Devil Makes Three, plus one

On a commuter flight from San Diego to LAX last week I met a guy from Maui on his way home for a wedding. You just never know when you might get a good tip. We made the most of our 40 minute flight and I got new art and music out of the deal.

The art:

Caleb OConnor


My seat mates brother. He showed me some paintings on his iPhone and I was totally blown away. Then I saw the detail when I launched the site on the laptop. Dang.








The music: Devil Makes Three

We were talking about Santa Barbara and he had seen this band there. The opening act caught the speaker on fire. He wasn’t sure how but it cleared the bar and set the stage for a hell of a main act. Pun intended.

These make me want to get home from this trip and paint country music stars with a devilish twist. A concept I started a few weeks ago but haven’t still haven't made real. "If you're gonna do wrong buddy, do wrong right.."- The Devil Makes Three

Lone Star Write up

This weekend was the Lone Star Round Up in Austin and although rain (and hail!) threatened to make the entire event a bust, good ole Texas weather lived up to it’s reputation. If you don’t like the weather, wait a minute, it might change.

Friday night we checked out the hot rods parked on Congress and went to the Continental Art Gallery to check out the car art. Jeff Norwell, a fellow Canadian (from Ottawa no less) had some great pieces in the show. Sounds like Jeff is interested in an art trade with Todd so I'm super excited about that! After the gallery we went downstairs to listen to Marti Brom. I really have no idea why this woman isn’t famous. She is an absolute power house. She moved to DC a couple of years ago so it’s a real treat to hear her back in Austin. After Marti the Red Light Burlesque started up and after about 2 ladies it was time to get home.

Saturday Todd set up a Roadhouse Relics booth at the round up. Since he didn’t go on Friday the spaces left were in the swap meet area. Aside for the grease, dirt and fumes, it was a great place to be. The bike races and music were in the same area. Got to hear Marti sing again as well as Ted Roddy sing his Elvis stuff.

Saturday night Todd’s friend Dan called and said he was going to hang with Jesse James at his place in town, the Austin Speed Shop. It used to be Mercury Charlie’s place so we knew it well. You had to have a round up wrist band to get into the party but once you were in there was plenty of free drinks and hard music. Dan invited us to join him in what I’ll call the bubble room. It was a 3 windowed room in the speed shop that is the office/ retail area. Guards at both doors so definitely invite only. He introduced us to Jesse who was holding a bottle of Jack to take with him on his way out. Sandra Bullock was in the bubble room with us too but she had a mini swarm around her. I have to say she is absolutely gorgeous. After our brush with celebrity, we cruised out of the crowds and got some Trailer Park Boys videos to round out the night.

Just another hillbilly white trash royalty weekend in Austin, Texas.