“It’s a beautiful letter To the past and the future Don’t mourn it, when it passes There’s a new one to savor The beauty in this is You really cannot linger You can cry and smile For the sweetness of a second And go on” There are two kinds of people who matter in this […]
Read More
Sam’s Town Point in Austin launched SXSTP … get it??? … 3-4 years ago as an alternative to SXSW. And while that is certainly true, Sam’s is an alternative to pretty much everything, including reality. I’ve written about Sam’s before (both here and here) and trust me, the legends probably understate STP’s many charms. Wally […]
Read More
The Adios Lounge can’t participate in this year’s SXSW Music Festival because of top-secret government work. Yep, it’s true. While Austin staggers under the weight of freebeerpalooza, I’ll be keeping the Western Hemisphere safe in a bunker 20 miles below the surface of the earth. My disadvantageous location notwithstanding, don’t think for a second my […]
Read More
“A lot of people don’t realize what’s really going on. They view life as a bunch of unconnected incidents and things. They don’t realize that there’s this, like, lattice of coincidence that lays on top of everything. Give you an example, show you what I mean. Suppose you’re thinkin’ about a plate of shrimp. […]
Read More