summer in baton rouge vs. winter in minneapolis … discuss.
the great chin semmel visited recently. one of those ‘back in the good ole days’ kinda visits. felt like we were still sitting around a shotgun apartment on guerrero street pondering the big decisions like where to drink tonight, where to go eat, which [...]
Entries from June 2009
the land of swass
June 22nd, 2009 2 Comments
the lost art of true love
June 9th, 2009 4 Comments
the black crowes at beau rivage, mississippi. june 4.
Movin’ On Down The Line
Wiser Time
Evergreen
Hotel Illness
High Head Blues
Welcome To The Goodtimes
Girl From The North Country (Bob Dylan)
Downtown Money Waster
Thorn In My Pride
Oh Jospehine
By Your Side
Sometimes Salvation
Jealous Again
Hard To Handle
Wounded Bird
- encore -
Oh Sweet Nuthin’ (Velvet Underground … sung by Rich)
Thick N’ Thin
***
second best set i’ve [...]
Tags: black crowes
cindy, we love you
June 8th, 2009 No Comments
great espn article on rocco mediate and our good friend, cindy.
i don’t know how those kidney donor things go, but if you could get to the front of the line for being an angel, cindy would be ahead by twenty lengths.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Life of Reilly®
By Rick Reilly
ESPN The Magazine
It’s been almost A year since [...]
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topanga days
June 7th, 2009 No Comments
topanga days was the inspiration for my visit out west. such swell happenings are the things from which traditions are made. like greg and cindy’s annual chinese food catered christmas eve blow out. you try it once and then can’t imagine life without it.
i really wanted to be back so [...]
Tags: los duggans · tim o'gara · topanga days
amoeba records, hollywood
June 5th, 2009 4 Comments
the first amoeba took a lot of my scientific learning co. money when i worked in berkeley. i was 23, had a decent salary, and had never seen a record store like amoeba in my life. a few years later they put one in the haight in san francisco. that one took [...]
Tags: amoeba records · california
musha, santa monica
June 3rd, 2009 4 Comments
without a doubt, musha in santa monica is my favorite restaurant on earth.
in addition to being delicious, it possesses magical powers. these people all know it, too.
you see, this woman and i …
can … fight.
i mean really fight.
not physically fighting or anything. she could surely kick my ass, so i [...]
Tags: california · musha
wire to wire
June 2nd, 2009 No Comments
he’s gonna hold it!
yellow makes my friend paco horny, but he’s afraid of horses …
this man has a simple yet effective betting strategy he calls ‘bet the favorites across the board.’
finished.
time for a breckenridge vanilla porter.
and a baby.
Tags: dallas · horse racing
drifting too far from the shore
June 2nd, 2009 No Comments
i am driving this car …
through these hills …
with …
and …
and …
we are in search of this buffalo …
and when we find it, we will take it – a.l.i.v.e. – to this man …
who lives here …
who promises us a rich bounty of love potion brewed by this woman …
which we will drink of [...]
Tags: california