Fred's Spring Music Calendar

Balcones Distillery

I posted here about Balcones Distillery after reading about them in the Waco Tribune back in September, 2009. I finally got to try the product last night at my gig - completely surprised they had both the Rumble and the Baby Blue. This ain't your daddy's whiskey; but may be closer to your Granddaddy's corn squeezins'. I found both products of high quality and hope the MADE IN TEXAS appendage affords them the necessary cache to launch the new brand successfully. I believe Jon Castleberry is onboard to promote the product here in the Fort - look for 'em at your local watering hole.

http://www.balconesdistilling.com/

Star Telegram: Small distilleries are putting Texas on the top shelf

Chavos

Well, I can't find anything about this on the interwebs, but I was craving a particular

Sausage Taco

just the other day. If I remember correctly, a large white catering truck emblazoned with the word

CHAVOS

used to show up for the outdoor Fort Worth festivals back in the 90s. The specialty was a sausage taco featuring a type of dog resembling the

HOT CHUBBIE

made by Nemecek Bros. in West, Texas.

It was simply a grilled chubbie with grilled onions and jalapenos in a flour tortilla, topped with fresh guacamole. Simple, yet powerful, this taco truck sold out of product every day. Anyone remember this? I think they may have been from somewhere along the SAUSAGE TRAIL (I-35 from DFW to San Antonio). Drop me a comment if you have any info...

24 Weird and Unique Hamburgers

Admitted, I'm spoiled - I reside in close proximity to that paragon of Texan culinary mastery:

FRED'S Own DIABLO BURGER

But other folks around the planet are not so lucky, so here are 24 Weird and Unique Hamburgers from KoldCastTV.com.

The 9 Most Interesting Variations of a Hot Dog Around the World

From OffTrackPlanet.com: The 9 Most Interesting Variations of a Hot Dog Around the World

Clark Terry Receives 2010 Recording Academy® Lifetime Achievement Award

I did MUMBLES with Clark Terry back in the 80's with The Eastfield College Jazz Reading Band - he did an inspirational trumpet clinic and a performance with the group. I ended up doing the piece that year with my High School Jazz Orchestra. It's great that the Grammys recognizes his lifetime of achievments!







In a special invitation-only ceremony to be held during GRAMMY Week on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010, and a formal acknowledgment during the 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards telecast, which will be held at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010, and broadcast live at 8 p.m. ET/PT on the CBS Television Network, one of Jazz's most beloved citizens, Clark Terry will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award from The Recording Academy®.



http://www.clarkterry.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clark_Terry

http://www.visionaryproject.org/terryclark/

Forbes: Cybercrime Checks Into The Hotel Industry Cybercrime

Cybersecurity

Cybercrime Checks Into The Hotel Industry

Over the past year America's hotels have had some uninvited guests: a wave of increasingly sophisticated invasions by organized cybercriminals.

That's one finding of a report that cybersecurity researcher Nicholas Percoco plans to present Tuesday at the Black Hat security conference in Arlington, Va. His data shows a spike in hacking incidents that successfully targeted hotels and resorts, what Percoco describes as relatively unprotected sources of thousands or even millions of credit card account details.