david byrne in nashville

zach and i were lucky enough to catch David Byrne (songs of daivd byrne and brian eno tour) when we were in nashville for saylo's wedding. because the show took place at the ryman (former Grand Ole Opry) he quickly learned a couple of country standards, “There Stands the Glass” and “Half as Much,” to give a tribute to playing in music city in such a historic building. he was in all white as were his dancers - the dancers' role varied from esoteric dancing with office chairs to acrobatic routines to larger numbers involving the background vocalist. i thought the show was great and zach actually put it in his top 5 of all time. we grabbed a hatch show print of the tour before leaving and will add it to our growing collection.

Below is a blog he posted about his nashville visit:

In Nashville, I stopped by a great local record store, Grimey’s, and signed a bunch of old records and various odds and ends. Mostly though it was just to say hello. Kurt from the group Lambchop stopped by — also on his bike, as he lives nearby — and gave me a copy of their new CD. There was a lot of talk about the gas shortage in the area, which was news to me, as there has been no mention of it in the national news. Many gas stations have closed (temporarily, they hope) because they can’t get gas. Hurricane-related disruptions on the Colonial Pipeline, which runs from the Gulf to New Jersey, are the reason, so we are told. It seems pretty serious, at least around here. The guys at the record store said no one has been in lately since everyone is conserving gas. People spend hours searching for a station with gas, and then they have to wait in line, sometimes for hours. Some folks can’t get to work, as they are totally reliant on their cars for transport.

kate and ben's first dance

they stole zach's idea

zach had this idea like 5 years ago. sure enough someone else beat him to the punch.
ah, also anthropologie is now housing their receipts in the same bags stamped like we did for our reply cards in our wedding invitations!

Musical Road Hits Sour Notes With Neighbors

Local officials say it was a mistake to allow a television commercial company to grind grooves into a stretch of desert roadway near Lancaster to enable car tires to play a song -- "The William Tell Overture" -- as people drive over it.

The sounds are disturbing people in a nearby subdivision, the Daily News reports. The City of Lancaster plans to pave over the musical grooves Tuesday.

Persons driving the posted 55 miles an hour west on Avenue K, in the high desert about five miles west of the Antelope Valley (14) Freeway, hear about 38 musical notes of the well-known theme, also known as the overture to "The Lone Ranger."

American Honda has paid for the promotion as part of a television ad campaign set to air this fall, but amateurs have peppered YouTube with homemade renditions of their own vehicles rolling over the grooves.

The road is tuned to a car just exactly the length, and equipped with tires the same size, as a Honda Civic, a spokesman for Honda said. But other vehicles are also successful in playing the notes, if a little off-key.

That noise is not exactly music to the ears of persons living in a nearby subdivision, who are telling the Daily News that the notes blend into a cacophony that keeps them awake at night.

"When you hear it late at night, it will wake you up from a sound sleep," said music critic Brian Robin, who lives a half mile away from the project. "It's awakened my wife three or four times a night," he told the newspaper.

But people from elsewhere are delighted. "I think it's kind of cool," said Peggy Hager of Llano. "When you are driving out on Avenue K, you're going out to the middle of nowhere. It's a nice surprise to come across this thing."

Avenue K got its groove on Sept. 5, and the sour notes from neighbors soon reached a crescendo at City Hall, said Pauline East, the Antelope Valley Film Office liaison officer. The street was volunteered to help attract filmmakers and their dollars to the High Desert, she said.

"Was it historic? Yes," she told the Daily News.

"Maybe the wrong location? Obviously. We thought it was far enough away."

R.I.P.

1923 - 2008

kate gets married!

zach's sister kate got married last weekend in a beautiful ceremony in the backyard of the home zach grew up in charleston, south carolina. they live on the atlantic intercoastal waterway and we spent a lot of time on their dock on our visit. we saw several dolphins and although we could not see them when we were out there at night we could hear them breath out above the water. hurricane hannah did not win and it was a gorgeous day. these are the first photos i have been able to get my hands on so far. i am sure there will be many more to come and i am still searching for a video of the first dance as it was quite impressive. we are so very happy as we could not imagine a better husband for kate than ben pittard. a super great guy. we like him more every time we are able to spend time with him. they make each other so happy and we are just very glad to have him a part of the growing family! cheers to ben and kate and congrats to the brockhouses for putting on an amazing party!

taking flight

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