Travelin': The Straight Dope on The Elusive Jackalope
A hybrid of the pygmy-deer and a species of "killer-rabbit", jackalopes are extremely shy unless approached. They are indigenous to the Southwestern and Western United States, with the largest population found in Texas. Female jackalopes can be milked as they sleep belly up and the milk can be used for a variety of medicinal purposes. It is also well known that the jackalope can convincingly imitate any sound, including the human voice. It uses this ability to elude pursuers, chiefly by using phrases such as "There he goes! That way!" It is said that a jackalope may be caught by putting a flask of whiskey out at night. The jackalope will drink its fill of whiskey and its intoxication will make it sluggish and easier to hunt. However, it will also get meaner and is very dangerous if approached while drunk. In some parts of the United States it is said that jackalope meat has a taste similar to lobster. It has also been reported that jackalopes will only breed during electrical storms, explaining its rarity. Continue Reading...
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Music/Travelin': Rescue Blues - Ryan Adams
One mo' for the road. Three's the magic number.
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Music/Travelin': To Be Young - Ryan Adams
2 minutes and 53 seconds of sun-baked bliss. Filmed in Jamaica in 2002. From The DVD - Music in High Places: Ryan Adams Live In Jamaica.
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Music/Eatin'/Travelin': Gruene Hall - Oldest Dance Hall in Texas
Gruene, Texas (pronounced Green) is forty miles south of Austin and home to Gruene Hall, a bar and dance hall. It was built in the 1880’s and became the social center for the community. It still stands at the end of Hunter Road and the intersection of Gruene Road. It's the oldest dance hall in Texas and countless country music stars and legends have performed there over the years including Willie Nelson, George Strait, Jerry Jeff Walker & Lyle Lovett. If you can get there, Alseep At The Wheel is playin' this New Year's Eve.
Check out www.gruenehall.com for the holiday music schedule.
Right around back is the Gristmill River Restaurant (go with the chicken fried steak.) It rests high up on the bank of the Guadalupe river. I spent a lot of time runnin' around there and tubin' down that river as a kid and the town hasn't changed a whole lot since then. Which is nice. If you venture that way make sure you stop by The Lone Star Float House. Tell 'em Rooster sent ya. That and a quarter oughta getcha a cup of coffee.
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Eatin'/Readin'/Travelin': Let The Belly Be Your Guide
In Southern Belly: The Ultimate Food Lover's Companion to the South, John T. Edge travels the back roads from Texas to Virginia, from chicken shack to fish camp, from barbecue stand to pie shed, to bring you the most savory food and history the South has to offer. You'll find a South hidden in plain sight, where cooks who've been standing tall by the stove since Eisenhower was in office serve local specialties found nowhere else. The perfect traveling companion, Southern Belly reveals the stories and secrets behind this mouthwatering food and guides you to more than 200 places that have quietly become Southern institutions.
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Southern Belly: The Ultimate Food Lover's Companion to the South (Paperback)
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Music/Travelin': The Howlin’ Wolf Story - By Ron Brown
Nice little piece on Howlin' Wolf and Richard Ramsey's Howlin' Wolf Blues Society of West Point, Mississippi. Help keep the American Delta history alive for future generations.
Here's the contact info. And if ya can, make a donation:
The Howlin' Wolf Blues Society of West Point, MS. Inc.
P.O. Box 1334
West Point, MS. 39773
Fax: (662) 495-2007
tel: (662) 494-2921
email: rramsey@wpms.net
Also check out the city of West Point, Mississippi's website for more info: http://www.wpnet.org/About_HWblues.htm
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Music/Eatin'/Travelin': Road Trip: Blues & BBQ
Last year my brother and I lit out from Austin to follow the Black Keys to New Orleans and then on up Highway 61 to Memphis. Just a couple of knuckleheads in a pick-up truck trying to capture a picture that had been in both of our minds for as long as either could remember. A southern-borne, bourbon fueled meandering through the deep south. Belly's full of brisket after a quick stop outside of Austin, we were on the road. Some Willie on the radio and some Levi Garrett in the cheek. Bliss I tell ya. Big, open sky, rolling Texas hills, the clack of the highway slabs and the warm sun through the windshield. We hadn't seen each other in a while, with him livin' outside Austin and me settled down in Florida. And these kinda trips never seem to match what was in your head pushin' you to do it in the first place. After some small talk, we both sat silently leaving the weight of our respective existences behind like each curving mile. After about an hour or so, I look over and my brother's smilin' like when we were kids. A big toothy grin, with a little chew stuck in his teeth. 'Whiskey river take my mind....' 'it don't get any better-n-this' he says. The Old Milwaukee tagline that became a half-funny, half-serious battle cry when we were growin' up. Usually right before someone did something really stupid...To be continued.
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