Live Music – Page 16 – The Bald Heretic – Short, bald dude with a goofy beard

Art for art’s sake

Saturday I got to spend some time supporting my good friend Greg at his art exhibit opening.
Based on the attendance I would judge the event a success.

Family, friends and even casual acquaintances were gathered in abundance.
It’s important to support events like this.

Finally caught up with Bill to give him back the DVD I borrowed so long ago.
He gave us back our Rick Steve’s Amsterdam guide.
Bill and Cynthia had an opportunity to swap European vactions stories.

Later that evening I caught up with The Allen Oldies Band.
Before they started playing I got to show Landis Armstrong the photo I took of him that is hanging in Sig’s Lagoon with a few other of my photographs.

I enjoyed a few songs and then moved on.

Showcase success!

The showcase was a lot of fun. The turn out was quite respectable (considering how early our show was) and the sound man did a great job of mixing us for the room.

Kimberly of Neurotic Fishbowl fame was there and even audio blogged part of our first song. Isn’t technology wonderful?

If anyone got pictures from the performance they need send them my way.

Everything’s coming up Milhouse

I received not one, but TWO e-mail messages from The Houston Press this weekend.

The first one was to let me know that my band, The Flying Fish Sailors, has been nominated for the 2005 Houston Press Music Awards and also invited to play at the showcase. The last time this happened was in 2002 when we were nominated (and won) in the Celtic Music category. It’s nice to get some recognition. We’ve only been together as a band for about 17 years.

The second e-mail was to let me know that I have been nominated for the upcoming Best of Houston issue. Every year they publish an issue that contains what they believe to be the best that Houston has to offer. The categories range from best bar, restaurant, etc to best place to have your car repaired and so forth.

In years past my radio show, Technology Bytes was recognized with the title of “Best Technology Talk Radio” beating out Michael Garfield, Houston’s own (so-called) High Tech Texan. In 2002 my partner Peter Hughes was recognized as “Best Radio Sidekick”.

This year I have been nominated for the title of “Best Tech Geek” for my efforts on the show as well as my weekly Help Line column in the Houston Chronicle.