Pinky's Passion

2002-12-03T11:54:00.000-06:00

Burp...

Well Turkey Day has passed and Christmas is moving forward at top speed. I love this time of year. But boy-o-boy am I surrounded by Scrooge-types bitchin' and moanin' about the already running of A Christmas Story (great flick). Well blah to you anti-Xmas-types.

I'm a little more miffed about Griff refusing to return from Florida, new and different characters every damn minute on All My Children and my seemingly aches and pains that will not get the hell outta me...

2002-11-23T11:02:00.000-06:00

Ha Ha!

Made ya look...

2002-11-12T15:18:00.000-06:00

Dumbass Alert Dumbass Alert!!!

I am so smart S-M-R-T...

2002-11-11T15:20:00.000-06:00

Ugh.

I feel like crap today. I mean total grade A shit. I feel hungover, but I didn't drink...the worst kind...the non-drinking hangover...shit without shots...

2002-11-07T07:41:00.000-06:00

Ozzy.

I feel such affection for the Osborne clan. The BW interview last night was really sweet. So they're freaks, so what? Hey, takes one to know one!

2002-11-05T14:07:00.000-06:00

The Poop.

Griff is quickly becoming my first stop of the day. Read poo haiku. Hurry it's gut-bustin' greatness...

2002-11-03T16:19:00.000-06:00

TFG.

I happen to know the bestest person ever. Not only that, I managed to marry him!!!.

I rock.

No wait, HE ROCKS!!!...

2002-11-03T13:46:00.000-06:00

M&M.

Omigod I do SO love Eminem. Don't tell anyone. But I really dig his music in a big way. I can't wait to see his movie. I know I know he's a f*cked up trailer trash loser, but I just luvs him for some reason...

2002-11-02T20:50:00.000-06:00

#22 = Bobby Hayes.

I was just reading an article in the Dallas Observer about Satan's eldest son Jerry Jones. I won't go into the current state of the Cowboys. The thing is, I started thinking about how I can't name more than 5 to 6 players since like 1999. Yet I can name almost the entire 1969 roster.

I miss Tom Landry. I miss what Dallas Cowboy Football used to mean. It was like a huge part of my childhood. Hell, I taught myself to embroider and made a little pillow case with "Bob Lily #76" embroidered on it when I was 8-years old!

No point to this story. I just think it's sad when some things change. Some things tend to change for the worse and it ends up sucking for other generations....

2002-11-01T15:31:00.000-06:00

Yawn.

Dude this is hardwork. Well not THIS, but this. I ain't doing so good on this personal mumbo-jumbo. My computer is whining like a damn 1971 push lawn-mower. Maybe I need knock off and take the old gal to happy hour or somethin'...

2002-10-28T20:34:00.000-06:00

Huh?

2002-10-28T14:30:00.000-06:00

I'll take a bologna beret thanks.

I'm doing a little bookmark house-cleaning and came across a forgotten link...enjoy...

2002-10-25T22:22:00.000-05:00

Blather of a blithering boob.

The other day I sat dazed and confused on page 13 of my "Front Page for Dummies." So my "mind" began to wander off to more pleasant thoughts...TV. So rather than sit in the depths of reality, I began to ponder the age-old question.

If you could only pick 10-teevee shows to watch forever, what would they be?

After I made my list and checked it twice, I was thrilled...er....stunned to realize 5 out of 10 shows were of the animated variety. Yep I luvs my cartoons.

In no particular order:
The Simpsons
Ren & Stimpy
Southpark
Sponge Bob Squarepants
Daria

Friggin' brilliant progamming if I say so myself...which I usually have to...say so...myself.

Come on now THINK ABOUT IT! We are talking about actors sitting in a sound studio acting to nothing other than a mic! And don't EVEN get me started on the animation artists! Brilliance I tell you BRILLIANCE!

Then my mind wandered off to the list of celebrities I'd want at my last supper...or my next birthday party.

In no particular order:
David Letterman
Jack Black
Kevin Spacey
That guy who plays Jack in the Jack-in-the-Box commercials
Homer Simpson
Sponge Bob
Oprah Winfrey
Ellen DeGeneres
Steve Martin
Erica Kane
Tom Hanks
Robert Evans
Stimpey
Sting
Michael Jordan
Rock Hudson
Bob Lily
Buddy Rich
Cartman
Sir Isaac Newton
The Monkees
Ken Goldstein
Jerry Seinfeld
Lucy

I could go on and on, but now I shall dwell on this fabulous party with all my special guests toasting to me and throwing gazillion dollar-bills at me with love...sigh...boob at her best. You may now kiss my tiara...

2002-10-25T16:17:00.000-05:00

JimmyT.

Treach is keeping me giggling with his comic re-mix. He's too damn funny...

2002-10-24T13:59:00.000-05:00

Alchemy!

I've found myself completely addicted to this stupid game on Yahoo. The sad part is, I'm addicted to it mostly for the sounds it makes. I'm a very peculiar old broad...

2002-10-23T18:41:00.000-05:00

WTF???

2002-10-23T16:45:00.000-05:00

A slight smile.

While I'm waiting to get signed up at the recreation center I witnessed something very cool. A kid came in with a handful of change. He plops it on the counter and says he wants a membership. He is 13-years old and saved his lunch money change so he could pay for his own membership. He wants to come practice basketball every day after school.

Trust me you NEVER see that kind of thing anymore.

Pretty damn cool...

2002-10-23T16:40:00.000-05:00

F*CK F#CK F&CK F%CK!!!

So like I've spent HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS working on the friggin' TexasGigs site and in one swift click of a mouse...poof...it's gone.

I do NOT BELIEVE THIS IS HAPPENING!!!

So in total disbelief and complete denial I decided to get in my car and calmly drive it into a brick wall going about 2000 mph. What the hell, why not?

Instead I went up to my neighborhood recreation center and signed up for a year membership. I mean what the hell, it's $15.00 for the year plus an extra $10.00 per month to use the weight room. I need to workout. I need to get rid of (what will be) a stupendous amount of stress, frustration and tension.

Now I must go and bang my head against my desk...

2002-10-22T17:55:00.000-05:00

I've been sick.

All I've done is work on the TexasGigs.com stuff. I have absolutely nothing to talk about unless somebody wants to listen to me whine about not feeling good. I'm a dull girl.

Blah...

2002-10-20T13:38:00.000-05:00

He's a "Special Boy"

It's too cold and yucky to get outta bed. So it's gonna be a Lifetime marathon! Woohoo! TFG looks awful cute in his Philippe shirt today. Now off you go to Achewood so you too can wear the latest threads...

2002-10-19T00:24:00.000-05:00

Stupid Stupid Stupid!

If you're sweetie bought you "FrontPage For Dummies" and you're like all "yay I should be able to understand this stuff when it's spoken in dummy language, piece of cake," yet you sit here on page 10 scratchin' your head, does that make you a super-terrific-mega dummy? WTF? I mean how much Vodka did my mother ingest while I sat baking in her womb? Or more to the point how much Vodka have I ingested in the last #% -something years?

Oh lookie a kitty is outside my window! I'll think about that for awhile...

2002-10-18T13:49:00.000-05:00

L'Orange

Dontcha just love this template? I do. It's so happy and cheery. So I was thumbing through my newly delivered Metropolitan Home and it seems orange...or rather Tangerine is the color right now. I also learned that the fine folks at Altoids have put out a "Curiously Strong" Tangerine mint.

Dude take a gander at the left-hand side of MY template. Uh-huh that's right mister, you are lookin' at T-A-N-G-E-R-I-N-E baby! You know what this means don't you? Why I'm in!

I'm simply delighted...

2002-10-18T11:37:00.000-05:00

PIne Valley Poop

Okay we've established my deep adoration for teevee. I have one in my office and every day I click it on at 11:00 CST so I can listen to "All My Children." I can't help it, it's an addiction. I remember watching it with my mom when I was just knee-high to a grasshopper, so it's been a long-ass addiction.

Lately I've become rather uncomfortable with the story line(s) though. I mean every single episode someone is finding out their best friend or roommate or grocer or police chief or attorney is in fact, their sibling. It's creepin' me out. I've got this eery feeling by next week the whole damn town is gonna be one big Jerry Springer wet dream.

I was into General Hospital and One Life to Live in college, but I just didn't keep up with it. The other one I loved was the now defunct Santa Barbara.

What?

Hey I never said I was a rocket scientist...

2002-10-18T11:00:00.000-05:00

I love Ray...

2002-10-18T09:33:00.000-05:00

Friday Fun.

Brian Regan is on the Kidd Kraddick in the Morning Show right now. He's crackin' my ass up! Scott makes fun of me for listening to KKITM. He says it's a "chick" show and that it's boring and stupid. Sometimes when I'm doing laundry or somethin' near his office I can hear the boys on The Ticket blaring from the radio. Most of the time they are talking about the same stuff Kidd talks about. I told that to Scott one time. He said I'm just a crazy-ass broad...

2002-10-17T16:59:00.000-05:00

I gots the rump-rot!

My ass hurts from sitting in front of this merciless computer. My eyes hurt from trying to read this 200 lb. HTML book.

Luckily we are nearing the 5 o'clock hour in which I can turn on the tube and watch The Simpsons!!! Woohoo! I think I need to get my big-fat-rotting-rump on the treadmill whilst I watch...

2002-10-17T11:09:00.000-05:00

And let me tell you why.

My beloved KennyG, this one's for you. You can store this one away in the "tell-all" category.

To truly experience TheFatGuy in all his glory, you must be down-wind from his ass when a stentorian explosion erupts from betwixt his oh-so-adorable cheeks.

It's even more vomitilicious when his ass is level with your head when said explosion occurs. That's the last time I ask him to come into my office and show me a couple of HTML tricks, THAT I can assure you. Lesson learned here!

Crap (no pun) I'm gonna have to evacuate the building...cough...cough...gag...

2002-10-17T08:42:00.000-05:00

He just ain't right.

Well this day has already started out all wrong. First off TFG posts a big-ass picture of my over-sized head on his blog. Damn TFG! Last thing I wanna see first thing in the mornin' is my mug lookin' back at me.

So I slip over to Achewood only to find it's in re-runs. How DARE Onstad take a few days off! I demand to be entertained!!! Thanks to the Achewood site, I'm now hooked on Wigu. But ya gotta go back to the archives and start at the beginning. Otherwise you will feel as though you are in on a joke that everyone gets but you.

If I really get into a funk I'll re-play the Donk's promotional video....

2002-10-16T22:47:00.000-05:00

The Jr. High Blues

More and more each and every day I thank the good Lord I'm as old as I am. Even on those days when another grey hair pops up to say good mornin', even when I get another "laugh line," even when somehow...some way my pants shrink another half-inch over night.

The reason for this sheer enjoyment towards my old-ladydom stems from living with a 13-year old 8th grade female. I wouldn't go back if ya paid me..and I NEED to get paid!

Good grief, ya wanna take out Bin Laden? Send in a group of 8th grade girls! He'll blow his OWN brains out within an hour!

And I thought I was a drama queen?

Tonight "we" are finishing up a social studies project on Paul Revere. My baby-girl is a major perfectionist so "we" are making continuous changes. If I hear the high-pitched, "Mooooom you just don't understand" ONE more time I'm gonna stun-gun my ownself...sigh...sigh...sigh...

2002-10-16T17:46:00.000-05:00

TeeVee

I'm a TV addict. My brother and I were latch-key kids and weren't allowed to play outside when our mom was at work. So we grew up with TV. It was our mom, our dad, our nanny, our friend We watched shows like Father Knows Best, Leave it to Beaver, I Love Lucy, The Brady Bunch...sheesh, no wonder I'm so f*cked up!

So this new fall line-up has provided me a great (before Prime time) line up.

I've got The Simpons at 5 PM, Seinfeld at 5:30, Friends at 6:00 and
ANOTHER Seinfeld at 6:30 on TWO different stations!!! I'm in sheer heaven!

Plus with all the new Nick channels I get my fill of Sponge Bob too!

Sometimes it's nice to have such a simple mind...

2002-10-16T16:21:00.000-05:00

Ragamuffin

A thought occurred to me as I sat in the carpool line this afternoon. I looked in the mirror and actually gasped aloud. I look like crap! I've been working on concert calendars and band bookings and the new website, so I ain't even touched a tube of lipstick.

I've had my favorite sweater on for 3-days. I got it when I lived in NYC and I just love it. It's tattered and full of little holes and there's a button missing near the bottom. But it's gone all over the country with me. I could wear it when I was *ahem* much thinner, and I can still wear it now.

I've paired up this fashion faux pas with a lovely pair of oversized workout shorts from Old Navy. I figure I'll start working out aaaaaannny minute now...yep....any second.

My hair is in it's normal state, wrapped up in a woobie. What little color I had left over from my suntan has now faded into a gloppy looking paste.

This feeling of horror came over me when I caught a glimpse of myself, then a glimpse of my gas situation. Below empty.

It's like those times your mother told you to always wear clean underwear in case you're in an accident. "Cept in this case I AM the accident.

So what's the moral? Sadly that I would sooner perish and die of starvation in my car (should I actually run out of gas) rather than get out and have all those PTA moms see what I'm REALLY made of...or lack thereof...

2002-10-16T15:11:00.000-05:00

Dougie

Well my darling musical genius has gone and done some work for me. Doug built a bunch of pages for the website so now I can take a breather.

I think I'll go watch Dr. Phil for a bit....today's topic "Mending Sibling Rivalry." That should put me in a catatonic state...oh wait, I gotta pick up kids!

2002-10-16T13:57:00.000-05:00

I am so smart...S-M-R-T!!!

I did it WOOHOO!!!

I actually have a link on my site that works!

2002-10-16T12:44:00.000-05:00

Omigod I'm going to F'ing SCREAM!!!

This is so friggin' over my head I can't even stand it! Front Page? Hell I can't even find the damn front page! HTML? $@&%!

How do people do this stuff?

TheFatDude says I gotta "stick with it." Yeah I'll show you stick....

2002-10-15T22:10:00.000-05:00

Dammit Dammit Dammit

I know this MT thing is supposed to be easy. I mean I've run across MT sites that are done by 12-year olds!!! Was it all that drinkin' I did in the '80s? Was it my naive enthusiastic indulgence of Ecstasy back when it was legal? Is it damage from banging my head against my desk out of sheer frustration?

Or is it that I'm just a complete moron?

Ding ding ding, we have a winner Chuck!!!

2002-10-15T16:46:00.000-05:00

Pinky goes to poop

Well I'm scrapping Pinky's Passion as a music site. Scott is being the bestest husband ever and helping me get things rolling with Movable Type and the TexasGigs.com server. Woohoo!

So I'll come in here by myself and talk about really important stuff like Sponge Bob and diets and kids and Scott and Achewood and Ken Goldstein and boobs and my aching back...

2002-10-14T16:08:00.000-05:00

2002-10-14T15:35:00.000-05:00

Cindy's Sad Saga.

WTF?

I've been booking bands for a joint in Deep Ellum called Tex's Taphouse. It's a Texadelphia by day; then a swingin' live music spot at night. Well it looks like the cheesesteaks won this round. I just got word the owner is canceling live music "indefinitely." Perhaps "swingin" is not exactly the most definitive term at this point.

At least he's letting us do the shows up until November 2. Dammit this is a crap week.

This is what I've been ranting about. It's so damn hard to get people to come out to shows. The Taphouse is smack dab in the middle of a jillion other live music joints, so the competition is tough. Not to mention Deep Ellum is one humongous pain in the ass. IF you can find a place to park it's gonna cost you a firstborn kid.

So I'll be scrambling to find other venues for the bands already booked to play. Any thoughts or suggestions are most welcome, my email is over yonder on the left hand side.

Dan DeGrado and T-Roy Miller will still be doing their songwriters show the 2nd and 3rd Thursday of each month, so ya'll come out for those shows, PLEASE! They are going to have lots of surprise guests. Those 2 know just about everybody in this biz, so these will be fun nights.

This just sucks. Tex's Taphouse is a GREAT venue. It's comfy, it has a great stage, it's got great food, it's got a great owner. Damn.

Gawd, I just want a bottle of Tequila, a handful of Valium and a gallon of Häagen-Dazs...

2002-10-14T13:38:00.000-05:00

He's heeeere!

Fredrikson Luke Wright
8 lb 10 oz
21" long
8:03pm, October 10, 2002.

Proud parents are doing great!

Congratulations Ben and Mandy!!!

Now where can I find a itty-bitty teeny-tiny guitar...

2002-10-14T12:39:00.000-05:00

Well hell.

It's a gloomy overcast day here in Big D. Rather matches my mood, I'd say. I'm so dang tired I can barely keep from climbing back into bed and pulling the covers over my head permanently.

It was a rather surreal weekend. I made it to Tommy's shindig just as Macon Greyson hit the stage. That was THE highlight of my weekend. Man those boys can rock the house. Or more appropriately, the fabulous, oversized, magnificent, freshly built covered pavilion Tres Rios has added. I watched and danced with abandon while Buddy and the boys played their adorable hearts out.

Then I turned over the meager beer/wine donations I'd managed to wrangle up for the bands, checked to see what time I was scheduled to work the front gate and headed back to Buck's.

After greeting and settling in our luxury campers, I headed back over to the festival to work my shift at the front gate. That part was fun too, I guess. I worked with a bunch of gals who kept me in stitches the entire 2 hours.

Scott arrived around 8 PM, just as my shift was ending. So off we went to catch some of the show. I got a taco from Frank & Ramona's stand and absolutely savored every morsel. Dang that Frank is a whiz when it comes to Mexican food. Taco in one hand, glass of chardonnay in the other, we settled in for some good ol' Texas tunes.

Houston Marchman was on the stage which was great! I hadn't seen him play live before and I really dig him. After that we started seeing folks we know, so there was more talkin' and less listenin' going on for the rest of the night. But I heard bits and pieces of Davin James, Rusty Wier & Larry Joe Taylor.

I would have sat giggling and trading stories with Bonnie Whitmore until the sun came up, but Scott had had enough so off we went back home. I looked EVERYWHERE for my bestest bud RJ. I never could track her down dammit.

The evening (early morning) then took a downward swing. We had a little run in with the Somervell County police department. If you want details on that fiasco go here and read it straight from thefatguys' mouth.

I guess the only sucky part was hearing so many musicians express their frustrations over this industry. They can't get gigs or they can't get people to come out to the gigs. I feel their pain. I've been on the musician/band booking side and the club booking side. It's a tough business and I'm at a loss myself. This is why I’m tired, run down and beaten down completely.

Tommy puts on one helluva festival. I enjoyed myself immensely. The music was superb. There were plenty of food vendors offering a variety of fattening goodies. Plenty of restrooms. EXCELLENT parking. So do yourself a favor and mark your calendars for next October and go to Tommy Alverson's 6th Texas Music Festival & Family Gathering. I guarantee you'll leave with great memories, a whole buttload of new friends and a smile on your face. And one more thing. Plan to come to Texas Music Nation Celebration III in June, along with Raz on the Braz in August. Those two are a helluva great time too! I'm trying to talk Buck into building us one them there fancy pavillions too.

If we build it will they come?...

2002-10-11T10:08:00.000-05:00

Dang it I forgot to do so many things last night I'm running way behind.

I just wanted to leave one more thing here.

Go here.

It's Achewood and it's guffaw-worthy beyond my wildest dreams.

Poor poor Phillippe.

NOW I'm leaving...

2002-10-10T23:55:00.000-05:00

Mornin'.

The kids have been dropped off at school.

The dog and cat have been fed.

I'm off to the ranch. I hope I get my chores done before Macon Greyson goes on stage at Tommy's festival. I think they go on around 1:30 today.

Ya'll come on down to the big party!

See ya Sunday!

2002-10-10T23:43:00.000-05:00

Dude!

Beck was on Leno and it rocked (pun intended).

He was like all acoustical and folksy and great!

Dang.

It makes you realize the power of music and musicians and songwriting and geetar playin'.

I wonder if he'd play the Taphouse for tips...

2002-10-10T22:24:00.000-05:00

Well my new protege' Derek Evans has probably just left the stage at Tex's Taphouse. Next up, Devin Leigh . Dammit, it sucks not being able to be at the Thursday night shows.

Kids'll do that to ya. But I'd rather sit here shrieking, "GO TO BED" for the gazillionth time than to not have kids with which to shriek.

I haven't seen Derek or Devin live. But their CDs and/or downloads rock. I hope you good folks went to the Taphouse en masse. I hope you ate cheesesteak sandwiches with abandon and drank yourselves silly.

Of course after the Taphouse show, you all must go over to Muddy Waters to catch The Lonelies.

I'm their mom too.

I just don't have to give 'em lunch money every day...

2002-10-10T20:25:00.000-05:00

Well Tommy Alverson's Texas Music Family Gathering is in full swing about now. In fact, one of the guys I book for on occasion is on stage as I type. If you are in (or near) Texas, jump in your ride and head down to Glen Rose for this shindig.

Here's the scoopage:
Tommy Alverson’s Texas Music Family Gathering
October 10-12
Tres Rios Campgrounds
Highway 67 in Glen Rose

Thursday, October 10
Brian Burns – Chip & Jonna Woodburn – Alex Whitmore – Andy Pate – Smokey Wilson – John Greenberg – Scott Fant – Jay Sims – T-Roy Miller – Bonnie Whitmore – Terry Rasor – Bret Graham – Jay Johnson – Joe Pat Hennen – Terri Hendrix – Steven Fromholz

Friday, October 11
Maren Morris – Wade Stockton – Macon Greyson – 3 Fools on 3 Stools – Harris & Ryden – Sisters Morales – Mike Graham – McKay Brothers – Kevin Deal – Houston Marchman – Davin James – Rusty Wier – Larry Joe Taylor

Saturday, October 12
Diamond Jim Richmond - South By Southwest - Bodie Powell - Leslie Satcher - Ray Wylie Hubbard
Ed Burleson - Jesse Dayton - Jason Boland - Cornell Hurd Band - Johnny Bush - Heather Myles - Cooder Graw - Tommy Alverson
Food Vendors will be on site!
Camping also available 2 miles down the road at
Buck’s on the Brazos

Damn I wish I was there now...

2002-10-10T18:36:00.000-05:00

there's this guy tony pierce.

he's like the coolest cat i've never met. he's got this rad blog and i find myself excited every morning to see what is swirling around in his adorable head that he's decided to share with us. my main point here is, he does most of his work in lower case.

it works for him.

it just makes me look like an illiterate moron. i think I'm going to have to give it up. I can't take it anymore!!! I'll never be as cool and hip as Tony, but at least I'll be able to sleep at night.

2002-10-10T14:18:00.000-05:00

yesterday was kind of fun.

the lonelies were opening for heather myles at poor david's pub last night. in a last minute effort to get some free press, i called khyi and knon and begged for some on-air time.

knon came through like a real champ.

wednesday night is fritz night on texas renegade radio. if you like really amazing texas music, you've got to tune in. if you ain't from dallas, you can listen via the internet.

ain't technology grand!

i usually just listen to texas trevor on monday evenings.

now i'm gonna tune in every night.

so i tune in at 4:00 PM and realized what a sap i've been for not listening to this show every freakin' night. this is a publically owned station run on a shoestring budget by some damn fine dedicated folks.

fritz had a great play list last night. macon greyson, wayne "the train" hancock, fred eaglesmith, the burtschi brothers, the lonelies, heather myles...great mix of tunes.

doug did great too. the interview was solid and doug's performance was top-notch...but then doug is always great.

due to giving birth some 13-years ago, i couldn't make the show on a school night. i'll bet it rocked.

doug said today that at least one person showed up because she heard him on knon.

bless you knon...

2002-10-10T13:58:00.000-05:00

well here i am.

blogging.

much like the capri-pants fad, i refused to give in to this blog thing because it's getting to be the hip thing to do. plus i have zero talent for writing.

but i need a friggin' website for my music "career." i just don't have the patience or brainpower to figure out the damn front page and/or html crap. i need a place to proudly gush over some damn great bands

i need a place to bitch and moan about other things related to this bizarre world of club owners, booking agents, musicians and drunks.

i threw out that lone pair of carpis a week after scott said i looked ridiculous in 'em.

hopefully he'll think my ass looks good here.

so here i am world.

and just to really throw things outta whack, i'm going to type everything in lower case. i'm really anal about proper spelling, grammer and punctuation, so this will drive me nuts at first.

but i've been in a funk, a rut if you will.

i need a change and writing in lower case for all the world to see is a good start.