Southpaw Jones

CRUELTY is now available!
Order the CD now at southpawjones.com.
Purchase MP3s at cdbaby.com or .
Grab a copy in real time at Waterloo Records, End of an Ear, or Bookpeople in Austin.
Or buy one from me any Thursday at Flipnotics @ the Triangle.

I’m happy to report I had a delightfully restful and productive four-day Labor Day weekend. Highlights include:

• A spontaneous party
• Hitting the gym twice like a totally disciplined dude
• Watching Mad Men with sweet Maggie
• Playing an amazing show with Matt the Electrician at The Wyldwood
• Munching on yummy homemade tamales
• Trying to figure out which magazines I’d like to someday feature my name
• Shopping where normal people shop
• Trying a new sushi-ish restaurant chaotically crowded with college cliques
• Finally visiting our neighborhood bar to find a wonderful country jukebox
• Making my first egg/ham/cheese Panini
• Our long-awaited return to Barton Springs
• Seeing Jodi, Owen, and Arden’s beautiful new son and brother, Oscar
• Finally getting the Barton Springs water out of my left ear
• Signing CRUETLY up for the Waterloo Records Hear Texas Here listening station
• Spontaneous breakfast taco + banana pancake with Scrappy Jud Newcomb at Magnolia
• Coffee and reading at Mozart’s on the lake
• Tilapia and veggie ravioli
• Getting all upset at the Republicans just before bed

as reported in The New York Times

September 3, 1908
PLANTS AS ANIMALS.
Son of Charles Darwin Says They Have Memory Habits and Moods.
LONDON — Francis Darwin, son of the author of “The Origin of Species,” who delivered the Presidential address at the opening of the British Association at Dublin to-day, is the first botanical President at the association’s annual meetings for forty years.

One clue whose answer consists of two rhyming words:

Mama, I do like the young gentleman who kindly courts me! I just wish that he had a more charming wardrobe and a more precious countenance. Oh, if the Lord would only deliver me a…

Highlight here for answer: [cuter suitor]


Animals Squashed Against Glass

Courage, brother! do not stumble,
Though thy path be dark as night;
There’s a star to guide the humble,
Trust in God and do the Right.
Norman Macleod

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2008
Celebrating the lyrics of CRUELTY!
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