Music

Headed over to the Stag’s Head last Saturday night to see a light version of The El Orbits featuring David Beebe, Jim Henkel and a new young drummer who is just out of high school and doing a musical internship with David. He’s quite remarkable and I suspect he’s destined for great things, musically.

After that Jim and I went across the street and hung out at the 59 Diner eating chicken fried steak and speculating on the nature of the universe. We talked for a quite awhile before heading back over to the Stag’s Head to catch Houston’s only B-52’s cover band, The Aqua Velva.

By this time the bar was pretty full and Jim was pretty tired so we both said our goodbyes and prepared to hit the road.

Snapped a few pics of the band but is is the only one I liked:

This should tide over the David Beebe fans who skim my web site after Google searching him.

Small Stars at the Continental Club on Saturday night. Always a good time as I have written before.
I experimented with some different techniques while shooting the show. I like what came out.

The rest of the pics are here

Prior to the announcement of the buyout I had made plans to see Southern Culture on the Skids at the Continental Club on Thursday. This band is hard to describe but imagine a trailer park version of the B-52’s and you come close. I make it a point to see them each year when they pass through town and they never disappoint.

As it turned out, the evening was a great chance to unwind and de-stress quite a bit. Plenty of good people in attendance and some I had not seen in a long time.

The show was as good and better than I had hoped.

More pics of the show in the gallery