It has now been some three weeks since FNC, FP, and I pulled on our hiking boots and marched down to the disheveled shores of Lady Bird Lake to an area known quaintly as Auditorium Shores for a Saturday at Fun Fun Fun Fest, Austin City Limits Festival's younger, punkier brother. It was something for... Continue Reading →
Homage to Caledonia [and Hibernia, too]
Pics from the Austin Celtic Festival, 10/18/2014
Rock ‘n’ Roll with a Ten Foot Pole– ACL FEST 2014, 10/10/2014
I have but a vague theory as to what unconscious forces took hold of me, convincing me to commit the unthinkable. I was no longer a rational human being, but an animal fueled by an overpowering primal instinct screaming in my mind's ear that blood, heart, and glory were all that mattered. It also intimated... Continue Reading →
Saor Alba Gu Brath!
Saor Alba Gu Brath! All Hail the Scottish Musical, Starring an Aussie and a couple of English kids God Help the Girl Starring Emily Browning Olly Alexander Hannah Murray Written and Directed by Stuart Murdoch My heart writhes with the sadness of defeat. A hopelessness shrouds my moods, pricking my beastly anger like a mischievous... Continue Reading →