Virtual Ship's Log from Captain Hammer

'Cause I don't have enough to do already

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

We're Famous!


This is where we played last Sunday: the farm. Folks were plotting the field with little blue plastic surveyor flags that flickered in the sunlight when the wind blew through them. It looked like a stadium of flashing cameras, and there we were on the edge of the field under two ancient pecan trees playing to nature (and nature's folk). This was a good time, and it made it to the (online version of) the local newspaper. That still counts, right? And if our drummer's wife happens to be a photographer for the Austin American Statesman?

Check it out: http://galleries.statesman.com/gallery/johnsons-backyard-garden-potluck/ , and click here to see more about the local organic farm that hosted it all: http://www.jbgorganic.com/ . I learned that over half of the drummer/photo couple's diet is grown right here. Order you up some grub today!

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Time to introduce the band:


The Dark Water Hymnal is: (from left) Mike Huebner, guitar/bells; Brandon Bunch, piano/bass/percussion; Jeremy Ballard, acoustic guitar/vocals; Andrea Couch, violin/vocals; Bryan Blanton, drums. Photo by the magical Kelly West.

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Priceless...


Saved an Independence Brewery "OU Sux" amber all year, in hopes it would raise the '09 mojo like a pheonix from the ashes. It did not. It did actually taste ok, though, and earlier in the day I was able to subvert a poor young child, cruelly born unto a Sooner "friend" of mine.