Excuse me for not mentioning that Ashes & Water was taking a bit of a summer vacation. Thing is, I really didn’t know I was going on vacation myself, but here it is a month and a half since my last post. It’s been a busy couple of months with Professor Fury & Contessa throwing the last Poolapalooza, a trip to South Carolina for fun with the cousins and Maddie Potter moving into the Yellow(ish) House on Morning Glory. But after this weekend’s sojourn to Orange Beach with the Underpass Gang, which I’m out the door for in just a few minutes, vacation is over and I’ll be back in the keyboard powered saddle, whipping this thing for all it’s worth. With the Braves hardly ever playing on TBS anymore it’s been a rather sports starved summer and so it seems that the arrival of football season is even more welcome than it normally is, which is saying a lot. I’ve been following the Saint’s training camp at my alma mater pretty closely this year (I even made it up to Jackson with a Saturday scrimmage), especially with the aid of fellow Millsapian DeMeat’s very thorough training camp expose.
In other circles, Gorjus and I also managed to get him a dedicated website for the Sandusky Review up and running. Be sure to check it out if you haven’t made it over that way yet.
Wow, I’m about to match the Professor Fury record for non-posting days. April came and went with a whirlwind calendar so full that it’s taken a week plus to recover from all the running around. May looks like it’s going to be a lot slower, thankfully. My parents are coming to stay the weekend for Mother’s Day and to catch the last baseball game in LSU’s Alex Box stadium on Sunday, but amongst all that visiting I’ve got my sights set on the CD release party for Harlan on Saturday night at Chelsea’s. Harlan is one of the best bands out of Baton Rouge these days and seeing how they don’t get together to play very often and there are rumors of a certain key member’s possible move out of state, this is a show to catch for sure.
So, I haven’t been privy to a good live music show here in Baton Rouge in way too long (which is not the fault of Baton Rouge inasmuch that of my own lazy ass). I was perusing Alex Cook’s latest ‘Record Crate’ entry over at 225batonrouge and did some follow up on Saturday night’s Spanish Moon show, which introduced me to the Dirty Projectors, who immediately caught my ear and sound like something that will be quite interesting to hear reproduced live. Alex has indicated that he missed their last stop through town and was told it was ‘the show of the year.’ So that sounds like a show to make for sure, and hopefully I’ll be looking to celebrate an LSU win against the undefeated Gamecocks of South Carolina.
There’s been an oh so subtle shift in the weather down here in the Red Stick, with the morning holding on to a pleasant coolness for a few hours before the heat of the day hits. Wgo is looking to have a fire for the Autumnal Equinox celebration we’re throwing on Sunday and while that might be a bit on the side of wishful thinking, well, here’s wishing…
One of the members of the UG pointed me to GoodReads.com the other day, and I’m hooked. It’s pretty much a Flickr-like site but dedicated to books. First off, it’s a really easy way to keep track of the books you’ve read (something I’ve always wanted to do but failed miserably at) and second, with its ‘friends’ feature you can see what people you know are reading. So if you feel like it, join up and search for ‘{dvc}’ and add me as a friend. I look forward to browsing your bookshelf.
A little less than a year ago a new mom and pop fried chicken joint opened up on Nicholson not too far from where I work. I’d planned on giving it a try at some point, as Baton Rouge isn’t near the fried chicken town that Jackson is (oh Two Sisters, I miss you and your buffet so…). The idea of trying out some fried chicken that was something other than the corporate chain variety was something I was looking forward to.
That is, until I drove by the other day and saw this sign:
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Not much to report really. Since Sunday’s Saint’s game in New Orleans, I’ve been prepping and resting up for the last big road trip of the year. E and I, plus Wgo and Wrestlerette are taking a 3 day weekend to go to Lucky’s wedding shin-dig up in Oxford Towne. One of the few big minuses in moving down to Baton Rouge has been my loss of proximity to Oxford. This is my first trip back there since moving Deeper South and I’m beyond excited at the idea of a chilly evening out around the Square, an afternoon in a hushed corner of Square Books, and a visit to Rowan Oak. And that’s before I even contemplate all the hometown and undergraduate friends that will be in attendance. It will be a high-flying weekend, for sure.
