What's on your Ipod? Version 1.0

After finally redeeming that Ipod anniversary gift card given to us by our friend Bill, I got to thinking. What does everyone else who reads the blog have on their Ipods (or other mp3 players)! So here's your chance folks! Post a comment about what is on your digital music device this month. Should be interesting!

Here's what I'm listening to:

The Fray - How To Save A Life

I've heard two currently released songs, the title track; How to Save a Life and Over My Head (aka Cable Car). Liked them both then ran across the videos on Google Video and realized just how good they were.














Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope

I happened upon her video for Fidelity on Google Video and it was unique in a Toris Amos / Bjork kind of way...

Wanted, One Groom.

Another great evening provided by Holly and the OHS thespians!

Troubadour Dinner!

On Friday night, we had the privilege of attending my cousin Hollster’s Troubadour Recital. It was a pretty cool evening with 50’s themed food, music, and trivia. Although I may be a bit biased, I think she was the best singer there! Her rendition of Crazy was awesome! I heard many in the crowd whispering to each other about how good she is. They rightly introduced her as Owensville’s own American Idol…awwwww!

Not to be left out, the fabulous milk shake cut-outs were courtesy of cardboard provided by my Uncle Ed. Also….Thanks to Aunt Jo for picking up our tickets and saving a table for us! I think I can speak for everyone…Mom, Darrin, Ryan, Holly, Ed, and Joanne, and say we all enjoyed ourselves!

Ham & Jam & Spamalot!!!

Saturday November the 4th, the Lacubrious Crew attended the afternoon show of "Spamalot". The show was GREAT, a real "Must See" for any Monty Python fan. It's got some new twists and characters that make it different from the movie “Monty Python and The Holy Grail” but it still contains a lot of the same or similar scenes. The “Lady of the Lake” was hilarious.

After the show we headed to the Schlafly tap room for some dinner and then off to the Erato Wine Bar to catch Javi.


Javi and Carl were in top form, and with Javi’s cousin David De Las Heras adding some extra percussion and backup vocals, it was definitely a show to remember.



To see more pictures check out our Flickr.

Paella!!!!

Paella
Originally uploaded by dehmystic.

"The" Lacubriousone made her first authentic Paella! The ingredients included Valencia Rice, Valencia Peppers, Saffron, tomatoes, onion, and bell peppers, all cooked and served in her new Paella pan.

The result was "AMAZING" !!! Just like back in Madrid.

Birthday Weekend for Mr. Jonez!!

We started the evening with a trip to Growlers for a bite to eat and a great beer. From there we headed over to Lucas School House to catch a Javier show with a full band, including Moises!

The show was great and the venue was one of the best we have been to in STL!

Happy Birthday Mr. Jonez!!!

To see more pictures from the show check out our Flickr.

Birthday Weekend!!!

Mrs. Lacubrious Jonez
Originally uploaded by dehmystic.

First to Blumenhof to see Steve Leslie, then to Brandt's to see Javier Mendoza.

Another Birthday at Brandt's
Originally uploaded by dehmystic.

More pictures are available at our Flickr site. Want to know what Steve's songs are like? Check out his MySpace. Javier also has a MySpace.

Steve Leslie Cicero's Halloween Headliner!!!

Yes Headliner!!! And here is a picture of the poster that I took at Cicero's to prove it!!!

Yea, Cicero's is not the greatest venue, and the sound guy keeps the volume on "11" all the time, but the people that show up are there to here the music, and he doesn't have to worry about playing all danceable songs. The other good thing is that he will NOT have to play "Sweet Home Alabama"!!!

Seriously... This could be a good stepping stone to much bigger and better things.

If you are free on Halloween, please join us and support Steve.

See Steve's website for more info.

Canon 85mm f/1.8 Prime ROCKS!!!

Baby
Originally uploaded by dehmystic.

I think I am starting to get the hang of the new lens!

Here is a link to more.

Javi on Cassette????

I found this cool website that lets you create fake cassette images that you can label any way you want. I think it looks very realistic! What's weird is that LacubriousOne and I just found our old cassette collection while cleaning out a closet a couple of weeks ago.

Too Cool - An Atmark Mug!

Very cool design - I want one! I originally found a link to this on Deadprogrammer.com. The actual weblink is http://store.artlebedev.com/catalog/kitchen.

Jane Jane's Last SunMotel Show

Jane Jane and Javi-Air SunMotel
Originally uploaded by dehmystic.

Cicero's on 9-28-2006

Jane Jane is off to San Diego CA. to join a dance company!!! But we did get to see her last performance with SunMotel at Cicero's. Now the lacubrious crew has a good excuse to head out west.

Good Luck Jane!

More pictures of the show are available on our Flickr Site.

Long Birthday Weekend - LacubriousToo Turns 40!

Me
Originally uploaded by dehmystic.

What a great weekend!!!

It all started on Thursday night when after receiving an email from Steve Leslie LacubriousOne and I decided to go to Helen Fitzgerald's with Uncle Ed. It was a great evening! The band sounded great! It was a little rough getting up for work Friday morning but well worth it.

Friday evening we headed down to the the Zoo with the Lacubrious Jonzes and our good friend Kurtis to see Javi's first show after getting back from Spain. We were running a bit late and only got to see the last half of the show, but did get to talk to Javi, Carl, and Julie for a bit before we went looking for dinner.

Saturday morning I went down to the with my friend Bill. We hit Dave & Busters for a while and then went to the Mills to eat lunch at Tony Roma's. GREAT BBQ!!. On the way home something strange happened, we were talking about winerys as we drove down hwy 94, when Bill decided to turn into Balducci to check out the view. When we rounded the corner at the top of the hill THERE WAS LACUBRIOUSONE!!!! Turns out my trip with Bill was a carefully crafted plot to get me to Balcucci for a surprise party! The party was GREAT! I will put up more pictures ASAP.

A big thanks to everyone for coming and an even bigger thanks to my wonderful wife LacubriousOne for making this a birthday I will never forget.

Steve Leslie at Helen Fitzgerald's

Steve Leslie at Helen Fitzgerald's Angle
Originally uploaded by dehmystic.

Thursday night we went the see Steve play his first booking at Helen Fitzgeralds. Thanks again Ed for giving us a ride. This was the first evening of my LOOOONG birthday weekend. More on that to follow.

Steve Leslie on CBS Early Show!!!

Our friend Steve Leslie is now competing in the second round of the Living Room LIVE! contest.
So please click the link and support Steve by VOTING!
(located on the left side of the page about half way down)

UPDATE: The winner of this round (Final Round 2) will be announced Friday morning.

Final Update - Well we made a good effort, but when you go up against someone with literally thousands of MySpace friends, you just can't click fast enough.... Sorry Steve....

My Uncle's Theory on family events....so true!

We were at Kim's last month for a great Deck cook out, and we were discussing some old family events. As that discussion was happening I came up with the following thoughts :


When something happens within the family, or better yet at a family gathering it becomes a family "Story". It will be told over and over and over again. The "Story" will remain exactly as it happened when it is told among that generation.

As we tell that "Story" over and over and over and over again for more than ten years it becomes a family "Legend". It becomes a "Legend" as it has now been passed on to a new generation of the family to live and enjoy. The "Legends" sometimes get embellished to make them more appealing. The new generation will put their own angle on telling the Legend, but they will keep the "Legend" alive.

Upon the unfortunate demise of any family member involved with the incident after 25 years, I believe the story then becomes "Mythical". This "Mythical" event will have more embellishments added in to it as most of the people who have heard about this event know it only second hand, and weren't there when it was just a "Story".

I will give you a few examples.

Two Christmas's ago Barb who like the rest of us makes fun of Kevin
for falling asleep on the Holidays, gave us all a Christmas memory.
This is a Family "Story"

Some ten years ago, Darrin slipped on some ice down his driveway, and Kim followed slipping after him on the ice as well. Neither was hurt, and they finally made it safely back to the house. Now as you can see I do not know all the details to this event, but some ten years later this family "Legend" lives on.

Around 1980 there was a family dinner at Betty and Ernie's house on Morehouse street. Aside from Betty and Ernie the dinner guests included Barb, Kevin, Kim, Kevin II, Ruthe, Ernie, Lena, Grandma Baksay, Joanne, and me. This was the dinner that the now "Mythical" phrase was created "Ba Jo Ruthe". So you see, this story some 26 years later is now "Mythical". Even though the kids were there they didn't hear the uttering of that famous phrase, they just have heard it happened. I am not even sure of all the dinner guests, but I still tell the story as I was in the Kitchen when Betty "coined" that phrase.

Obviously the "Mythical" events live on in our own mind as we remember them. Please feel free to share a "Story", "Legend" or "Mythical" event and send it to everybody you have in your e-mail from the family. As I will end this e-mail now I will not go in to the "Thanksgiving Cat Litter Turkey Legend" or the infamous "Cold Spaghetti" myth at this time.

Love to all who receive this, and truly know that you are what family is all about.

Ed

Out-Foxed...

My Dad trapped this fox last week! It's been manacing his waterfowl for quite some time...as luck would have it, the animal out-foxed Dad and escaped from the pen! I read online that they are actually very curious and intelligent.

Make Laundry Time More Exciting!

Make Laundry Time More Exciting! Whirlpool is going to be testing
Internet Connected appliance in Atlanta...

http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2006/07/10/story5.html

Roman Columns

Roman Columns
Originally uploaded by dehmystic.

Another reason to love Cordoba...nearly every time they excavate to add on to a building they uncover some archeological find! This was next to a hotel in the City Centre...they began excavation and uncovered several roman columns so they began piecing them back together and placing them upright next to the building. The site was still actively being excavated for more column pieces.

Mesquita

Mesquita
Originally uploaded by dehmystic.

There are currently over 900 arches within the Mesquita....each subsequent addition to the building added more. Most have been restored but there were a few that have yet to be and they appeared somewhat crumbly and faded, but still structurally sound...not too bad considering the age of the building.