Lisa's Lounge

Bag100 held their CD release party at the Velvet Spade on Red River last night. They were joined by their friends in Freebleeder, Motionside, and a cool acoustic set by a couple of members of By Saturday. (see videos below) The Velvet Spade is a very large bar, with the "large" part being outside. The bar itself is just okay, (the inside doesn't flow very well), but the outdoor mutli-level patio area rocks. I suppose as it gets warmer it won't be as nice, but for March and maybe November, it's great! Anyhooo, the show was a blast. There was a good crowd, sold some merch, all is good. I love their music and Christine's singing style. A rocker with a tiny bit of lounge lizard thrown in. (She may not like that analogy but I mean it as a compliment!) I really enjoyed the whole evening...though the Browns, Lizard and Brown, Timothy, were very muchly missed. CONGRATS TO BAG100 (CHRISTINE, RYAN, DAVE, AND BEN) on a great show! All of your hard work definitely paid off last night.

My photos didn't turn out as well as I would have liked. I tried a couple of different things - and, um, it didn't work. So I hear you saying (as Ben made a point of mentioning) "Yeah, it's digital - couldn't you tell it wasn't working?" Well, to answer that smarty pants question, no, I couldn't. My view screen is about 2" x 2". When I reviewed the photos on there, they looked great and I was all excited! After the upload this morning - not so good. And I was D.D., so it wasn't the beer goggles. I don't know if using a camera with more manual modes will help... but it's going to be my excuse for purchasing a new camera! :-) a Nikon D50, I believe... photos

This weekend kicked off the South by Southwest Film & Music Festival (SXSW) which turns our already busy city into a madhouse. Yesterday we had SXSW, High School UIL junk, a UT baseball game*... all around the same time. And we basically have one way in and one way out of downtown. It is also a lot of fun! The AIA will host it's normal Spring Break showcase at the Dizzy Rooster on 6th Street starting on Wednesday. It's 4 solid days of great music.

* not a good day for baseball... they lost to the Long Beach State Dirtbags...

And for your viewing pleasure - (right click and save to your hard drive please...)

Nicole's absolute favorite By Saturday song: [edit: Nicole likes the song - she hates how it sticks in her head and won't go away...]

For Nicole

My Bengaroo!

Drummer Dude