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Worldcon programming change 27 Aug 2013 | 08:03 pm
I have received word that my Friday Worldcon panel, "A Brief History of Modern Steam Punk," has been axed from the schedule. I've no idea why, but am not suitably curious to bother to find out. Instea...
Friday Night Videos 23 Aug 2013 | 08:47 pm
David Lee Roth was so gloriously crass back in the day, yet there was such a good-natured, effortless air about him that it was easy to tolerate his excess. Later on... not so much. But with his early...
Zumba: Guess who's not going to jail? 22 Aug 2013 | 01:20 am
My ingrained disgust with hypocrisy--particularly regarding issues of sexuality and prostitution--have compelled me to keep up with the ongoing Zumba instructor prostitution case up in Maine. Those of...
Worldcon schedule 22 Aug 2013 | 12:37 am
As everyone else in the known universe is posting their finalized schedules for Worldcon, aka LoneStarCon 3, I figure it's high time I do the same. I'll be pretty busy over the course of the conventio...
Friday Night Videos 17 Aug 2013 | 12:00 am
I miss the Summit in Houston, before it was converted into yet another megachurch. I saw some great concerts there--Billy Joel, Aerosmith, Chicago--and even took in a few hockey games. It was a fun ve...
Friday Night Videos 2 Aug 2013 | 07:52 pm
If you somehow missed it, yesterday was the 40th anniversary of the closure of the Chicken Ranch brothel in La Grange, Texas. To carry that theme over to today, obviously I considered featuring ZZ Top...
Chicken Ranch report no. 40: It was 40 years ago today... 1 Aug 2013 | 10:25 am
On this date in 1973, the infamous Chicken Ranch brothel of La Grange, Texas, closed its doors for good. The closure followed a week (give or take--it's been tough to pin down exact dates) of broadcas...
Remiss 31 Jul 2013 | 07:46 pm
Forgive me, loyal readers, I have been remiss. In this week of anniversaries, I missed a significant one. Forty years ago yesterday, that Little Ole Band from Texas, otherwise known as ZZ Top, release...
Chicken Ranch report no. 39: Ghosts softcover and more 30 Jul 2013 | 09:05 pm
After some fits and starts, I now have a softcover edition of Ghosts of the Chicken Ranch available for those who want a copy but are a little more cost-conscious. The softcover edition has a slightly...
Chicken Ranch report no. 38: Marvin Zindler died today 29 Jul 2013 | 07:03 pm
There are a couple of big Chicken Ranch-related anniversaries on tap this week, the first being the anniversary of Marvin Zindler's death from pancreatic cancer back in 2007. Zindler, of course, is fo...
