Rule, Brittaniea! Gonna teach you tricks that'll blow your mind
Run Lola Run
I am getting ready to leave the house to run the Houston half-marathon. The half isn’t actually until next week, Sunday the 17th, but I am running the course today, taking my time to do the whole thing, as my final long-run before the actual race. I keep blowing my own mind when I think [...]
Bay Guardian can seize Village Voice Media assets around the country
This story, about predatory pricing between alt weeklies in San Francisco, is mildly terrifying in what it might mean for the future of my paycheck. Follow-up.
Chili for chilly weather
When I did my run yesterday morning it was 20º outside, which might not seem too cold if you’re from, say Chicago, but Houston is having its coldest winter in something like 17 years and it feels downright apocalyptic. I came home, took the hottest shower I could handle, then spent the rest of the [...]
Ain’t got no schoolin’
While doing YouTube research for a story on New Year’s resolutions I stumbled across this super-funky version of Nina Simone.
Jay Reatard
I was out of the house all day yesterday. When I got home, the first thing I saw on Twitter was that Jay Reatard had died. A month ago I saw Reatard at Walter’s on Washington, and reviewed the show for the The Press. Jay Reatard called me an asshole in the comments. I liked [...]
The Sweater
From Ask MetaFilter: Help me ID this song from the ’80s: This is a song about a sweater, how it possibly unravels, or involves a boy and a girl, and would have been played on the radio as a new release in the 1980s. Not Weezer’s Sweater Song, something different! It was odd (maybe a [...]
Radio star
Last week I was contacted by KUT 90.5 FM in Austin to see if I was willing to be interviewed for their Texas Music Matters radio show. Typically TMM focuses on Austin bands but occasionally they reach out to music journalists elsewhere to see what bands are making waves in other Texas towns. On Wednesday [...]
Dirty Boots
Every time I hear this song (which is not as often as it should be) I have the memory of seeing this video for the first time on MTV’s 120 Minutes, which I used to watch in the summers, curled up on the living room floor with my pillow and NKOTB sleeping bag, all the [...]
Free at Last
The Lorraine Motel on our 2008 visit to Memphis, TN.
Bib #33799
My finish in the Aramco Houston Half Marathon at 2:27:30, under my goal of 2:30 with room to spare, and right at 50% compared to the other runners. It was my first half marathon, and my second race ever. It was hard but I know I could have pushed myself harder. It’s still a PR! [...]
Me gusta la Vespa
Helmet Hair Magazine, a Texas-based magazine catering to women who ride motorcycles, has branched into covering the scooterist lifestyle too. I have a column in their brand new section, Scooteristas Unite.
Soul Nite
CLH and I got married at the original Aurora Picture Show church and yet, in all our years together and in Houston we’ve never been members. We go to tons of their events and pay full price for each one, and we’ve always talked about joining but just never have. Until Friday. All last week [...]
Writing :: running
From Writing Down the Bones: Some days you don’t want to run and you resist every step of the three miles, but you do it anyway. You practice whether you want to or not. You don’t wait around for inspiration and a deep desire to run. It’ll never happen, especially if you are out of [...]
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