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hsapiens ([personal profile] hsapiens) wrote2007-09-27 03:25 pm

Bragging Rights

The Better Half has a band, the Flying Fish Sailors, and they recently won the Houston Press 2007 Award for "Best Pirate Band." I don't know how much competition there is for the award, and I kind of suspect that someone made up the category in order to give the guys an award but hey, who's complaining? An accolade is an accolade. They've collected many honors in their two decades as a band but another one is always welcome.

On a related note, band member [livejournal.com profile] mrkamikaze has vintage, out of print, live recordings of blast from the past events: 1995's Blarney Fest and 1996's Son of Blarney Fest -- they're available for FREE download. Thank you, [livejournal.com profile] mcroft, for making these rare recordings available! As always, the in-print Flying Fish Sailors catalog is available from Amazon. :)
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[identity profile] tejas.livejournal.com 2007-09-27 09:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Congratulations!!!!!!!
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[identity profile] hsapiens.livejournal.com 2007-09-27 09:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Too bad The Man is in Canada and doesn't yet know. :) I can hardly wait to tell him tonight. Not that Houston is overflowing with "Pirate Bands" (or, for that matter, that the Flying Fish Sailors are a pirate band) but it was still nice of what is undoubtedly a fan at the paper to make up an award for them. :)
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[identity profile] tejas.livejournal.com 2007-09-27 09:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey, maybe they'll make it a regular thing so they can win every year. ;-)
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[identity profile] hsapiens.livejournal.com 2007-09-27 10:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Hee! "Best Band in a Category Created to Award a Specific Band..."
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[identity profile] tejas.livejournal.com 2007-09-27 10:20 pm (UTC)(link)
LOL!!!!