Adventures with Dr. Lady Cutie Troublemaker

I know it’s Elvis’ Death Day and all, but I think the much more interesting historical musical event is the 1995 showdown between Blur and Oasis. I was in England at the time, and it was INSANE! You couldn’t turn on the radio or walk past a newspaper stand without hearing about the competing releases.

It’s fascinating to me that the Elvis article I linked to was on BBC News (indicating that the world obviously still cares), yet when Aaron and I went to the P&H on Saturday in hopes of a fine tamale and maybe a little AC, I ended up at the Dead Elvis Ball. Now, aren’t balls supposed to have dancing and costumes? And at this one, I would have expected an Elvis theme of sorts. The only Elvis things I saw were the picture behind the band and a woman wearing sunglasses with face sideburns attached.

Maybe the interesting thing is that a CD of Clinton’s favorite music is being released. Naw. That can’t possibly be interesting.

Lots of new pictures uploaded on my Flickr page.

My Indian Lady is on her way home to Mumbai. 🙁

Click on E.J. to hear more of his performance.

E.J. was completely wonderful! What a clear, beautiful voice. Why can’t I go and buy his CD down the block? That seems wrong. Seriously. Makes me want to get my guitars fixed and try and make something of myself. I spent so much of my life training that I never did that creative experimentation other people did. E.J. did it, and he got it right.

I’m so glad I went when I did. I orchestrated it so I was the last customer at Do-Duds (drop-off laundry) and the first at Murphy’s. I shot lots of video on my camera to share. Morgan was there. The two women I’d met from the Queer Action Coalition were there. Chris showed up later, and we talked about music and the origins of Delta tamales. Oh, and E.J. asked me for a request, so I got a little Billy Bragg ("Valentine’s Day is Over"). Thanks, E.J.! I may say more tomorrow if I get around to it, but here are a few pix and a clip.