The gig at Deep Eddy was fun. A lot of families, a lot of young kids, some of whom seemed to know exactly what was going to happen before we went on, and came over to talk to us while we were getting ready. Gwen got some pictures.
My arms are still killing me from the staff number.
Saw Mister Sinus’ inimitable treatment of that Olivia Newton-John classic, Xanadu. As usual, they put on a wonderful show. The movie itself made me wish I took drugs–some of those fantasy dance numbers probably would have benefited.
Almost everything about the movie was awful. The acting, the dancing, the plot, the continuity. The costumes were very entertaining, but in an unintentional way.
Arguably even more entertaining were the trailers they dug up for other roller-skating movies like Roller Boogie or Skatetown USA (amazing that this didn’t end Patrick Swayze’s dubious career before it even began).
Not sure who’s running this site, but he’s done a good job tracking The HisTory of Michael Jackson’s face as well as that of Britney’s boobs.
Disturbing Search Requests has introduced lots of people to the sport of analyzing their server logs for strange referrers. Just for grins, I spent a little time analyzing mine today. Following are some of the phrases typed into Google that somehow brought crossroads.net up as a search result, and (more importantly) that the searcher decided to click on.
pajama pocket speed
dildo shoes
masturbation and air stewardess
smell fear?? maybe you have a leaky nose n not able to smell
good towel head bad towel head photo
creampuff adult video
child pantyhose head
makeovers involving piercing
There were also a bunch of requests that were so specific and spot-on it seemed as if the searcher must have already known they’d find that they wanted here.
I know you’ve been thinking your little rat-dog looked a little underdressed. I know you love all things cute and Japanese. So how can you resist these yukata for chihuahuas? If that’s not bad enough, the same company offers even more demeaning outfits for chihuahuas (and to demean a chihuahua…that’s quite a feat).
Yesterday was the 10th anniversary of the SOS ordinance, which was originally passed to protect Barton Springs, often considered the spiritual heart of Austin, and a damn fine swimming hole if nothing else. Admission to the Springs was free, and there was pretty good live music playing all day.
The great irony is that, a few days before this anniversary, the city essentially caved in to development pressure and nullified the ordinance.
This also gave me a moment of reflection: I moved back to Austin ten years ago, right around the time the ordinance passed. At the time, I was already dismayed at the growth in Austin, and predicted the town had another 10-15 good years left in it, after which I would probably leave. And here I am, ten years later. I’m still dismayed at the growth, but still here. I live in an idyllic part of town, I don’t need to wrestle with the traffic on a regular basis, and so I am insulated from the worst of it. But sometimes I think of the frog-in-boiling-water metaphor, and wonder if that applies to me.
Jenny and I will be giving a fire performance at Deep Eddy, as part of a benefit being organized by the Friends of Deep Eddy. August 17, sometime between 8:00 and 9:00 PM. Mark your calendars.
RIAA / News / RIAA Announces Intent To Appeal Internet Radio Royalty Rates
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) today announced its intent to file a court appeal of the June 20 decision by the Librarian of Congress on royalty rates for Internet radio.
It’s not bad enough that they’ve all-but killed Internet radio, they want to reduce the corpse to ashes and scatter them to the winds.
Japander:n.,& v.t. 1. a western star who uses his or her fame to make large sums of money in a short time by advertising products in Japan that they would probably never use.
Saw My Big Fat Greek Wedding today with Gwen. Her last matinee before leaving the ranks of the unemployed. The movie was cute, though painted in somewhat overbroad strokes.