Southpaw Jones

Friends, with the holidays looming and the weather changing, I feel it’s time for me to step away from daily blogging until the new year.

Personally, this has been a landmark year in many ways, and I plan to reflect and regroup in the final month.

I’ll be back on January 5, 2009 with all new energy and content.

Check out the details for my remaining three 2008 shows below.

As always, you can order CDs right here, including my latest, CRUELTY, which makes a beautiful, classy, portable gift.

55 Southpaw Jones MP3s are available at iTunes and Amazon.

You can also check out 2.5 years of blog archives.

In 2009, expect more shows, more writing, more fun, and most importantly, more songs.

Thanks for stopping by, and please do continue to visit when I return.

Happy holidays and happy new year!

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2008
Lajitas Resort
HC 70, Box 400 79852
LAJITAS, TX
432.424.5000
lajitas.com
________________________________________________________________

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2008
Matt the Electrician & Southpaw Jones
8:00 PM
Flipnotics at the Triangle
4600 Guadalupe
AUSTIN, TX
(512) 380-0097
www.flipnotics.com
________________________________________________________________

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2008
Matt the Electrician & Southpaw Jones
8:00 PM
Flipnotics at the Triangle
4600 Guadalupe
AUSTIN, TX
(512) 380-0097
www.flipnotics.com
________________________________________________________________

CRUELTY is now available!
Order the CD now at southpawjones.com.
Purchase MP3s at cdbaby.com or .
Grab a copy in real time at Waterloo Records, End of an Ear, or Bookpeople in Austin.
Or buy one from me any Thursday at Flipnotics @ the Triangle.
Thank you, come again!
myspace.com/southpawjones
E-mail southpaw@southpawjones.com
©2008 Southpaw Jones. All rights reserved.

Actually, Matt the Electrician and I are playing in Houston Saturday night! Join us at Anderson Fair. Details below.

Oh, and Happy Friday!

as reported in The New York Times

November 21, 1908
WON’T STUDY WITH NEGROES.
Grand Rapids Students Strike When Reinstated Colored Men Come In.

One clue whose answer consists of two rhyming words:

These interior corridors have different doors for different rooms. Like a hotel! But these passages are special in that they are eternal! Come back today, or come back in 100 years, you’ll find that they are…

Highlight here for answer: [always hallways]


Hall of Technical Documentation Weirdness

How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.
Benjamin Disraeli

EVERY DANG THURSDAY
Matt the Electrician & Southpaw Jones
8:00 PM
Flipnotics at the Triangle
4600 Guadalupe
AUSTIN, TX
(512) 380-0097
www.flipnotics.com
________________________________________________________________

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2008
9:00 PM (Doors open at 8.)
Matt the Electrician & Southpaw Jones
Anderson Fair
2007 Grant 77006
HOUSTON, TX
713.528.8576
www.andersonfair.com
________________________________________________________________

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2008
Lajitas Resort
HC 70, Box 400 79852
LAJITAS, TX
432.424.5000
lajitas.com
________________________________________________________________

CRUELTY is now available!
Order the CD now at southpawjones.com.
Purchase MP3s at cdbaby.com or .
Grab a copy in real time at Waterloo Records, End of an Ear, or Bookpeople in Austin.
Or buy one from me any Thursday at Flipnotics @ the Triangle.
Thank you, come again!
myspace.com/southpawjones
E-mail southpaw@southpawjones.com
©2008 Southpaw Jones. All rights reserved.

Sarah Palin
Dumb Wacko with Lots of Personality

Mitt Romney
Smart Wacko with No Personality

Mike Huckabee
Smart, Lots of Personality, but Still a Wacko

I think the next decade is going to be loads of fun.

as reported in The New York Times

November 20, 1908
TAMPERED WITH DANGER
Finally Had to Give Up Coffee Drinking.
Because the poisonous drug in coffee does not “kill right out,” many persons do not think there is any poison there.

One clue whose answer consists of two rhyming words:

I collect rare caviar and modern art. I realize these are rather socially exclusive diversions, but frankly, I enjoy looking down on other people through my interests. In fact, I’m looking for yet another leisurely pursuit that will separate me from the huddled masses. So begins my search for a new…

Highlight here for answer: [snobby hobby]


Hall of Technical Documentation Weirdness

After a few months in my parents’ basement, I took an apartment near the state university, where I discovered both crystal methamphetamine and conceptual art. Either one of the these things are dangerous, but in combination they have the potential to destroy entire civilizations.
David Sedaris

EVERY DANG THURSDAY
Matt the Electrician & Southpaw Jones
8:00 PM
Flipnotics at the Triangle
4600 Guadalupe
AUSTIN, TX
(512) 380-0097
www.flipnotics.com
________________________________________________________________

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2008
9:00 PM (Doors open at 8.)
Matt the Electrician & Southpaw Jones
Anderson Fair
2007 Grant 77006
HOUSTON, TX
713.528.8576
www.andersonfair.com
________________________________________________________________

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2008
Lajitas Resort
HC 70, Box 400 79852
LAJITAS, TX
432.424.5000
lajitas.com
________________________________________________________________

CRUELTY is now available!
Order the CD now at southpawjones.com.
Purchase MP3s at cdbaby.com or .
Grab a copy in real time at Waterloo Records, End of an Ear, or Bookpeople in Austin.
Or buy one from me any Thursday at Flipnotics @ the Triangle.
Thank you, come again!
myspace.com/southpawjones
E-mail southpaw@southpawjones.com
©2008 Southpaw Jones. All rights reserved.

Maggie’s sister-in-law Julie took this little picture of us on Lake Travis.

I wish I was there right now.

as reported in The New York Times

November 19, 1908
SNEEZED HIMSELF TO DEATH.
Practical Joker’s Snuffthrowing Proves Fatal to a Paterson Man.

One clue whose answer consists of two rhyming words:

Here you see a mysterious etched plate that is really quite dangerous. The museum has stored it in a special case that reduces its power. When one comes in contact with the carved out design, it magically removes free will and turns the victim into an owned servant. You might not want to get too close to the…

Highlight here for answer: [enslaving engraving]


Hall of Technical Documentation Weirdness

The goal of creation is—to please the creation, i.e. the Creator wants to fill us with the very best. And until a man receives all the very perfect and the very best that has been ordained for him by the Creator, he experiences the lack of everything, and this is the sign that he hasn’t yet reached the goal of the creation.
Baruch Ashlag

EVERY DANG THURSDAY
Matt the Electrician & Southpaw Jones
8:00 PM
Flipnotics at the Triangle
4600 Guadalupe
AUSTIN, TX
(512) 380-0097
www.flipnotics.com
________________________________________________________________

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2008
9:00 PM (Doors open at 8.)
Matt the Electrician & Southpaw Jones
Anderson Fair
2007 Grant 77006
HOUSTON, TX
713.528.8576
www.andersonfair.com
________________________________________________________________

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2008
Lajitas Resort
HC 70, Box 400 79852
LAJITAS, TX
432.424.5000
lajitas.com
________________________________________________________________

CRUELTY is now available!
Order the CD now at southpawjones.com.
Purchase MP3s at cdbaby.com or .
Grab a copy in real time at Waterloo Records, End of an Ear, or Bookpeople in Austin.
Or buy one from me any Thursday at Flipnotics @ the Triangle.
Thank you, come again!
myspace.com/southpawjones
E-mail southpaw@southpawjones.com
©2008 Southpaw Jones. All rights reserved.

Maggie and I had a great time visiting Dallas and Fort Worth over the weekend. Thanks to:

• Caffeine for making it all possible
• Everyone who came out to support the shows and buy CDs.
• Christin who housed and fed us
• Pascale and Jen at Opening Bell Mosaic
• Bearcats from far & wide
• The bartenders at The Ginger Man
• The cooks at Bread Winners for my salmon scramble
• The fine folks at Bill’s Records and whoever left a Springsteen bumper sticker in plain sight
• The obnoxious singing sandwich artists at Subway
• Robert, Mabel, Woody, and everyone at the Jefferson Freedom Café
• And the legendary Asylum Street Spankers for one hell of a good time

I hope to return soon! We returned to Austin at about 3 AM on Sunday morning, but we simply had to wake up and get moving in time to witness Mr. Rick Steves speak at Bookpeople. You may know him as a PBS travel host and author of Europe Through the Backdoor. We now know him to be an amazing speaker and thinker. He spoke at length to a standing room crowd about “Travel as Political Act.” I would summarize his message as “Other people do things in other ways, and that’s ok.” Think of how much we can learn from the world, if we just inject a little humility into our media, our politicians, and ourselves. Frankly, the world is progressively and quietly tip-toeing away from America, a sleeping giant with a penchant for violence, arrogance, and stubbornness. How I hope that we can turn the tide in 2009.

Sunday night, we went to a party celebrating the launch of vainaustin.com, where sweet Maggie gets her hair done up by superstar stylist Buffy Thomas. Maggie modeled for the site, and I simply must share the pics with you, because they and she are stunningly beautiful. Click the pic to see the full-size version if you can handle it.

Holly Bronko is the photographer, and you can find out more (and hire her) at hollybronko.com.

as reported in The New York Times

November 18, 1908
MOUNTAIN LION FOR TAFT.
Animal Lassoed After It Had Attacked South Dakota Travelers.

One clue whose answer consists of two rhyming words:

My family always has brand name lemon-flavored gelatin at Thanksgiving. I’m looking forward to stuffing my face with…

Highlight here for answer: [yellow Jell-O]


Hall of Technical Documentation Weirdness

It’s not what you don’t know that kills you. . . it’s what you know that isn’t so.
Tom DeMarco

EVERY DANG THURSDAY
Matt the Electrician & Southpaw Jones
8:00 PM
Flipnotics at the Triangle
4600 Guadalupe
AUSTIN, TX
(512) 380-0097
www.flipnotics.com
________________________________________________________________

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2008
9:00 PM (Doors open at 8.)
Matt the Electrician & Southpaw Jones
Anderson Fair
2007 Grant 77006
HOUSTON, TX
713.528.8576
www.andersonfair.com
________________________________________________________________

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2008
Lajitas Resort
HC 70, Box 400 79852
LAJITAS, TX
432.424.5000
lajitas.com
________________________________________________________________

CRUELTY is now available!
Order the CD now at southpawjones.com.
Purchase MP3s at cdbaby.com or .
Grab a copy in real time at Waterloo Records, End of an Ear, or Bookpeople in Austin.
Or buy one from me any Thursday at Flipnotics @ the Triangle.
Thank you, come again!
myspace.com/southpawjones
E-mail southpaw@southpawjones.com
©2008 Southpaw Jones. All rights reserved.