Ted's Polish-Mexican Page

For some reason surpassing all human understanding, James Hudson has given a forum, once again, to Grey Balloon (aka- some guy named Luke).

To be fair, Hudson did not bring back Mr. Balloon's columns. However, he has chosen to post a link to a rather disturbingly titled web site. Apparently, both James and Luke find this funny.

Hudson's site is still one of the best places to find out information about the local music scene. Also, I understand why he ran Balloon's columns. They were often bitter, but also sometimes funny. He skewered some of the "hipper-than-thou" behavior of some of the scenesters. After a while though, it became obvious that this didn't come from some need to deflate swollen heads, but more out of jealousy that he wasn't one of the cool kids.

Balloon quit the column, and it became obvious who he was. He is also a guy who's bizarre behavior has led to more than one musician in town to want nothing to do with him. I talked to one long time Tucson musician, a kind man who is tollerant of everyone, to refer to him as "psychotic" in a rant in my car one day.

The site that Balloon put up (which I will not link here, you can find it on your own if you want) would probably be undiscovered if it wasn't for Hudson calling attention to it. The title that it has leads me to wonder if Balloon has any understanding of the seriousness of his actions and the pain they have caused some good people. Luckily, it is probably far enough over the line that maybe there will be some legal action.


Hasta la proxima. Do zobaczenia.