Yes, friends, tonight is the last appearance of Matt the Electrician & Southpaw Jones at Flipnotics until our return in September. The song title of the week is “Bruno.” 8:30 pm. $5 tips appreciated. We’ve had a great run lately, and nothing will fill that Hump Day Void, but everyone needs a summer break, you know? Matt is headed out on tour, and here’s how I plan to spend my staycation:
• Discuss the heat, its intensity and relentlessness, mostly with strangers.
• See if I can get arrested for disorderly conduct in my own home by a black cop.
• Scrape the barnacles off someone else’s boat. Pretend it’s mine.
• Solve crimes in a Hawaiian shirt.
• Perform a big show at the Cactus Café on Thursday, August 13.
• Get up. Stand up. Stand up for my rights.
• Take a nap in the air-conditioned comfort of a summer action movie.
• Gloss over failings. Emboss successes. Highlight interesting sections of Highlights Magazine.
• Develop pine-flavored daiquiri w/ cooling powers of ice and Christmas memories.
• Dress like a hobo for the job I have, not the one I want.
Of course, it’s too hot to accomplish most of these things, but now I can cross “Make Staycation To-Do List” off my to-do list, and we know from the butterfly effect that this small action might eventually end hunger and suffering the world. Maybe not this world, but some world.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Matt the Electrician & Southpaw Jones
8:30pm
Flipnotics
1601 Barton Springs Rd.
Austin, TX 78704
(512) 480-8646?
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Left Handers Day Solo Show
8:30pm
Cactus Cafe
Texas Union Bldg. UT Campus
Austin, TX
512 475 6515
Thanks for your time. I’ll hope to see y’all tonight.
