May
18
2006

Mark Zubia and Emmitt De Guvera Acoustic

(Add / View Comments) (0)Thursday, May 18, 2006 - 03:30:28 pm (Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - 10:30:28 pm MST)
(Posted Under: Tempe Music Scene Tempe Music Scene, Music Music, Travel)
Tonight we went to see Mark Zubia and Emmitt De Guvera acoustic at RT O'Sullivan's in Mesa. We initially went and sat at the bar, but a few songs into it Emmitt told us to come and sit at the tables up front. On walking down there, he said hi to me, which was cool. It was a musician's showcase sort of setup, where Mark would lead on a song, and then Emmit etc. etc.

Before the end of the set, Emmitt mentioned Tramps and Thieves (his band) playing the Last Exit Pre Mexico pary tomorrow night and said that everyone should come. This then turned into this hilarious diatribe about Roger. After the set, the both came over and talked to us about it, which was really funny.

There were a good deal of Pistoleros tunes in the next set, thanks to Emmitt. I believe his exact words were "because those guys (us) are here to see Zubia / The Pistoleros songs". Worked fine for me. He played "a bastardized version" of Everybody Sometimes, and then Mark followed that up with Sara Says. Emmitt kept talking to a Sara at the bar, and I wondered at some point if it was Sara Cina, though as it turns out, it wasn't. In anycase, it's always great hearing songs you know.

Mark and Emmitt's between song (and during song) banter was hilarious. It was like seeing a comedy act in addition to a musical act. [smile] And it's always value for money when the musicians heckle themselves more than the audience. In addition the the Pistoleros / Los Guys songss I knew, they also played some Tramps and Theives songs I knew - L.A (which I thought was called something else, and...argh, the name escapes me at the minute, but it was the last song played. At some point someonne requested Jesus Shake My Shoulder, which would have been cool to see, but Emmitt refused to play it.

Another comical part was people requesting Radio (Los Guys), which they'd already done, and Emmitt ripping himself on not knowing the verses. It was a somewhat long self deprication session between Emmitt and Mark (or, Mark giving Emmitt shit [smile]), but suprisingly they ended up doing the song again.

We'd actually thought about going to see Strange Young Things at Hollywood Alley and skip Mark and Emmitt (because we thought they'd be done by the time the baseball game was over), but I'm glad we decided on a whim to head down to RT O'Sullivan's.
May
18
2006

Botanical Gardens / Diamondbacks Game

(Add / View Comments) (0)PhotosPhotosThursday, May 18, 2006 - 07:57:11 am (Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - 02:57:11 pm MST)
(Posted Under: Travel)
Photobox ImageAfter doing some stuff around the apartment this morning, this afternoon Catherine and I went out to the Botanical Gardens in Tempe. It was really hot today, but actually didn't seem all that bad when walking around the gardens.

This time around, it was cool having my own camera, and the ability to take an unlimited amount of photos. Which I took full advantage of. I took some great artistic shots also, but something strange happened while copying them off the card and I lost more or less 3 quaters of them. Not too happy about that at all.

Katie came and picked us up when she got off of work, to head out to Phoenix for the Arizona Diamondbacks vs. San Diego Padres at Field. Again, I took some great photos, but they're now lost in the ether of 0's and 1's, which again is pretty disappointing. The stadium was quite impressive. I've noticed it from different points around town (and flying in / out of Phoenix), you can't miss it, but it's the first time I've been in it.

Photobox ImageCatherine really enjoyed the game, and was constantly asking Katie different things about how baseball worked. I thought it was pretty funny, given that Katie isn't neccesarily the best person to ask, and all of her answers could have been (probably were [wink]) lies. [smile] I thought it was pretty cool, but also was almost falling asleep halfway through (remember, I have been up since 3:30am). And one stage I had to go for a walk around the stadium to wake myself up.

On getting back to our seats, the game started to get a bit interesting - in that it looked like the Diamondbacks were coming back. But alas, it wasn't enough - we stuck around for the 9th inning (which we hadn't neccesarily planned to), to see the Diamondbacks loose 14 to 10.
May
18
2006

Diggs

(Add / View Comments) (0)Thursday, May 18, 2006 - 04:37:34 am (Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - 11:37:34 am MST)
(Posted Under: Travel)
So, this is the first time meeting Diggs (days ago - I'm just late in writing about it). My immediate thought was suprise at how incredibly narrow he is. He's long ass length wise, short ass heigh wise and just amazingly amazingly skinny width wise. It took a couple of days to get used to. His snout is also very long and amazingly narrow.

He's quite a good dog. Katie and I were actually commenting on how good he has been. He's as nosey as you like, he has to be in everything, wants to know everything you're doing at every moment, but he's relatively well behaved. Though, that's not neccesarily a good thing - he was quite obedient on Sunday afternoon before Katie's guitar lesson. I was alseep on the floor, and the girls instructed him to lick my face and wake me up - we he obediently did, much to my rage. [smile]

I think he is enjoying the extra company a lot. I totally have a new smoking buddy. Anytime I go out to the porch he's right behind me following me out. And at the moment he is sleeping right next to me, pressed up against my leg. He's such a great little dog. I think he's going to be upset when we leave!
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