Music wish list
I’m a little busy over the next few days with work and side-work projects. It’s at times like this, when things are hectic, that having a sharepoint calendar is a must for busy working...
Author: Brad Willis
Recommendations d’Otis
From time to time, I like to throw out a few recommendations. It’s not that I have particularly discerning tastes. I’m actually a pretty average guy with pretty average likes and dislikes. I think...
Langerado 2008: Strawberry Shortcake’s key changes
By the time Sam Bush stepped to the stage on Friday afternoon, the south Florida sun had breached the clouds and enforced every sunscreen rule my mother ever preached. I sat on the ground...
Otis the disabled plumber
My parents were due at the airport in half an hour. A contractor was due to arrive in the same time. I had better things to do than wonder why the kitchen floor was...
Langerado 2008: Serendipity in a white tuxedo
I would’ve liked to have been in on the meeting at which someone decided to book R.E.M. for Langerado. I might have suggested to the promoters that festival attendees are more interested in music...
Steve Earle Guitar Changes Hands
Frequent readers here might remember a little project I started back in November. If you missed it, I sent one of my guitars over to Iraq to keep a friend occupied until he came...
Langerado 2008: The weight of the wait
Six of us walked through the crowd, dodging fire ant mounds, clumps of cow manure, and hippies. We were bleary-eyed, half drunk, and working on next to no sleep. Dark Star Orchestra had just...
Off the grid
Several months ago, my buddy G-Rob was lamenting his lack of availability for an annual trip to Las Vegas. Due to work and family issues, he was forced to stay behind while the rest...
Sky afire
G-Vegas had its first thunderstorm of the the season. It lasted as long as a barfight between two drunks–entertaining, but over quickly enough to get back to the evening without worry. On a sunset...
Weekly Planner
Monday: Awake at reasonable hour. Plow through backlog of undone assignments, lay off a couple others, try to avoid germs. Have dinner with Blood. Play cards until reasonable hour. Note: If playing cards doesn’t...
Bar light, bar bright
I’d always wanted to own my own bar. What proper drinker hasn’t? It’s growing up in the age of Sam Malone, I think, that turns us dive denizens into wannabe bar owners. The perfect...
Scenes from an…Italian Restaurant
Our waitress was perky. I’ll give her that. “I’m here to give you an authentic Italian experience,” she said. I tried not to roll my eyes. I was only sitting there because my kid...
Two Kids
I’m not much what you’d call the praying type. I think that subject has more than played itself out here. That aside, there are two kids out there this week who could use prayers’...
Clean Living
BadBlood suggested a new bar. I, by nature, am reluctant to change. My roots dig in when I find a place I like. I lived in the same house for eighteen years before overstaying...