Jason and I attended the Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings show at the Palladium Ballroom in Dallas Thursday night. We were absolutely blown away by the performance. It was as if we witnessed the female lovechild of Sam Cooke and James Brown on stage. We arrived at the Palladium during the opening band performance. [...]
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September 21, 2010
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Calling Out to All Area (Postal) Codes…
By Jen Dean in Culture, Entertainment, Fort Worth, ReadingDear Readers, Jason and I, during our visit to Madisonville this past weekend, picked up a variety of postcards at the local Bucee’s superstore. We have an unspoken postcard exchange with one of our dear friends that almost turned into a bit of a contest – “Who can find the most ridiculous postcard!”. It is [...]
September 17, 2010
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Pe-can Pie.
By Jen Dean in Design, Entertainment, Movies, PersonalI am feeling quite prolific this week, readers. I hope you do not expect the same amount of posts next week, as I simply cannot guarantee that I will have as much to discuss with you.
September 15, 2010
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Andrew Bird at the Guggenheim
By Jason W. Dean in Entertainment, MusicI know I’ve been talking about libraries a lot over the past week or so. I’d like to switch gears a bit and talk about one of mine and Jen’s favorite musical artists: Andrew Bird. We enjoyed his music for a while, but when we went to one of his shows last year and heard [...]
September 13, 2010
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A Weekend of Reading Contrasts
By Jason W. Dean in Apple, Books, Entertainment, iPad, Mad Men, Periodicals, Personal, Reading, Technology, Television, The New Yorker, UpdatesI am not entirely sure as to whether I shared this or not but this weekend, but I went “Unplugged” again. I didn’t really get on the internet at all this weekend, thanks to the kind assistance of Jen. I really enjoyed doing this, and I think it came at a perfect time.
