Saludos de Miami

You know I bitch every time I have to come here then I get here and remember why I love this city. Don’t get me wrong, there is plenty to not like about Miami but like some of my other favorite cities the good out weighs the bad.

Tonight I stayed at the Crown Plaza and walked over to the “Catch of the Day” bar and grill on LeJune. I had a great meal (King Fish) and good beer (Key West Ale) and even better conversation with the bar maid, Kathy. Actually her name is Katina and she is from Columbia. It didn’t hurt that she was Miami hot. There is nothing like Miami hot. She was nice, a good bar maid and hot! It was a nice evening.

Live from ATL

Granbury in the morning, Atlanta for lunch, Miami for dinner. Currently sitting at Gate T11 at ATL. Sounds sexy and exciting huh???? Guess it could be if I was taking more than a few hours per stop. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not hating life (mostly because the Atlanta trip was to visit a vendor so it included a beer lunch). But I really don’t want to get on another plane. Oh and it looks like I’m not going to get upgraded so I better go get 1 more beer.

More from MIA… maybe.

Wi Fi Beer

Bars with Wi Fi.... how great is that. I can sit here on a Tuesday afternoon with my desk phone forwarded to my cell and my lap top monitoring my email and oh yeah, a cold Shiner Bock. Now I know a lot of you geeks out there have offices that have happy hours and kegs right there in the office and at any given time you can get up and go grab a beer. I worked for a company like that… until it went under. And no I don’t think it was because I was drinking beer all day. I suspect that most companies that supply beer to their employees will also fold or get rid of the beer. Don’t get me wrong, I think it is a wonderful thing, but last thing I want to do when I need a beer is sit there and worry about my boss walking up and asking me something and me telling him in my drunken stupor to fuck off. (Sorry about the language, but I am at a bar)

Coverville USA

I was flying to somewhere (I think it was to D.C.) listening to my MP3 player when an episode of Coverville (http://www.coverville.com) came on. A friend suggested I throw a few in my playlist and I guess it finally got around to it. It was fantastic! I went to the web site and subscribed and began downloading the old episodes and have been playing catch up during my commute. Coverville, as its title would indicate, is a podcast that focuses on music covers. Most people would think that is a somewhat limiting topic, but 250 plus episodes shows that there is plenty of material out there. When you think about it, garage bands cover big artists, big artists cover other big artists, and big artists cover obscure artists and make their songs huge. Coverville plays them all, and gives you the stories behind it.

Coverville is produced and hosted by Brian Ibbott, whose passion and vast music knowledge is obvious, or at least he has enough passion and knows where to look the stuff up. He has a smooth voice and rarely rambles off subject. He stammers a bit too much with huh’s and hum’s but it somehow endures him to the listener. I think it gives off just enough of an unpolished feel to let you know that this is not some big time radio production. According to some interviews, Ibbott is somewhat of a pioneer in the individual music podcast realm choosing to do things the right way by working with licensing authorities to ensure Coverville is legal, or at least as legal as possible.

I highly suggest you check it out a few episodes.