Invasion, part 2

A few highlights A-man missed...

A visit from the divine Adam:

It was also Spring Break last week, so no school.
Jane's first trip to the Nature & Science Center:

Mini cooking class:

Meanwhile, Mom got to see an impromptu
parking lot concert by one of her favorites:

And the queen of the porch, SXSW edition:

Invasion

Brooklyn visited this week. It's SXSW. Means 30,000 pairs of tight jeans and painter caps wolfing down hot dogs and waiting in line for Lady Gaga. We did OK.

The new agency band, AKA Jessee's Girls, opened the music portion of the festival on Tuesday. I'd compare our sound to that of the VOLVO - the wheels always seem to be leaving the vehicle amid the rattles and hums.

The set: Bowie, Thin Lizzy, REM, Room Clear.





Gig groupies.


Jane rad run of the roof.



St. Patty's Day in the middle of all of it. The Leprechauns dyed Jane's milk green, she was terrified.



Managed to see some pretty great music over the four days. This was TBird and the Breaks, Gibson Showroom.



Black Joe Lewis, about to take stage with the Honeybears.



Honeybears guitar.



Menomena, Deja Vu.





Highlight for dad, Kurt Vile.



Milwaukee's Finest, Jaill, Sub Pop showcase.



Obits, killer set.


Jane clearly not feeling it.



She did dig this guy.



Mama got into the micheladas. Jane pounding lemonade.




Wanda Jackson, telling Elvis stories.



Cave Singers.



Look who we ran into.


Black Angels.



Trying to keep up with the cool kids, fail.



Luckily, little competition at work:



And from tonight, dinner with Stanley the Great Lumax, who snapped this leaving the Whip In.


Here's a video I took of Black Joe Lewis, worth a gander:

The Hot Rock

Couple recent viewings. Bout to get nuts here with the SXSW stuff.

WALKMEN from Stubb's, recorded on iPhone. Live much more resonant, but the idea:




And Black Angels, Do 512 studio gig.

Jane the Brotherhood

Feels like fall in Austin TX. Dead trees and chilly breezes in the morning, blue sky afternoons. Had the neighbors over for porch beers on Saturday. Jane and dad ate too much pimiento cheese.

Highlights from Hill Country road trip, some weeks back, grandpa and grandma visit.










Valentine's cards, Jane made one of these and it's a rendering of her parents. Pretty high concept. As Tiny pointed out, she's in her Blue Period.



Company picnic, all these guys have hair on their faces.




Jane, abandoned and left for the dogs.



Taco Thursdays.




Dad's new jams.



This is what greets me when I come home from work.



Walkmen from Friday. Good set, horns, bad dialogue, lots of tallboys.




The last of the superbowl ham.



On the way to kite day, evidence of life.



More evidence of another sort - this is the Chevron where I buy beer. Steppin' it up baby.



This is the year of my 20th HS reunion.

Big Girl Room Upgrade

We moved Jane out of the crib months ago,
but actually getting the room together took awhile.

Mom slept in that bed as a little "big girl".
We bought the bedspread in Mexico
before Jane was born and the ruffly curtain
is a shower curtain from Anthropologie.
The desk in the far corner was also Mom's as a girl.
I love that she has some of the same furniture I had.
Giant bulletin board came from when Mom worked
at Seventeen. Fun striped pillow case came from Coco.
Since Jane adopted turquoise as her favorite color,
this radical departure from the old
red/white/black scheme has worked out great!
We're considerably more girly now too, as evidenced
from the previous post on tutus. xo Winz