The legenday ugly nun resurfaced again on Sixth Street. Full gallery at The MKX® Photo Central. Besides a hot kitten, it’s pretty gross, so I recommend you stay away.
Halloween 2010
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Rally to Restore Sanity/Fear
I went to Jon Stewart’s and Stephen Colbert’s Rally to Restore Sanity/Fear on Sunday. The finance department rejected my request to fly to Washington D.C., so I had to drive to the local rally at the Texas Capitol instead. Another 3,999 people had the same brilliant idea.
While my personal sanity was not entirely restored and thus the rally a resounding failure, I did manage to snap a few photos and had a good time while doing it and checking out the show…
ACL 3-D 3-Day Pass
The 3-day passes for ACL are in 3-D. How appropriate! I’m not sure if the illusion is captured in video… but hey, at least I tried.
Hot Sauce Festival
The 20th Anual Austin Hot Sauce Festival was held on Sunday. Unfortunately, it was so hot and the lines were so long that I only got to try a few sauces before looking for air-conditioned refuge. My favorite this year: Don’t Panic Hispanic. Unlike past years, it does not seem that the press was alerted of my presence. Good, because I hate paparazzi.
Longhorn American Indian Council Powwow
As part of my ongoing investigation into my Native American lineage, Shlomit and I attended the Longhorn American Indian Council Powwow in the University of Texas last Saturday. The event was not as large as I expected, and I did not find any hints of having any Native American ancestry whatsoever. But it was an interesting and educational time. Here’s a little video of an interesting Cherokee dance to a catchy tune that I recorded:
Lake Travis
The summer is hitting us hard with high temperatures, and there is no better way to beat those than a Saturday on a boat in Lake Travis. Given that Luis “Lucho/El Brody” Navarro was in town, we made him handle the organization (great success). We headed out on a lovelyAugust 21. Highly recommended.
More photos at The MKX® Photo Central.
GoTopless protest
On August 22nd the National GoTopless Protest will be held in Austin on the corner of Congres and 6th. It’s organized by GoTopless, an organization claiming that women have the same constitutional right to be bare chested in public places as men.
The MKX® is all for gender equality. Yes, we even believe that women should be allowed to drive.
But in all seriousness, this is an interesting topic and movement in which some of our society’s taboos are questioned. I might go and participate (I think I’d be required to wear a bikini top). The only think I don’t like about this whole thing is that it was founded by the Raelian movement, which is pretty out there when it comes to wackiness levels.
Flaming Doctor Pepper
The Flaming Doctor Pepper is a popular drink made of beer, Amaretto, and a little bit of Everclear. It’s quite the popular attraction in Cheer’s Shot Bar on Sixth Street, where I shot this impressive video last weekend showing how it’s prepared. Make sure you get out of the way!
ACL 2010 lineup
The lineup for the Austin City Limits Music Festival has been announced. It looks good, but not 2009-good. Read more to see the whole lineup, or go see it in the ACL website for yourself.
- The Eagles
- Muse
- Phish
- The Strokes
- M.I.A.
- Flaming Lips
- LCD Soundsystem
- Spoon
- Vampire Weekend
- Norah Jones
Eeyore’s 47th Birthday
It was a busy Saturday. After a cultural morning at Art City Austin, I headed over to Pease Park for Eeyore’s 47th birthday party. This year it seemed even more crowded than the years before. The usual assortment of colorful costumes, drum circles, dancing, beer, topless hippies, and family vibe was present again.
I have posted some higher-than-usual quality photos in The MKX® Photo Central of this awesome Austin tradition. They were taken with Jaramillo’s big manly camera, not my tiny puny pocket toy.