Taco Libre

BPE?

freetaco — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:19:25 GMT

Yo, big poppa!

Where'd ya go?

pow! 9: Cookies

freetaco — Tue, 08 May 2007 13:30:47 GMT

Poem of the Week (POW!) 9, "Cookies" is up.

I didn't put one up last week. I tormented myself over trying to get an idea down, which never took shape. Yesterday, I got it, and it will show up in a future POW. (Maybe later this week to make up for it.)

Looking back at my inspiration, Jonathan Coulton's Thing a Week project, I saw that he not only did covers, but re-released/ re-did older things. Hurm. Not to take anything away from him.

hi d.. welcome to the world above the rock you crawled under

freetaco — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 07:29:51 GMT

Holy crap. The things you miss when you're not reading LJ. Or anything else regularly.

Ahmet Ertegun passed away last month. He was the founder of Atlantic Records, and one of the absolute key figures in 20th Century music. (You can see his character working with/against Ray Charles in the Ray Charles biopic.) For me, 20th Century music, popular music, is rooted in 2 people, Ahmet and Alfred Lion, the founder of Blue Note. Without these two guys, music, especially the African-American expression of jazz, blues, soul, and R&B, would not have found the voice or the audience they did. And then the white performers who took those sounds and morphed them into Rock and/or Roll.

Baruch Dayan Emet.

sport clips

freetaco — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 20:36:25 GMT

Anyone here ever go to Sport Clips? What was your impression? Would you go there again? thanks.

petsitting?

freetaco — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 18:09:22 GMT

Help friends: Can anyone recommend a good pet sitter for this weekend?

DNY at Hyde Park

freetaco — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 15:53:25 GMT

DNY at Hyde Park
Originally uploaded by freetaco.

I *heart* the Hyde Park Thatre

dipping a toe in the apple

freetaco — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 17:28:09 GMT

Discount Electronics has an insane deal on Apple G3s.

Anyone know what software can run on a G3? I've never had an Apple computer. Can someone point me in a good direction?

PS: I need the computer essentially for its browser capabilities. I need to x-check sites on Safari and IE.

Thanks.

freetaco — Mon, 14 Nov 2005 20:41:33 GMT

Happy Birthday to SuperHotGirlfriend666, sweetdilemma</h2?

Zombies Zombies Zombies Zombies Zombies

freetaco — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 23:03:48 GMT

For today only, ZombiesZombiesZombiesZombiesZombiesZombies Virus! Virus!

Merry Halloween.

Car break in

freetaco — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 13:13:27 GMT

Car break in
Originally uploaded by freetaco.

2 weeks ago, my car door was smashed in. There had been some car-robberies in the area -- such as Emster's purse from her car, ugh! -- but this was the first time they destroyed a window to get inside. Thankfully, my car alarm scared them off.

I woke up in the morning and was greeted by this and the door open. Guess they figured by opening it from the inside, the alarm wouldn't go off. Dumbasses. The alarm had stopped going off by morning, but the damage had been done.

Thankfully, nothing was taken. Not that there was anything valuable there to _be_ taken anyway.

Bargain AUto Glass replaced the window by coming to our place the same day for the cheapest price: $150.

Sock Puppet Full Frontal

freetaco — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 05:20:41 GMT

Sock Puppet Full Frontal
Originally uploaded by freetaco.

A few weeks back, when people were going on about the full frontal nudity at the Sock Puppet slam, I kinda didn't know what y'all were talking about. I was too wrapped up in the competition.

Tonight, looking through the photos, I saw this. Oh dear.

80s sax solos

freetaco — Fri, 21 Oct 2005 17:49:06 GMT

Just in time for Jenn's 80's-styled birthday party this weekend, I give you a listener's guide (with judging and samples) of 80's Sax Solos.

birthday wishes

freetaco — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 18:54:24 GMT

Happy birthday red_five and monkeyjenn!

oh, johnny!

freetaco — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 15:31:10 GMT

Proto-punkster Greg Brady was the origin and inspiration for Johnny Lydon's (of the Sex Pistols) stage name:

After realizing that he was not wanted for his singing skills, nor his looks, but only because he "fit the suit", Greg Brady said "Adios, Johnny Bravo":

I thought I could change my name and my personality and become some big flashy rock star, but I was just kidding myself. Let's face it, Johnny Bravo's nothing but Johnny Rotten.

You have been informed.

best thing to happen to my poetry career

freetaco — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 21:56:38 GMT

KATIE HOLMES IS PREGNANT WITH TOM CRUISE'S BABY.

http://www.boston.com/ae/celebrity/articles/2005/10/05/tom_cruise_and_katie_holmes_expecting/

freetaco — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 19:18:43 GMT

LOST on Flickr.

DON'T READ THIS IF YOU HAVEN'T WATCHED THE FIRST 2 Eps (this season) of LOST YET

Some good things over there, including this wonderful, possible spoiler.

Also, wtf is Dharma? Someone said they saw the same insignia that's in Desmond's cave on the shark?!

birthdays! birthdays! birthdays!

freetaco — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 16:02:07 GMT

Please enter your birthday in comments below for my "I'll never forget your birthday again" list.

thanks.

austin slam - new event next friday

freetaco — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 19:27:39 GMT

Friday, September 16
AUSTIN SLAM FRIDAY NIGHT SPECIAL
Ego's, 510 S. Congress, 8 - 10 pm

Get down to our home base for a night of very special guests
featuring RAGAN FOX, three time member of Team Austin now living in
Phoenix, AZ. This will be his first performance in Austin since
rocking it on the FINALS STAGE as an individual competitor at NPS
2005. As if that wasn't enough, check out the amazing work of
PAULA FRIEDRICH (Seattle, WA), PHIL WEST (San Antonio, TX), DANNY SOLIS
(ABQ, NM), and yourself in the OPEN MIC. But wait ... there's more.

It's the first-ever HEAD TO HEAD LIMERICK CHALLENGE!!! Throughout the
show, pairs of limerick warriors will face off, best of three,
FREE DRINKS FOR THE WINNERS!!! Lookout. Hosted by Mike Henry.

-- Limerick structure and history can by found at Wikipedia

Please tell your friends. See austinslam.com for a full listing of the month's events as well as links and info for visiting poets.

Now for cuteness

freetaco — Wed, 31 Aug 2005 19:04:11 GMT

Adopt a penguin!
Originally uploaded by BrynJ.

Hey! It's penguins! Everyone cheer up, the penguins (nature's comedians) are coming! They don't care about Katrina. They don't care about the war or Cindy Sheehand. They have hundreds of miles of blizzards to ~~walk~~ shuffle through.

another puzzle for you

freetaco — Wed, 24 Aug 2005 19:02:47 GMT

Here is another logic puzzle from the good folks at Coudal Partners:

Under cover of darkness, six men are meeting in a cabin in the North Woods. Mr. Grouper, Dr. Trout, Mr. Ray, Mr. Mackerel, 'The Snapper', and Mr. Bass must decide between them who will govern their super-secret ichthyological society. They are the only members eligible for the offices of President, Vice-President, and Secretary. And this is their challenge.

Grouper won't be an officer unless Snapper is President
Trout won't serve if he outranks Ray
Trout won't serve with Bass under any conditions
Ray won't serve with both Snapper & Bass
Ray won't serve if Bass is President or Trout is secretary
Mackerel won't serve with Ray or Snapper unless he outranks him
Snapper won't be Vice-President
Snapper won't be secretary if Mackerel is an officer
Snapper won't serve with Grouper unless Bass serves too
Bass won't serve unless either he or Ray is President

How can the three offices be filled?

Goodbye, "weird" cred

freetaco — Mon, 22 Aug 2005 20:13:48 GMT

Goodbye, "weird" cred
Originally uploaded by freetaco.

Last week, Diane was decrying the end of the weird cred now that IKEA is set to land in Round Rock.

Saw this place on Burnet during lunch, right next to Lights Fantastic. Oh goodness, is the Real World really a selling point?

Six Feet Under Over

freetaco — Mon, 22 Aug 2005 15:33:01 GMT

Alan Ball: you're a bastard.

A big beautiful bastard.

freetaco — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 21:10:42 GMT

Last post of the day:

Anyone in the Austin area have any moving boxes they would like to pass on? Or know of anyone who has extras? Thanks.

team austin 2004

freetaco — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 20:10:23 GMT

team austin 2004
Originally uploaded by freetaco.

Wow! I just found this on Chris Lee's MySpace. (Thanks for posting it, Chris!) I've never seen this pic before. Or any of the others. Who the hell just let me out of prison?

operation: freak out the world

freetaco — Sun, 14 Aug 2005 14:33:09 GMT

Christopher Walken for president, 2008.

http://www.walken2008.com/

Hahahahaha.