Passing the Time at PDX - Music

Once the sandwich and football were done, and with plenty of time was left to kill, I wandered out of the “food court” and stumbled straightaway into Mario Carboni and Chazz Hamilton, piano and guitar players, respectively, extraordinaire!

What a treat!! These boys obviously have more than just a clue about ensemble playing and sound GREAT together! No surprise, I guess: according to MySpace, Mario and Chazz are Back Road Boogie. I’m gonna have to get back to Oregon RSN.

• Mario at MySpace
• Chazz at MySpace
• Back Road Boogie at MySpace; make sure you check out the songs!

You can sample, and buy, Mario’s CD, Big Bad Boogie, on CD Baby. It’s a good listen; why, oh why didn’t I think to have him autograph it when we were all still at the airport??

Passing the Time at PDX - Sports

So, I’m killing time in terminal/concourse/whatever-they-call-it C at PDX, having gotten to there with RenRen and Bwen, whose planes took off oodles earlier than mine, and stopped off for lunch at Big Town Hero (gobbled the tuna melt forthwith; saved the avocado delight for later!). They share a “food court” sort of central area with some other food vendors, so I took advantage and sat down and watched some football.

Interesting it was: Michigan beat Miami of Ohio 16-6, but it was 10-6 for a long time. And Ohio was leading OSU, but eventually lost, 26-14.