The funky gospel group The Relatives brought the harmonies and showmanship of the Temptations to the world of gospel as they performed on the South By San Jose stage in South Austin during SXSW, March 17, 2012
Month: April 2012
Dominican Joe’s is a really cool coffee bar at the northern end of the South Congress strip in Austin nearest the bridge. The coffee bar is tied to a non-profit that benefits coffee growers in the Caribbean. Visit them at http://www.dominicanjoe.com/.
South Austin, SXSW, March 17, 2012
Hopdoddy’s Burger Bar was the best of the new burger bistros that I tried while I was in Austin for SXSW. The buns are freshly baked, the beef ground on the premises and cooked to order. Visit them at http://www.hopdoddy.com/
South Austin, SXSW, March 17, 2012
South Austin, SXSW, March 17, 2012
Lateef and Lyrix Born perform at the Madison House stage in South Austin during SXSW, March 17, 2012
South Congress, South Austin, March 17, 2012
The assault on Trayvon Martin’s character implicitly argues that he was expendable… the once-living price we “all” have to pay to be free in the exercise of our Second Amendment rights. It began almost immediately after he hit the pavement. They drug-tested him, but not the man who shot him. Now, we’ve got conservative “journalists” creepy-crawling through every aspect of his life to find some reason… well, to find some reason for what? That he was a kid who tweeted silly stuff, posted some silly stuff on Facebook, and once got suspended because he was found with a bag that may once have held marijuana? This is not a search for justice. It’s a search for an alibi, and it’s a search through some of the uglier aspects of American society to find the oldest, cheapest alibi of all — that the lives of black children are less important than the right of someone to pack heat, that the lives of black children must needs always take a back seat to fear, that black children in this country are bargaining chips, and not very valuable ones at that.
Travyon, the Court, and the Week of Expendable People (via ryking)
Jerry’s Sno Cones is a Memphis landmark, but unfortunately, here on the hottest day of the year they were closed!