Stevie Ray Vaughan was born 72 years ago today in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas. Traces of Texas reader Watt Casey took this photo of Stevie Ray with Double Trouble (Chris Layton and Tommy Shannon) at Sam's BBQ in East Austin on July 20, 1981, and was kind enough to let me post it here. Stevie Ray is gone, but Sam's is hanging on. This photo is one of many truly excellent photos of musicians in Austin that Watt included in his fantastic book "My Guitar is a Camera," which I highly recommend. I surely do miss Stevie Ray, even though he's directly responsible for about 20% of my hearing loss. RIP Stevie Ray Vaughan!
Thank you, Watt. What a photo!
Ravi Dokku - explain yourself!
Why is an Indian from Irving charged with Visa Fraud and Unlawful Employment donating to Frisco Mayor Candidate Mark Hill?
And why is the office listed for American Info Inc empty?
This company has 26 certified H-1B jobs working remotely.
Sega Genesis version of “Even Flow.”
You read this correctly.
It’s kinda fucking valid and awesome as a version of the song.
I highly recommend listening to it and knocking a few back to help you forget that the Genesis was released over 30 years ago and we’re ancient 😭
“Meanwhile, fucking Spade”
Norm Macdonald walked onto Dennis Miller in 1998 and immediately started talking like the cameras weren’t there.
He went from Bob Dole to Viagra to David Spade sitting three feet away getting cooked in real time.
Then he explained getting fired from SNL.
They sat him down, used a bunch of baseball metaphors, and told him to walk it off.
Norm’s response:
“So I don’t blame anybody for anything.”
Spade just sat there. Miller could barely keep the show on the rails.
Did Norm steal the entire episode or did everyone else know the only winning move was to shut up and let him cook?
Your car should self destruct if it’s worth $75,000+ and you’re driving less than 10mph above the speed limit. I’m making an assumption when I choose to get behind a Mercedes at a stop light. I’m using my lived experience to choose this lane instead of the one with the Subaru. I’m employing deductive reasoning in order to maximize the efficiency of my travel. So when you are slow to accelerate upon the light turning green and then you also do not even achieve the 45mph speed limit within 30 seconds you’ve done something completely unforgivable. When you do that you’ve made a direct threat on my life. You’ve upset the natural order. A cheetah does not tiptoe to its destination. And you’re driving 39 in a 50 in an M3? You’re lucky I don’t run you off the road. You’re lucky my car has a government installed killswitch and infrared facial recognition camera pointed at the drivers seat. You aren’t safe anymore