Ruben, E Muzeki and Enchiladas

Back in July, I had a major craving for some super-greasy super-tasty enchiladas, and asked for enchilada advice on the forum. Saturday I finally got a chance to take some of the advice I received. Thank you, David C, for recommending Casbeers. Awesome enchiladas! I could only eat two. The enchiladas are so smothered in chili and cheese, you can barely find the damn things. Just what I was looking for!

As a bonus, I got to hang out with Kel, Carlos, Denise, Michael and another lady whose name escapes me at the moment (sorry!). Good company!

As an added bonus, I got to once again experience a little Ruben V. Can't get too much of that! I've already reviewed Ruben on here before, so I won't say much. Great blues rock guitarist and singer. They did an awesome cover of The Beatles' "Golden Slumbers." I really enjoyed that!

I also got to talk with Ruben a little and learn a bit about what brought him from the heavy metal dude I remember from Corpus to the bluesman he is today. Interesting story, but I won't tell it. Not my story to tell. I couldn't tell it like he did anyway.

One little beef with Casbeers, though. It's kinda messed up, when people have been there for an hour eating and drinking, to suddenly come up and charge them a cover charge. We paid it, because we figured the money went to Ruben, but we thought it was a little tacky. Also, the guy ripped me off. The cover was supposed to be six dollars; I gave him a ten and he only gave me 2 dollars back. But that's ok! Whatever, man.

I had planned to go with Denise and Michael up to the Lion and Rose for the Ren gathering they had going on up there. So, after a while, I headed over there. E Muzeki was playing. I have also reviewed them before, so I won't say much about them either. Just that if you enjoy world music, like Celtic, Greek, etc., you should really check them out. It's beautiful music. My favorite song they do is a version of Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir," but if they did it Saturday night, it was after I left and I didn't get to hear it. Ah well...

I'd never been to the Lion and Rose before. Very nice British pub atmosphere, very crowded...I swear I saw Elvis at the bar, lol!

I didn't take my camera with me, as the batteries were dead, but my friends did send me some of E Muzeki, so here you go:





One last thing, in case E Muzeki reads this: I AM going to do a review of your CD (and others that I have), I PROMISE!! I just need to get caught up first! And I will, one of these days!! I swear! (Anyone have a cloning machine?)