Southpaw Jones

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Thoughts/feelings that just might not matter:

It’s time to get back to the self-pimpin’, my friends, because…

• My vacation from public life is over!
• Tonight marks the return of Matt the Electrician and yours truly to Café Mundi!
• Saturday, I’ll celebrate Cinco de Mayo in an East Austin community garden!
• Tuesday is the long-awaited Songwriter Tribute to Bruce Springsteen at the Cactus!

That’s right, I’m hitting the stage tonight for the first time since April 6. Will my unused singing voice hold up? Will my guitar calluses reform simply out of a moment’s need? Will there be cake? Matt the Electrician and I will answer all these questions and more tonight at Café Mundi, rain or shine.

Saturday is Cinco de Mayo, “Five of May” to the unilingual. I’ll perform as part of a fiesta and neighborhood open house in East Austin at El Jardin Alegree Community Garden. The event runs from 11am to 7pm, and I’m the last act of the day. Also look for food, massage, face-painting, arts, crafts, and solar power! Sounds like fun, no?

Tuesday is going to be a true treat for me, as I’ve assembled a group of singer/songwriters to celebrate the songs of Bruce Springsteen. Those artists include Matt the Electrician, Scrappy Jud Newcomb, Nathan Hamilton, Abi Tapia, Graham Weber, Nakia, J.J. Barron, Mike Shoenfeld, and Ricky Stein. It’s a free show, but we’ll be asking for cash and canned food donations for the Capital Area Food Bank of Texas, which I know The Boss would appreciate. I hope this will be the first annual such event at the Cactus, so join us in starting a new Austin tradition.

See y’all out there!

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007
8:00 PM
Cafe Mundi
1704 E. 5th St.
Austin, TX
512-236-8634
www.cafemundi.com

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
6:00 PM
Cinco de Mayo Fiesta
El Jardin Allegre
Austin, TX
1pm Julian Decided
2pm Alex Dupree
3pm Mariachi Cocula
4pm The Archibalds
5pm Tiller’s Will
6pm Southpaw Jones

Tuesday, May 8th, 2007
8:00 PM
Bruce Springsteen Hoot Night
Cactus Cafe
SW Corner of Texas Union, UT Campus
Austin, TX
512.475.6515
www.utexas.edu/student/txunion/ae/cactus/index.php?cactus=current

Quotopia
Freshly-picked quotes from the ol’ reference collection:

When you say comeback, it sounds like you’ve been somewhere. I’ve been so active.
Davy Jones

Online Museum of the Week
MoFA: The Museum of Food Anomalies:

Orange within an Orange!

Rhyme Time!
One clue whose answer consists of two rhyming words:

Cow hide from down below!
Highlight here for answer: [nether leather]

Plumb, Plumber, Plumbest
Signs o’ the times from Austin’s singing Jewish plumber, Herman Bennett:

Thank you, come again!
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