May 08, 2008

At The Commissary in Memphis

At The Commissary in Memphis

The famous ribs place

The famous ribs place

May 07, 2008

Beale Street at twilight

Beale Street at twilight

In Memphis on Beale Street tonight

In Memphis on Beale Street tonight

I was visited by two ducks this morning. There's something poetic about that in a Tony Soprano sort of way

I was visited by two ducks this morning. There's somthing poetic snout that in a Tony Soprano sort of way

May 05, 2008

The Pentecostal Home for Flying Children Illustration

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This is the illustration for my forthcoming short story, The Pentecostal Home for Flying Children, rendered by the illustrious illustrator, Chris Burnam.

May 02, 2008

Cool Raconteurs pic

Cool Raconteurs pic

May 01, 2008

The Raconteurs are totally bionic in Dallas tonight. *throwing devil horns*

The Raconteurs are totally bionic in Dallas tonight. *throwing devil homs*

April 29, 2008

Who Can Save Us Now? Wii Contest

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April 28, 2008

Bestsellerlicious

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April 26, 2008

The Caffiene Test

The Caffeine Click Test - How Caffeinated Are You?
Created by OnePlusYou

April 24, 2008

Amy Tan: Where does creativity hide?

April 23, 2008

Texas Monthly's Texquisite Corpse

WillieClick here to hear me
read my leg of the corpse
in the May issue, the one
with Willie on the cover.

Hmmm. More UFOs in Phoenix

April 19, 2008

The LSU Deke House Video is Back

Yet another reason to love Dallas: the garden at The Garden Cafe on Junius

Yet another reason to love Dallas: The Garden Cafe

The crowd of poetic rebel rousers at The Garden Cafe last Thursday

The crowd of poetic rebelrousers at The Garden Cafe last Thursday

The night I shared the stage with Harry Hunsicker, Melanie Wells & Trish Murphy at The Garden Cafe

The night I shared the stage with Harry Hunsicker, Melanie Wells & Trish Murphy at The Garden Cafe

April 17, 2008

The big ass arena at that I and the illustrious Sarah Bird and Dixie Cash Sisters will speak at today

The big ass arena that I and the illustrious Sarah Bird and Dixie Cash

April 16, 2008

If there is any question on how much this Thursday Night will rock, Trish Murphy will knock it right out of you.


April 14, 2008

Garden Cafe Wing Ding This Thursday Night April 17th, 6PM

 

Willandharry_2I'll be joining local authors Harry Hunsicker and Melanie Wells and singer-songwriter Trish Murphy this Thursday, April 17 at 6 p.m. at the Garden CafĂ©, 5310 Junius St., for a night of songs and stories. Should be a real wing ding. Please tell your friends and join us if you can. Rumor is there will be free wine. 

 

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That's Melanie and Trish as seen on their blog thelmaandlouisegrabthekeys.com

Dave and Colleen at work

Dave and Colleen at work

April 08, 2008

A Stroke of Insight. Literally.

April 07, 2008

Easing into Monday with a little Mark Kozelek

April 04, 2008

Cat Power sings us into the weekend

April 03, 2008

The Dallas Morning News Features David Gordon Green and his new film Snow Angels

The Dallas Morning News today reports that David Gordon Green has come a long way since 2000 when he released George Washington. The way the DMN spins it in their article, DGG is just now coming onto the scene as a revered filmmaker.

Dude, homeboy has been the scene for anyone who knows anything about film since George Washington came out. Green's All the Real Girls and Undertow have had that Ebert guy thumbing up, way up for years.

Actually, it's a very favorable article, but let's not underestimate DGG's cannon of work thus far. He was a serious film maker from the get-go. And while every artist grows with each project, it's hard to deny that Dave was a bad ass from the beginning.

Dickey's downtown Dallas

Dickey's downtown Dallas

Once Upon A School

April 02, 2008

Utter Brilliance

Just in case you don't know what the above is spoofing. Here's the original.

eNotes.com launched their book club with a certain author

EnotesClick here to read more about enotes.com and their new book club featuring, LVLH.

Jesus, Don't Cry. It's Wilco Wednesday

April 01, 2008

Lance Larson & David Norman Premiere "Bloom" at the AFI Dallas

Lance Larson & David Norman Premiere "Bloom" at the AFI Dallas

March 31, 2008

Shreveport Homeboy, Jeffery Goodman, blows it up at the AFI Dallas Film Festival

Jeffrey Jefffery Goodman (a friend of my little brother's from high school) takes the AFI Dallas Film Festival by storm. The buzz on this film is tremendous. I'm going to the screening on April 4th thanks to Jeffery's largesse.

Aside from being a bad-ass filmmaker, what I love is Jeffery's DYI ethos.
Dude ended up raising all the money for Lullaby himself, selling the film in $50,000 units to private investors in his hometown of Shreveport, Louisiana. He believed it would take this level of freedom to make a movie that he felt was slightly different than most things currently being made.

"With Lullaby, I wanted to do certain things that weren't necessarily in fashion.  I wanted to make a slow, quiet genre piece that was sincere (rather than ironic) and very human.  And, in many ways, I wanted to make it in the naturalistic style that I associated with some of my favorite American films from the seventies." Check out his film's website by clicking here.
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March 26, 2008

A little Andrew Bird to get you through the week

March 25, 2008

Hasta Mexico

Hasta Mexico

March 21, 2008

Beirut's "Postcards from Italy" in celebration of my impending weekend nuptials

March 17, 2008

David Gordon Green's Snow Angels

March 15, 2008

How you see it depends on how you think

The Right Brain vs Left Brain test
 

The Right Brain vs Left Brain test ... do you see the dancer turning clockwise or anti-clockwise?

If clockwise, then you use more of the right side of the brain and vice versa.

Most of us would see the dancer turning anti-clockwise though you can try to focus and change the direction; see if you can do it.

 

                                         
LEFT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
uses logic
detail oriented
facts rule
words and language
present and past
math and science
can comprehend
knowing
acknowledges
order/pattern perception
knows object name
reality based
forms strategies
practical
safe
RIGHT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
uses feeling
"big picture" oriented
imagination rules
symbols and images
present and future
philosophy & religion
can "get it" (i.e. meaning)
believes
appreciates
spatial perception
knows object function
fantasy based
presents possibilities
impetuous
risk taking

 

What I stare at when I can't think of what to write

What I state at when I can't think what to write

It's a Vampire Weekend: Happy St. Patty's Day and Beware The Ides Of March

What I'm Slinging