What the World is Watching

Wow I haven't posted anything in a while

sorry bout that folks

but this one should more than make up for it

hope you don't have to go anywhere soon

so, for those of you that aren't in the know, this past week and a half was a little thing called "South by South West"

it's a film, music and interactive (tech) festival here in Austin, TX

the biggest portion of this thing is the music side

all of the world it seems like, gathers here in the Capitol city

the amount of bands that play here is beyond ridiculous

just to give you an idead this is a tiny fragment of the bands that played:

A-Trak,Abigail Washburn,Above All,AC and DELL,Aceyalone,Acrylics,Adai,Adam & Alma,Adam,Arcuragi & The Lupine Chorale Society,Adanowsky,Adebisi Shank,Admiral Fallow,Adrian Lux,Adrian Younge Sound Orchestra,Adventure,Afrojack,Agalloch,Agent Ribbons,AgesandAges,Agnes Obel,The Airborne Toxic Event,Aislyn,Akina Adderley & The Vintage Playboys,Albert,The Albertans,Alcoholic Faith Mission,Alessi's Ark,Alex Highton,Alex Khoury,Alex Koll,Alex Skolnick Trio,Alex Winston,Alexander,Alexis Foxe,All Tiny Creatures,Allie Moss,Allstar Tribute Jam for Gary Claxton,The Almost,Alpha Consumer,Alpha Rev,ALTAAR,AM & Shawn Lee,Amanda Shires,The Ambassador,Amber Asylum,Amber Digby & Midnight Flyer,Amen Dunes,American Fangs,American Music Club,American Scarecrows,The American Secrets,The Amity Affliction,Amplified Heat,Amusement Parks on Fire,Amy LaVere,Amy Schumer,Amy Speace,An Horse,An-Ten-Nae,Analog Rebellion,Anamanaguchi,Ancient Astronauts,Ancient VVisdom,And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead,Andrew Allen,Andrew Belle,Andrew Nafziger,Andreya Triana,Andy Clockwise,Andy Grammer,Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys of OMD,Andy Pratt,Anika (DJ Set),Animals as Leaders,Anna Nalick,ANR,The Answering Machine,The Antlers,Antonia Bennett,The Apache Relay,Apex Manor,Aphasia,Apollo 18,The Appleseed Cast,AraabMUZIK,Arabrot,Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti,Arms,Army Navy,Arson Anthem,Art vs Science,Artifacts,Asher Roth & Nottz,Asking Alexandria,Asobi Seksu,Astronautalis,Asura and Anenon,The Atlas Moth,Atomic Tom,Augustana,Austin Hartley-Leonard,Austra,Automatic Loveletter,The Autumn Defense,Ava Luna,Awesome Tapes from Africa,AWOLNATION,Azealia Banks

these are just the bands that start with A

the point of me posting that is to give you an idea how these bands take over the city

every corner is a venue

and the whole city is an audience

this year was the first time I participated in it

Harley Davidson and The Marlboro Man - The Woman

This one's gonna be a quickie

So, I'm out with my brother last night

we hit up a couple of spots

during the last one I break away because I'm more hungry for food than booze

I hadn't eaten all day

so I sneak out while they're still in the club

I go and get me some street pizza

I walk around 6th street and lean against a wall eating my pizza

then I hear what sounds like someone dragging a cinder block against the pavement

but it's actually the voice of a woman sitting in a little window next to a bar

she says, "how come you ain't got no beads"

then I realize it's fat Tuesday and see that everyone is wearing beads

so I get off the wall and face her

she looks like she's made out of leather

she's holding a beer and is surrounded by beads that she's selling

so it's a booth not unlike a fireworks stand but instead she's selling beads

I look at her wares and say, "well I guess my luck just picked up."

and she did that laugh that was more of a cough and held up a fist full of beads and said, "5 dollars"

it's at this time that her co-worker Harley Davidson came around the corner to see what's up

somehow I took a mental picture and it actually manifested into a real one

so here is the macho Harley Davidson and the elusive Marlboro Man the Woman:

Ladies and Gentlemen...

Ok so I'm a little worried because you guys hyped this up too much

my bad

IT'S REAL TO ME DAMMIT!

so anyway, the weekend director took a job with CNN in Hotlanta

and my dear close personal friend, and biggest supporter at KEYE, Adrienne has been promoted to weekend director

so I'm going to take over Adrienne's Mon-Fri gig

so after all the headaches I put the station through, the fines, and the writeup I'm finally off on weekends

again

do you guys remember how much fun I had with my weekends off?

that means road trips, movies, concerts, stunts, no sleep Fridays, binders, PPV's

wait I do that anyway

but the bottom line is now I can do this crap on my own time without floating or crawling into work the next day

also with Adrienne gone that makes me the senior master control operator

My first speech to the new hires is gonna be "Don't worry, everything will be alright." (takes one last drag from the cig and flings it away)