and the band marched on...Minor Mishap Marching Band and a VeeDub gathering
we live near the high school. so near, that we hear all the details of their football games. there is always a lot of energy leading up to a big game. I can hear the marching bands playing, calling us in. we don't go. the high school marching band plays a supporting role to the football team, half time entertainment etc.
I know the people in the band are having fun. I'd like see the bands, don't think I can suffer through the FB.
what happens to marching band members after scholastic aspirations have been extinguishd and they are no longer in the world of academia? most marching band musicians go on with life, having only memories of their glory days, dancing along with the many synchronized drums, while moving around with a ridiculously oversized instrument.
but not in austin! the Minor Mishap Marching Band sets the marching musicians free to conquer greater heights. no longer a supporting act, they are the main attraction.
half the show was performed with the band down down in the crowd. I especially liked that. the crowd danced along with them, like one big throbbing mob. that is punk rock marching band stuff right there. I especially appreciated the lighted flower arrangement inside the bass drum.
they opened with trombone shorty's hurricane season, one of my favorite songs. I missed most of it as I had been dispatched to feed the meter. then they filed onto the stage.
the WGS were a lot of fun. you can catch them later this month at the monthly B-scene party at the blanton museum of art.
austin VEEDUB air-cooled VW gathering:
out by the airport. the event listing had promised local grub, local beer, local bands and drag racing.
no food, no band, no drag racing... they did have a keg of free beer. it was fun to look at the cars, even after somebody noted that our old bmws are watercooled, not really included in this the air cooled event. the flyer had said BMW on it... glad I didn't try to take the Dodge A100 van!
love the swamp/evaporative cooler and wolfsburg logo.
mostly we checked out the various van/bus interiors. looking forward to working on the interior of our A100 (water cooled mopar) van
the kids got creative on the paint a bus activity.
or was it more like graffiti.
I loved this volvo 1800s (water cooled) that was parked outside the event.
check out the size of that pretzel, never mind the cock (rooster). I like easy tiger even more on the third visit.
my project this weekend was fine china (from japan) salvage. I hauled three boxes of old porcelain china from the wimberley house. it had been very carefully wrapped in newspaper. but it has sat so long that the paper has glued itself on. I soaked them for 72 hours in this water bath and it still stuck on. I had to scrub most of it off by hand. then I took them inside for a second bath in warm water and dish machine detergent and scrub by hand again, and finally a pass through the machine.
it's a lot of work. this stuff is not particularly valuable, and I don't want to keep it myself. I found the pieces sell for about $5, we must have 50 pieces. I have dish pan hands for piecemeal payback.
autumn and winter, sunset is prominent from the master bath balcony.