so I browsed elsewhere until I found what looked like the best drink ever.
The Three Musketeers breakfast drink. PERFECT! I love 3 Musketeers, and I love breakfast. It's the best of both worlds. So I bought it. I paid for it and wandered out and jumped in my newly gassed up truck and headed to work. I shook up this bottle that I thought was filled with liquid genius and opened it up.
It was crunchy. I thought I'd thought I hadn't shaken it up enough.. so I closed it up and did it again. Nope... crunchy. It was like they took 1/2 the bottle and filled it with powdered Three Musketeers, 1/4 of it filled with powdered milk and 1/4 water... Crunchy liquid.
So, please be warned, if you buy this bottle... buy a pint of milk to dilute it into in order to make it drinkable.
I'll go ahead and skip the middle man and just buy a candy bar next time. It's not breakfasty... but hell.. it's edible.
June 12, 2007
I'm Lucky
I'll admit it. I'm the luckiest person I know. I'm not talking gambling. I suck at that. My wife can wipe the floor with me on those video-slot machines that used to be legal and were oh-so-fun. I'm talking about things like drawings and life in general. What made me think about this was the fact that a new HEB plus! opened in my neck of the woods and I was invited to the grand opening event (free food, mariachis, a full band, a mascot... who's NOT gonna want to go there?) and my name was one of the 6 names drawn to win a prize. I won 4th prize, a Rattan Wicker 4-piece outdoor furniture set worth $379.00. Awesome.
But that is just one in a long line of lucky wins I've had.
When I was three or four, I won the tricycle in the community Easter Egg Hunt in Coldwater, Michigan. I was told that I only picked one egg up and it happened to have the "golden ticket."
Not a winning, but it goes to luck. When I was in 2nd grade I fell from a tree and only broke my arm. I fell from the equivalent of the very top of a 2-story house. All I remember is "branches-brown-and-blue. What adds to the luck was the man mowing the grass right next to where I fell was a doctor.
When I was in my early 20s I won a trip to Acapulco in a radio "Summer of Winnings" in Laredo, Texas. It was one of those things where you win something like $10 worth of Burger King food and your name goes into the running for the big prize at the end of the summer. Well... somehow my name came up. I really only wanted the Playstation. I got the bonus plan.
When I moved to San Marcos, Texas to pursue my degree, my wife was the first person I met.
When I graduated college, I got a job at the Austin-American Statesman... then 6-months later was offered a job for $10k more a year to go into the dot-com world as a Copywriter and Internal Communications Specialist. I was downsized only to get a job offer on my last day of severance.
Anyone who knew me in my mid-to-late 20s can attest that the very fact I'm typing this message and not a statistic of misspent youth will agree that I'm lucky.
I'm just lucky. I hope it never runs out. The glass is always more than half-full. I've got to believe that.
I've been blessed with a wonderful wife, two fantastic little girls (3 and 8 weeks) and friends the world over.
I better run, I'll be lucky if I get to work on time now.
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