enough about Mindy ...Meet Joe

Joe Henry Loves you madly. awesome. Blood from Stars. yep.

I'm not obsessed. Just impressed/ arrested.

Have I mentioned Mindy Smith's Stupid Love? Oh, once or twice. Hmmm. Just saying haven't heard anything this soulful and mournful and joyful in a long long time. She makes my heart ache.

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Front Yard Grilled Steaks w/ potatoes and salad.

and cold beer. Can't get better.

Ma's Medical Update

Damn doctor. Said that her coradic artery 2 years ago test was clean as a whistle and thinks the mini strokes are due to very tiny blockages. But they will do another coradic artery test again and send her to the eyes ears nose specials to look into the calcification behind the left eye because the DOC HAS NO IDEA WHAT THIS IS ABOUT, HUH? And as far as the shrinking brain the doc again has no idea? I think my folks must not be getting the details right. But it's possible they are. So sad.

Full frontal

Full Frontal Soul: Mindy Smith http://www.mindysmith.net/

I "discovered" Minday Smith on Paste Magazine. And now I'm losing weight and feeling goofy and straight.

"Mindy, this is Steven. I love your music."

Enough said.

jalepano poppers

My ride home from work was hot. I stopped off at On The Border and had a frozen margarita (with salt) to cool down. And since appatizers were half off for happy hour I ordered the jalepano poppers. Damn if they didn't burn my lips clean off. Now I'm hot again and lipless. Lipless and hot. Damn. Life sucks sometimes.

Putting our eyes on Ma

After the test results showed some discouraging news for ma (mini strokes, calcified place behind eye, shrinking brain) we ran to Tyler. She looks and is acting like her pre-test self although maybe a little weaker. She is taking the news in stride and we are all lending quiet support as needed. No matter if we think life is in a rut and how comfortable that rut may feel life has it's own agenda..

Beautiful Morning Noon sizzles

Such a cool crisp morning, almost shocking. Garage sale-ing with Donny & Fay and Diana. As the day wore on the sun intensified and beat us down by noon. I bought a box of pulp western paperbacks for Dad. Bought Ma a serving spoon. Bought crystal candy dish and ....dang, already forgot what. ON the way home, we stopped at Brookshire's for sirloin steaks. Diana has them marinating. Marks will grill shish-kabobs for dinner. I bought a seedless watermelon and it's slightly green.

going East again Hey Ma

going to E. TX this weekend. Normally go every other weekend but Ma got some news and got to lend moral support.

My Favorite Beatle (second)

Paul McCartney is in town. He's playing the new Cowboy Stadium (Jerry's World) which is about 30 minutes from where I live. Damn, I wish I was there. I did see Paul in his Wings Across America Tour in 1976. I'm an old fart. It was my first concert at Riverfront Colosseum in Cinncinati (where a year or so later those people got stampeded at the Who Concert-I think). He was amazing. I shaint forget him sitting alone on a bar stool with his guitar singing "Yesterday" . Ended with "Band on the Run". I missed the encore 'cause I was young and dumb.

Break a leg Paul.

Sorry I missed you.

hard core

NYTimes Sunday Book Review.

"This is not the worst novel I've ever read". Yikes. Read the full review. Love the snarkiness.

I gotta get motivated

I be'friended' Alan Menken on both MySpace and Facebook and sent ingratiating comments about the effect he's had on my music. I'm still waiting on his response. I wouldn't have done this accept on the advise of CC who said it would be a good idea to let Mr. Menken know the profound influence he's had on me and send him a link to the CD. I was skeptical. But I followed through.

Hot days and cold beer. That's what I'm talking about.

Happy Birthday David & Donald Fedrick

Happy Birthday to my older brother David. He's in Kentucky so I'm sending my wishes long distance. He's not old. He's just grayer and wiser.

(------above)Uncle Donny's birthday is tomorrow. He lives in the Tyler area (where I am today) so we'll celebrate today with T-bones and Pineapple upside down cake. Get out the fire extinguisher. Seventy candles!

August In East Texas

It's greener but still hotter than hades. Great to see my folks. Ma had that big pan of enchalades waiting for us. They were better than I remember.

Heavy Sigh (feels good)

Deep breath. I didn't make my own self imposed deadline (I had to run Frye's Electronics to get more printer ink) but I'm officially done now and can turn it in tomorrow at 7:00 am and hopefully they will fax it soon there after as the official deadline is 10:oo pm tomorrow night. But besides the faxing it's done!!!!!yeah!!!!

Tomorrow after work Diana (sister) and I will travel to Tyler Texas to the see our folks. I talked to Mom and Dad just now and they are doing good. Mom is making enchalades. Her TX-Mex enchaldas are something spectacular so I'm especially looking forward to tomorrow night.

Yeah. LIfe is good.

Mission (almost) Accomplished

I'm proud of myself. I've done most of the major project I had to complete by tonight done yesterday. I must finish by 2:00 pm today to get submitted. Wish me good thoughts and send a prayer.

12 step program for procrastonation needed

I've taken two days off work to try to hobble together a document which may impact the rest of my life. But no pressure. So why am I here making an entry on this blog instead of buckling down to the task at hand? The deadline is Friday, I must be waiting for Thursday night. It's times like these I can't stay away from my Yamaha keyboard. Fact is I'm composing a lovely orchestrated piece which is coming along nicely. Perhaps it will impact the rest of my life. HA! Not kidding myself. Just saying.....

Got a lot Done, Much more to do

Some of the many chores I've ignored for too long finally were done this weekend. And now I'm trying to get motivated to get more done. It's hard for me to stay on task. Being single and beholdin to no one has me spoiled worse than a first grandchild. But I'm on a roll and I've got to maintain some semblence of self control.

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Washington Square Park NYC

Our last day in NYC we visited the park which was a block from the start of the Heritage Parade. We arrived minutes before the parade began and got curb side seats. We moved to explore West Village and ended up at Christopher street at the Stonewall Inn and watched part of the parade there. Imagine. Us Texans seeing the 40th anniversary of Stonewall at the Stonewall Inn on Christopher street in NYC. Amazing.

Agent/Attorney wants to talk about Fedrick, not Fred

I heard from an attorney today who said he handles a group and has heard Fedrick, not Fred and wants to schedule a meeting. I wish I knew more about the business side of the music business. We didn't set up a specific time but I let him know I'd be interested in talking.

Today at the federal agency where I work came an announcement that tomorrow several cadre positions are supposed to open up, several meaning about twelve. I think there are many hundred people which are interested, including me. Gotta keep my day job until the residuals from Fedrick not Fred start pouring in, HA!

I can't help but mention the heat. August 4, so it's redundant I know but it's so in your face.

Yen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

I finally bought it at Borders. I think I'm going to love this book.

NYPD to the Rescue.

Sizzling hot.

Church this morning. Early service. Then brunch with Phillip at this old diner off Harry Hines. Phillip was right about the restaurant's retro ambiance. Natalie was our waitress. She appeared to be in her early eighties with hair piled high, high, high, and shmears of lipstick around her pretty mouth. I had megas and and Phillip had the voluminous breakfast burrito. I caught Phillip up about the New York trip. I told him about our arrival at the La Guardia airport and how the pencil thin pimp-looking chauffer in a purple velvet high waisted jacket and afro hat offered us a limo ride to our hotel which we accepted until NYPD's finest stopped him and forced him to return our bags because he wasn't a licensed limo or driver. How the officer cautioned us to look for transportation with the proper identification and directed us to the yellow cab stand. As he said, unlicensed drivers don't have the proper insurance if anything happens in route. We thanked him and realized this guy could have kidnapped us and robbed and killed us. We knew we'd have to be more careful going forward.

Not Doing Chores

I had pancakes for breakfast and eggs and hashbrowns. Since then I have done an excellent job of avoiding chores. Chores that I must do...