.: Above The Aether :.

We’ve headed south for the weekend to Taos, NM.  Having fun walking around the old pueblo.  Google maps said it would take us 5 and a half hours to get here. I did it in 4. – Dave

Having a great time at the HP Lovecraft Film Festival here in cloudy Portland, OR. This year’s short films were pretty good overall. Some stand out films this year were “Noirville”, “Tinglewood”, “Seance” and “Dirt Dauber.” I’m looking forward to a showing of “The Mist” later tonight, which is a faithful adaptation of Stephen King’s [...]

I’ve always wanted a motorcycle. So, about two weeks after my knee surgery I visited the Harley Davidson dealership and picked out a red 2010 Road King.  I’ve been riding it for the past 3 weeks and love it. It’s pretty heavy (nearly 800lbs with a full tank of gas) but it handles extremely well [...]

That’s right, we’ve officially moved to Denver, Colorado – the land of microbrews and mountains.  Against all advice to “hunker down and stay put in this economy” we thought following our bliss couldn’t possibly be a bad thing. So stay tuned for a couple additional posts on outdoorsy stuff mixed in with all the monkeys [...]

I took these photos and video last night at Tony Starlights in Portland. The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets played to a packed house for the HP Lovecraft Film Festival. The show was fantastic. Justine and I were singing along to all the crazy Thickets’ songs. A good time was had by all. Here’s a [...]

It’s that time of year again, folks!  Justine and I mysteriously woke up in Portland, Oregon yesterday standing in front of the Hollywood Theater.  It’s rainy.  It’s cold.  It’s dark. In other words…it’s perfect. We watchd the introduction by Robert Price and Brian Lumely.  I also met Mike Mignola and chatted about Hellboy a little [...]

UPDATE – Saturday, Sept 12th – We’re all fine here, just without power and water.  It’s like camping, except not nearly as much fun. We are staying in Houston to ride out Hurricane Ike.  We have plenty of food, water, batteries, etc to keep us going.  I’ll try to take some photos or video of [...]

Tropical storm Edouard is supposed to hit us in Houston tonight around midnight. Our storm supplies consist of olives, vermouth and vodka.  It worked for Rita, why not Edouard? I’ll try to post some photos or video of the tropical storm experience here later tonight. – Dave UPDATE: Monday, July 04 – 7:55PM (CST) – [...]

No, this is not a pill or a new type of underwear, it is a website that tracks the price of gas by county across the United States.  Green is good.  Red is bad. Check out Gas Buddy here. – Dave

I got a great piece of news today via the magical interwebs. Cactus Music is back in business and will be celebrating their grand re-opening tonight with some live music. I wrote about Cactus Music closing their doors over 2 years ago and was a little disappointed by the announcement. Houston Calling, a great local [...]