a cheap video camera and cheap gas =

Back in 2004 I had the rare opportunity, as a 34 year old, to have enough free time and silly spirit to shoot a faux travel documentary about my great bloated state of Texas. With my friend Jonathan Wingo in between semesters at Hampshire and myself back in school we had a little too much free time on our hands. When we weren't cracking up at televangelist Perry Stone's swords for Jesus we would hit the road with an old Digital8 Sony camcorder and improvise completely made up tales of Texas history.

Gas was around 2 dollars a gallon, I had a little extra money saved up, and we were creatively restless so the result was at least funny to us. The plan was to cover the entire state but we only made it through Dallas, Waco and Austin. Over three quarters of the Dallas footage was lost when Jonathan shipped it to himself before leaving for school the next semester and the box was found months later in NJ, torn and missing most of it's contents.

It's probably funnier to me and Jonathan than anyone else but you might laugh a little. Also please excuse the less than smooth transfer:

back on the scene, crispy and clean

Let's try this again!

whiskey in the jar

i love myself some thin lizzy. i wish they hadn't fucked around with this clip so much but it's still a great song.

still loving it

yesterday i had the chance to catch up and hang out with my buddy joe and his wife penny. had a great time and picked up pretty much where we left off the last time we hung out. we even had aaron along - just a great time overall and nobody wet their pants. the name zappa kept coming up. it reminded me of this bit from the monkees.

a rich tapestry of sideburns and old guy weirdness

conway twitty had a great voice and recorded some of the cheesiest country music of all-time. tight fittin' jeans? singing songs about taking a girl's virginity when you're in your 40's and sort of bloated? let's try to erase that and just enjoy the good stuff(and laugh at the wardrobe):

1. conway twitty/loretta lynn - louisiana woman/mississippi man



2. hello darlin'