Now, on the bright side, @JonDeeGraham & @RobynLudwick put on a show that was worth every penny. I look forward to a repeat in a few months.

Pardon my whine. I've just been parking in roughly the same spot almost every time I've attended a show at the Continental Club since 2002.

Since WHEN can't you park on Gibson between Congress and Nickerson? I just parked there Tuesday night. Tonight I got a ticket. Grumblegrowl.

Heading to @Contclubgallery for @JonDeeGraham & friend @RobynLudwick.

Damn you, Allergies.

Quiet time on the upstairs patio. A crescent moon and a smattering of stars shine through bare branches.

Oh, the night, here it comes again
It's on with the jeans, the jacket and the shirt

75,000. Headed to San Marcos to watch the Carolina game with Honeybadger.

Oh, hey. I just locked myself out of my house and had to crawl back in through the doggie door. Welcome to my awesome hangover. Giggle.

At the @mohawkaustin checking out @thisispolica with @austndiva and Taco! Me likey.

That's a price worth paying. Damn straight. "@gracels: We failed to warn our daughters that price of women's freedom was eternal vigilance."

This cold front is playing hell with my circadian rhythm. Frisky furr-children, branches scraping & windchimes. Bring on the bizarre dreams.

I feel better about watching crap television when they use gorgeous songs like @wilco's One Sunday Morning/Song For Jane Smiley's Boyfriend.

For those of you who do @Do512, check out the bands & RSVP for the Ramble Creek Day Show here: http://bit.ly/yct8L7 Much ♥ to @Do512_Rachel!

It happens. Because it's just that effing good. Food + Jukebox Cc: @LucysFriedChick "@HarMarSuperstar: At Lucy's Fried Chicken. AGAIN!!!!!"

Rad. @EileenDSmith's post is the second linked item in the latest entry on my new favorite blog: http://bit.ly/wnoKSs Cc: @SlacktivistFred

Date night with Honeybadger.

Announcing the Ramble Creek Recording Studio SXSW 2012 Day Show at ShowLush's Backyard!  http://on.fb.me/yHEOb5

But I got to say, "Happy Mardi Gras!" and surprise one last person with beads on my way home. So, ultimately, I feel as blessed as ever. <3

So, ya know, my heart is just a teensy bit more broken than usual as a result. Fixated on grace, gratitude, life, & - above all else - love.

I am 512 miles from where I wanted to be. I *really* wanted to be walking around, smiling, saying, "Happy Mardi Gras!" to strangers all day.

Laissez les bon temps rouler @Contclubgallery!

Kinney Avenue Mardi Gras Parade! Yep, that just happened!

We're not laughing with you. We're laughing at you: http://bit.ly/y2oYZV I'd like to add this from In The Pink Texas: http://bit.ly/zC8ZmJ

In a 2004 interview, Obama dicusses his faith: http://bit.ly/wQztlC I reckon I can live with his "phony" theology, Rick Santorum, you putz.

I'm pretty much over the moon about the new Woody Guthrie album by The New Multitudes: http://bit.ly/xjYw8v Anders + Jay + Jim + Will = SIGH

"@statesman: Hays County suspends law that called for the euthanization of dogs. http://bit.ly/zW1Jcv" @BeBellanti = St. Francis of Assissi

Feeling decidedly less like a hot-tempered Irish gal and more and more like a happy-go-lucky Cajun by the moment. Happy Mardi Gras, Y'all!

Mama needs some Mardi Gras magic. I've got a dead battery & Roadside Assistance is giving me the runaround about my extended warranty. Grrr.

Restless + Rundown

Getting through a relentlessly fun weekend in Austin was easy enough. But now it's Lundi Gras night and I wish to hell I was in New Orleans.

Tequila = Magic. Mexican Mardi Gras = Grupo Fantasma @ Beauty Ballroom.

Feeling like more than a little bit of a candyass tonight. Too tired to dance. Tragic. Maybe Liza's right. Maybe I should do a shot? Hmmm...

Hook 'em Heels! UNC on one television. Texas on another. On a rainy afternoon. This sitch could only be improved by being in New Orleans.

The White Horse may very well wind up being the death of me. Pinche hipster honky tonk. /I say that with all the love in my busted ass hand.

Listening to @DougBurr play a concert from the staircase of a house built in 1906 with a fierce housecat named Whompus. Blissed the eff out.

Looking forward to a lovely @DougBurr show tonight - http://bit.ly/xJFGzT - and to his participation in the Ramble Creek Day Show on 3/17!

Making lemonade, yo.

Hell yeah! Tonight at @acl_live with Mi Princesa! ! "@Tromboneshorty: Time for soundcheck! ready to burn this joint down feeling good!!!!"

Dear Dude With The Unbelievably Gorgeous Blue-Green Eyes Having Lunch On Guero's Patio, Whatever the question is, the answer is YES. <3, Me.

I'd love to be in love today. Since I'm not, I think of it as Independence Day + Thanksgiving. To endless possibilities and bullets dodged.

Aw! Someone used the marquee at The Paramount Theater to propose! It totally made my evening commute, so I hope Marisa says, "Yes!" to John.

Happy Valentine's Day, Beautiful People. The Stanford MRI Lab hosts the first ever love competition. So lovely! Enjoy! http://bit.ly/zUF1dr

With regard to separation of church and state... How perfectly...sane. Smart Presidents Saying Smart Things: http://bit.ly/yyXLBK

Tu pupila es azul y si en su fondo como un punto de luz radia una idea me parece en el cielo de la tarde una perdida estrella. XIII, Becquer

If everyone could pretty please send healing vibes in the general direction of my dear roommate's right knee, that would be mighty awesome.

My Happy Monday continues! Big-time fave @DougBurr will be peforming in Austin this Friday night. Details and RSVP info here: http://bit.ly/xJFGzT

Fun stuff. Grand Champeen bassist Alex Livingstone is currently on the road with @steadycraig and blogging about it: http://bit.ly/AilI3U

Speaking of A.D. Blood... I expect greatness based (almost but not entirely) on the nod to Richard Buckner's The Hill: http://amzn.to/yLPNU5

I'm so happy about that @monahansband at @hotdogscoldbeer show on 4/20 I neglected to include the linkage. My bad: http://bit.ly/zEcDxH

Happy, happy Monday to me! @monahansband announces a show at @hotdogscoldbeer with ((Sounder)) and A.D. Blood on 4/20! #reasonstosurviveSXSW

Raindrops on rooftops and seven year old kittens...

I simply believe in the possibility of redemption. My fave person in the world was once abusive. I'm glad he changed, glad I could forgive.

So...Chris Brown. I understand everyone's outrage. I also think there's something to be said for forgiveness. Hate the sin. Love the sinner.

My lil' brother's given name is Whitney. And I'm pretty sure he goes by his nickname on account of Whitney Houston's talent and popularity.

I'm so glad that Carolina seems to have recovered from that Duke loss far better than I've recovered from my first visit to The White Horse.

Honestly? I don't even like The Talking Heads - GASP! - but this cover is kind of rad. The Rosebuds, "Road To Nowhere": http://bit.ly/wGSX1V

I'm almost certainly preaching to the choir, but it's very good info. Old Men Pretending To Be Newly Upset At Old News: http://bit.ly/A2GujD

"Things have a life of their own," the gypsy proclaimed with a harsh accent. "It's simply a matter of waking up their souls."

I'm afraid that damn game set my recovery back by several days. I feel as if I got hit my a truck this morning. Give me strength.

Mardi Gras in NOLA, SXSW, Festival en el Barrio in 2SON, a few trips to the ranch and, before I know it, I'll be back in NOLA for Jazz Fest.

I think I'm still in shock and/or denial about that Carolina loss. But I'm so grateful that I got to watch it with my two favorite UNC fans.

Stunned. Nice walking three point shot to bring it within reach. Four mothereffing steps?!

Yay for my cancelled trip to Virginia! I just used my flight credit to book a trip to Tucson for Festival en el Barrio! http://bit.ly/zD0ozj

No head cold dreams tonight. Please and thank you kindly.

Watching @blobtower's SNL performance with @jumutx. I'll quote: "To all future SNL musical guests... THAT is how it's done. Bitchez." Horns!

Nails it. @lefsetz on Madonna, Mitt Romney, Elizabeth Warren, the 1%, the 99%, Susan G. Komen, Planned Parenthood: http://bit.ly/wDeK5l

"Can't count to all the lovers I've burned through
So why do I still burn for you?
I can't say"
Carry Me Ohio - Sun Kil Moon
Gorgeous lyric.

Yet another album I'm super-excited about in 2012! "@PasteMagazine: @joepug Talks The Great Despiser, Debuts New Track http://t.co/tFFey1Tg"

I don't want to be sick. I do want to win the lottery. I'd settle for one of the two. Since I already seem to be coming down with a cold...

This ish is complicated, yo. When you love and respect two people equally, why is one relationship effortless while the other is a struggle?

I'm doing my damnedest to keep hanging out with Mom now that the game is over, but all she wants to do is watch more bull riding. Killmenow.

Raymond Berry! Geeking out! If you are a football fan who also hapens to read books, I highly recommend Mark Bowden's "The Best Game Ever."

Dare I say Lesser Manning no more? Equal Manning? Maybe. But Greater Manningham? Definitely. Now I just need the defense to finish this.

@Urrealism If only it had been Tucson's @b_lopez_music's version of the Echo & the Bunnymen tune. Amazing young musician to make it current.

As a fan, the second half of the SB is always bittersweet - final game of the season and all that ish - but never more than this year. #18<3

Made my day. "@ErikVidor: Clint Eastwood commercial is fucking awesome. #BuyAmerican #buyDetroit #PissoffRepublicans"

@PeteDominick: My house is silent while Clint is talking. 2nd half for America commercial is like an #Obama2012 endorsement by Clint Eastwood

I really hope there's no OT in bull riding. I'd like to stop being an anti-social daughter. I'm flashing back to my teenage "asshole" years.

I apparently have the opposite of a "Freebie" list.

Adding Davey Beckham to the list of hot dudes I'm immune to. See also: That dude from The Notebook, the vampire, the werewolf and Tom Brady.

Go Lesser Manning.

I love Mom dearly, but I have my limits. She's intent on watching bull riding, so I'm retreating to the guest room to watch the Super Bowl.

Oh, hey. False alarm. Turns out there is a front desk at Mom's house. The new phone I got Mom has the same type of charger as my BlackBerry.

Oh, hey. Guess who forgot to bring her BlackBerry charger along and must now be vewy, vewy quiet to conserve her remaining battery life.

If someone posting about their job, kids, life, meal or whatever else brings them joy offends you, that might say more about you than them.

Our online worlds consist of a multitude of folks with innumerable interests and passions that may not resonate with each of us. (Continued)

And now, I can simply be here. In the dark, in the quiet, finishing my IPA, petting one of three seventeen year old house cats. A departure.

Furthermore... It could very well be that we have significantly different definitions of redemption. And grace. And faith. And that is okay.

My takeaway from tonight's talk: If believing - as I do - there is more than one path to redemption is wrong, then I don't want to be right.

Oh, hey. @David_Amram_'s "Symphonic Variations on Song by Woody Guthrie" just came on my iPod. What a lovely way to round out my road trip.

Of course, I meant Geena Davis. And, of course, she's still gorgeous.

I think of @TheRyanAdams's "This House Is Not For Sale" as The Beetlejuice Song. Whenever I hear it, I remember how gorgeous Gina Davis was.

It's almost as if you reappear only to remind me you have nothing meaningful to offer me. It's not like I could ever forget. Try as I might.

Headed to Weatherford to spend a couple of nights with Mom.

Trains, thunderstorms & Guthrie tunes. I feel zero remorse for staying in upon returning to Austin. What could I possibly be missing out on?

74,000. Returning to Austin from San Marcos for the second time today. How easily I've come to embrace changes I initially fought so hard.

New fave blog: http://bit.ly/AEuBjb Groundhog Day Lessons: We can learn to be better people. If it takes 10K hours of practice, enjoy them.

I sincerely hope coverage of the Komen/Planned Parenthood story has educated more folks about the services PP provides: http://bit.ly/zd1hXD

"@TexasTribune: BREAKING: @Komenforthecure reverses decision, will continue funding @PPact. http://t.co/tBytNGDt #PlannedParenthood #Komen"

As content & exhausted as I am after seeing great bands at my fave bar, when I get in my truck & hear Gillian Welch I'm tempted to drive on.

Spring showers in February? Yeah, that's normal. Totally.

Poor people... "Vote with your pocketbook. Keep your religion out of your vote." @pinkdome gets an amen from me today: http://bit.ly/wurnh2

Pardon me while I go ahead and geek the eff out about @JustinTEarle & @tristentristen playing @AntonesNightclb in May. #reasonstosurviveSXSW

A gorgeous day like today simply begs the question: Why am I not napping peacefully in a hammock following a four margarita lunch?

Um, hello? Is this thing on? @steadycraig at @HITWatx at 8pm. Get here, Y'all. Cc: @austndiva

Happy 65th Birthday to my amazing mother, Mary Snyder. And to that candyass Nolan Ryan who is clearly not as tough since he retired in 1993.

"From now on, I'm only dating dudes who also happen to be feminists." - Me

If it weren't for this daylight savings time nonsense, I would totally go run the trail in the rain right now. Because mud puddles are fun.

Aw, yeah! Another of my fave Tucson musicians gets a mention on a fave NYC blog: http://bit.ly/yNKS61 Cc: @andrewcollberg, @FortLowellRecs

"All Systems Red" - Calexico

Magic with @BeBellanti and @austndiva. @Zelicks, San Marcos.