Southpaw Jones

I had a wonderful weekend with an extra hour tacked on thanks to that crazy system of ours. Friday, Matt the Electrician and I played for a great crowd at Anderson Fair in Houston. Then, Maggie and I stayed until Saturday night to see her dad perform with his classic rock cover band 33 1/3 RPM. They rocked Big John’s Ice House for FOUR HOURS, and they kept the energy high the whole dang time.

I got to visit with my family over BBQ, and of course, we also enjoyed my favorite radio station, Houston’s 97.1 FM, Country Legends! Thanks for playing Willie & Waylon & the boys, you crazy computerized satellite, you.

Sunday was a day of rest, and now it’s back to work. I’m trying something a little different this morning: no caffeine. No coffee. No green tea. Bupkis.

I’ve been ingesting quite a bit of the ol’ stimulant lately, and I hate the idea that I might be too dependent on it. No one wants to be constantly constricted. So under the umbrella of alertness, awareness, and trying something new, I’m going without the c-word this week.

Don’t judge me too harshly if I fail. Sometimes I walk under dark Pepsi clouds and I get a few soda drops in my mouth. Sometimes co-workers just throw coffee at my face when I’m being difficult, and I can’t help but swallow a bit. I might just step on a syringe of coffee extract. But that’s ok! The point is, I zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…

Tobacco, coffee, alcohol, hashish, prussic acid, strychnine, are weak dilutions; the surest poison is time.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

New Ways to Play with an Old Hardware




One clue whose answer consists of two rhyming words:

Listen up, people! If we’re ever going to get any work done around here, we need less flirting, less lingerie, and less romance in general. I’m calling for an immediate…

Highlight here for answer: [seduction reduction]

Thursday, November 8th, 2007
8:00 PM
Matt the Electrician & Southpaw Jones
Flipnotics at the Triangle
4600 Guadalupe
Austin, TX
(512) 380-0097
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