VISITORS

Do512/BetterThanTheVan “happy hour” @ Beerland

If you’re old like me and hate staying out late but love free beer, come out to Beerland on Wednesday the 16th for this Do512.com/Better Than The Van/Bandize “happy hour” thing we’re playing. I’m not sure what the occasion is, but the show is free and there will be free Lone Star and I know you like that. The show is early early, and we play at 7:30pm.

http://do512.com/event/2009/09/16/better-than-the-van-do512-happy-hour

EKE7

Its about that time again. If you’re in or around Austin, come check us out at Everyone Knows Everyone 7. We’ve got a few surprises, including a new t-shirt that will be available only at this show!

This one is pretty early, so don’t be late. Check out the Facebook event page for more info and set times. Come out and make some new friends, or burn bridges with old ones.

LATE NIGHTS

so, i have noticed that los visitors have not posted anything in a while, and while i’m procrastinating, i thought i’d provide a quicky update? nick and jason work for the legislative council, and when the man is in session, those two visitors are working hard. last i heard, jason racked up 83 hours comp time in a couple of weeks, and there’s no telling what nick’s gotten himself into. that’s not true. i know. louis is a co-owner/operator of two very fine culinary enterprises (check the links), and that dude has got to be hustling. as for myself, i’m reading, writing, and working, the three “r“s of liberal arts.

but, not to worry. if you haven’t heard, visitors are kicking out some new jams! there may or may not be a show mid-may, with young love, where all yous could have a listen. watchout.

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SXSW

SXSW is upon us and it is already awesome. A lot of locals complain about all the out-of-towners, but I always have fun this week making a bunch of new friends, hearing new music and getting 3 hours of sleep.

We’ll be spending most of the week checking out other bands, but we do have one show ourselves. Its an unofficial SXSW wrap party/birthday party of sorts on Sunday, the 22nd, at 1906 Studios, located at 3rd & Chicon. Also on the bill are New York’s So So Glos and DJ Ben Blood. The party is free, and your best friend FREE BEER will be there. Things should get started around 7PM. We will be playing some new songs you’ve never heard before. Come out! Bring your friends!

coffee grinder

i’m no coffee connoisseur, but i recently bought some whole beans and a grinder. i’ll tell you what… freshly ground coffee tastes good! however, i am having a difficult time finding the equilibrium between not grinding the beans enough and grinding them too much.

that’s what i’ve got for this maiden blogage.

oh, and the new jams are bad! watchout!

We got flies coming for us

I wish I’d seen this sooner.

I’m not sleepy and there is no place I’m going to.

Must take tambourine out of house when recording vocals. Who turned up the sensitivity on this thing? I swear it makes a noise just from looking at it funny.

Also, our site hosting sucks, sorry for any inconvenience.

Also, its still winter, right? We hit 90 degrees today in Austin.

Kleenex

How was Heath Ledger’s family able to accept the Academy Award on his behalf without completely falling apart? I had tears in my eyes just from their walk up to the stage.

Phillip Seymour Hoffman was probably crying way before I was though. Did anyone else hear Alan Arkin call him Seymour Phillip Hoffman?

Gonna Drink Whiskey With the Mountain

Last night at about 2:30am I sat down at my piano and, under the dim light of a lamp, began working on a new song idea. I played around with it for a little while and let my mind wander. When I was comfortable that I would not forget it while I slept, I scribbled some words down and went to bed.

I woke up at about 11 and went straight to work. Figured out a version that I wanted to record. Fired up the gear, mic-ed the piano, and got the music down. I spent the next few hours adding vocals and various other sounds and, in the end, a nice little demo was produced.

I’m pretty happy about the result and I can’t wait to work on it some more and show you guys.

Stimulus

I opened my mailbox today to find a check from the United States Treasury in the staggering sum of $11.72. On first thought, I assumed it was my own personal piece of the $800 billion bailout package. Closer inspection revealed the true source.

In 2001 I purchased a Mac on eBay for $2,300 from a woman named Teresa Smith. The same computer from Apple and other Apple dealers was retailing for around $3,000. I should have been more skeptical, but she had positive feedback from other eBayers who had purchased similar items at similar prices, and who had received their merchandise.

Mine never came, and the same story repeated itself over 300 times, allowing Ms. Smith to scam around $800,000 by the time she was arrested. There was a lawsuit, a trial, a prison sentence and a promise of restitution.

I guess my restitution begun today, with the delivery of .005% of my original loss. One hundred and ninety five checks from now and my recovery will be complete. I’m assuming Teresa is out of prison, and is having her wages garnished. If every defendant is receiving checks of $11.72, there will be over 68,000 disbursements before all debt is repaid. That’s a big checkbook.

I am not expecting my other 195 checks anytime soon.