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Just got back from dinner at Louie’s Backyard. Dinner was decent – a lot of fried seafood. The highlight, however, was the Luau. Nothing like a traditional South Seas celebration at the ass-end of Texas. I’ll give them all an “A” for effort, but that effort was lost on a rather lackluster audience. I felt [...]

Got a chance to steal away some time today – grabbed a 24 oz. Tecate, my Zen and walked a half mile to the beach. Picked the Dead’s Winterland Farewell as my music of choice and…just….fucking…relaxed. South Padre is fantastic for that.
I really have nothing else to say.

Well, a misnomer at this point, more like “On South Padre Island” – both literally and quasi-philosophically.
Here I sit, in a Days Inn on South Padre Island. It may sound idyllic for the MTV generation, bred on scenes of scantily-clad coeds and buff college-aged Casanovas. For me, a 40ish (can you be “40ish” if [...]

I’ve always preferred live music over studio albums. Even if it was a cassette, or an album (anyone remember those?) and even now with MP3’s I’ve sought out the innocence, and the reality of live recordings.
Take for example what I’m listening to now: The Doors Live in Detroit. Now, I’ve perused The Doors’ catalog in [...]

URL: This American Life parody
If anyone listens to “This American Life” on NPR, this podcast is hilarious.