twas an interesting weekend on the road with our band Groovin Ground..friday night was a co-bill with Grass at the Vortex in Beaumont… our first time there and we were received well by the hippies. On Saturday we played the Santomojo Music Fest at the Meridian in H-Town, which had a lineup of midrange prog/jam rock stallwarts from around the country… unfortunately it seems not many peeps in houston cared enough to show up..but the day was chock full of great music, and I for one had a good time.

my highlights were The Greyhounds, Mooshine Still, Lazlo Hollyfeld.. cant forget to thank Thomas for saving the Red Stage from total PA meltdown… special props to Dirty Dave and Dean Daniel’s crunked out photo shown here slathered in 5 dolla bills..oh yeah- check out Ian Varley’s review of the fest here

We first encountered Santa Rita at this years’ AusChron Hot Sauce Fest, AKA, the great title robbery…but thats another story. Santa Rita had a booth setup and they were peddling tacos and stuff.. we ate one and like it very much.. it was standard beef soft taco and it was served by a beautiful woman… ..yes, let it be known that a beautiful woman can sway our vote…. Read the rest of this entry »

Instrumental Dissent
by The Motet (2006)
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The latest release from the Motet IS VERY GOOD. Imagine if Fela Kuti and Weather Report recorded a jam session full of tag-team grooves, then Thievery Corporation remixed the whole thing, complete with trancy dancefloor bombs a DJ-style song transitions. Then, have a modern day jam-band learn the CD note-for note and play it back with a trump-tight but organic energy only possible with in-the-moment performance. Read the rest of this entry »

Some quick and dirty reviews from restaurant critic Dale Rice at Austin360..scroll down for the mexican food.  I’m a-gonna check out Garibaldi’s and Dina’s, those 2 have not shown up on my radar until now.. Read the rest of this entry »