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Austin Travel Diary, Part 21: I Walk the Line

If I ever release an album, this Johnny Cash-a-riffic photo that Morgan Johnston took of me in Austin will have to figure into the album art somehow:

Joey deVilla, dressed all in black, walking down an Austin street with an accordion on his back.
Photo by Morgan Johnston.
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Austin Travel Diary, Part 20: Continental Airlines’ Oddball Snack

On the Austin-Cleveland leg of my flight back home, Continental served me the snack shown below:

Continental Airlines’ snack

  • Beef salami slices
  • Peppercorn parmesan cheese spread
  • Crackers
  • Trail mix (some peanuts and raisins, mostly white chocolate chips)
  • M&Ms

An odd combo, but the snack was appreciated.

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With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility!

The photo below could be the greatest movie scene re-enactment ever: it’s a re-enactment of the “Spider-Man stops the runaway train” scene in Spider-Man 2:

Guy in a tropical country re-enacting the “stop the subway train” scene from “Spider-Man 2″.
Photo courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele.

In case you haven’t seen Spider-Man 2, here’s the relevant scene:

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Austin Travel Diary, Part 19: The Salt Lick’s Delicious Barbecue

The Salt Lick’s van

On our final night in Austin, the b5media crew had a barbecue at the b5 ranch with food supplied by The Salt Lick, widely regarded as one of the best barbecue places in the area. Here’s what their van brought us:

The food we ordered from The Salt Lick: pork ribs, brisket, sausage, beans, coleslaw, potatoes, barbecue sauce, blackberry cobbler, peach cobbler.

  • Pork ribs
  • Beef brisket
  • kielbasa
  • coleslaw
  • beans
  • potatoes
  • peach cobbler
  • blackberry cobbler
  • pickles
  • loads and loads of barbecue sauce

Darcie squeezing limes
Darcie: What do you mean my margaritas are poisonously strong?

For drinks, we had a keg of beer on ice and Darcie’s poisonously strong margaritas, and Darren added to the dessert offerings with Tim Tams he brought all the way from Australia. Dinner was followed by a giant bonfire and some roughhousing around the pool (three victims claimed).

Bonfire at the b5 ranch

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Austin Travel Diary, Part 18: Annoying Stowe Boyd

Although he Twittered the opposite, Stowe’s a real accordion fan:

Joey devilla annoys Stowe Boyd with the accordion.

Joey devilla annoys Stowe Boyd with the accordion.

Thanks to Stowe for posing for these shots!

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b5Media BBQ, Featuring BBQ from The Salt Lick!

If you’re at SxSW and you missed the bus for the Salt Lick, b5media’s having a barbecue with food from…The Salt Lick! Send me a tweet for details.

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Austin Travel Diary, Part 17: Make Up Your Own Caption

Here’s a photo of Lindsay from Mob Logic interviewing me at South by Southwest. Feel free to make up your own caption:

Lindsay from Mob
Photo by Mob Logic.
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