Studio Time

 " I remember sitting on the studio floor making feather earrings and thing, Oh my God, this album is going to be legendary." Stevie Nicks on the making of Rumours. She was right, of course.

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Afternoon Delight

 Sweet vintage lemons and oranges

Soul Searching

 We custom made t-shirts for this band when their belongings were stolen in San Francisco.

Change One Thing

Last Friday night in Austin

...outside the G&S Lounge on South First - hanging out back during the not-official, NotSXSW showcase.   That's probably a sufficient explanation...

Adios, Cheapo's

Cheapo's on Lamar in Austin was our favorite record store.  It was just a warehouse with CDs and LPs, new and used but mostly used, nothing fancy.  CDs were separated by genre and alphabetically, except for my favorite section to dig through: CD singles and full albums that just had cardboard sleeves instead of jewel cases.  Those were all just thrown together.  Over the 4 years we shopped there, we found a few advance copies, sometimes before the album was even released.

I somehow really thought we'd meet the loves of our lives there, that one day they'd come walking in the door at 10pm on a Friday night when we were there.  This never panned out quite like I planned, although it DID look like a large percentage of the few men we saw there could have used a girlfriend...

Anyway, tragically but not surprisingly, Cheapo's finally closed its doors at the end of December.  These paintings, mostly done in spray paint, covered the outside of the building.  I have no idea what the plans for the building are, but I was glad to get a few snapshots before it gets remodeled.  

Austin Skyline