Category Archives: Brushes with Greatness

Pictures of me with celebrities.

Stan Lee! ‘Nuff Said!

Posted on November 30, 2013 by Steve

The awesomeness of our last weekend was capped off by a quick meeting with the person who is behind some major popular culture for the last 50 years. It wasn’t always this way but in the last 15-20 years, comic book … Continue reading →

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Scott Bakula

Posted on November 29, 2013 by Steve

For my generation he is more famous for being Dr. Sam Beckett, the hero from Quantum Leap, a show I never saw much of but I knew its premise pretty well. Maybe I should watch that…now it’s my Netflix queue. … Continue reading →

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Bruce Campbell

Posted on November 28, 2013 by Steve

One of the greatest genre, character and bit actors in my lifetime. Bruce has starred in Army of Darkness, Evil Dead, The Man with the Screaming Brain and A Man Called Bruce. Plus memorable roles in Escape from LA, The Hudsucker Proxy, Congo, all … Continue reading →

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William Shatner

Posted on November 27, 2013 by Steve

The man, the myth, the legend! Sure people ridicule him but he is laughing all the way to the bank and having the time of his life. I personally think Shatner enjoys the work, especially after he was typecast by Star … Continue reading →

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Walter Mosley

Posted on November 26, 2013 by Steve

The next installment of Brushes with Greatness Week is my Summer encounter with (primarily hard-boiled detective) writer Walter Mosley. You may recognize his novel Devil in a Blue Dress which was made into a movie with Denzel Washington around 1995. President … Continue reading →

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I declare this week, Brushes with Greatness week

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Steve

This year’s Comic Con is over, finally. The horrible weather made it somewhat of a chore but next year, it will be held during the first weekend of October. Before all the ACL Fest and F1 crap. Besides us spending too … Continue reading →

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Kenny Rogers

Posted on September 22, 2013 by Steve

I had the opportunity to meet another member of Pop Music Royalty and History at Book People. My Midwestern memories wouldn’t have been the same without this man. The days involving our numerous drives between Springfield, IL and Champaign-Urbana, IL in … Continue reading →

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Joe Bob Briggs II for The Love God?

Posted on September 15, 2013 by Steve

I have this horrible, horrible backlog of cool stories I want to share with you all that date back to some point last year. I’m finally digging out, one at a time. I may even get a few completed while … Continue reading →

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Oh my! George Takei

Posted on September 3, 2013 by Steve

What a great way for Austin to kick off Pride Week! The man who made sure the Enterprise sailed through outer space smoothly before he commanded the Excelsior, Mr. Sulu! He’s also an accomplished voice actor for Adventure Time (Ricardio), The Simpsons (Wink, … Continue reading →

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Joel Hodgson

Posted on August 11, 2013 by Steve

The crown jewel of my 45th birthday celebration: meeting the primary person behind Mystery Science Theater 3000, the magic consultant on Sabrina the Teenage Witch and hot prop/stand-up comedian from the early Eighties…Joel Hodgson! In celebration of the new Alamo Lakeline’s opening … Continue reading →

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John Densmore

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Steve

I’m going to let you mentally chew on that name for a bit… Cue up the Jeopardy music … do dee do do, do dee do … wump wump… Give up? John was the drummer in the Doors. He was … Continue reading →

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Stuffed & Unstrung

Posted on April 21, 2013 by Steve

Disney may own the Muppets and the technical name but the Henson family got to retain the other, more daring properties (The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth) and this adult-based entertainment troop we saw a couple weeks ago. It wasn’t for children because … Continue reading →

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Moontower Comedyfest Past and Future

Posted on February 14, 2013 by Steve

With the Geek Bowl out of the way and my indifference to SXSW, the new countdown is the Moontower Comedyfest, a recent addition to Austin’s rather crowded schedule: SXSW, ACL Fest (now two weekends), Fun Fun Fest, Wizard World Austin, … Continue reading →

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James Hong

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Steve

As Russellmania concluded Sunday evening, the Alamo hosts presented their surprise…James Hong! Since the last movie in the marathon (more on that later) was Big Trouble in Little China, James was the perfect finale. For those who’ve never seen the … Continue reading →

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Norman Reedus

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Steve

Here’s a quick snippet of many, many cool things to appear on Picayune from our attendance at Austin’s comic-book convention, aka the Wizardworld circuit. As you see, this gentleman is currently famous for his role as Daryl on AMC’s hit … Continue reading →

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