Every Monday we get an informational email message sent out by some anonymous central campus entity listing campus events taking place during the week. One of the things they list are the scheduled performances at the Cactus Cafe. In last week's missive, the listing for Saturday night caught my attention: Susan Gibson (who wrote the first Dixie Chicks hit "Wide Open Spaces") and an Australian trio called the Bulehouse. That "Bulehouse" thing really piqued my interest. I was curious. Was that some odd Australian piece of slang? I had to find out so I fired up my handy web browser, pointed it to google and did a search for ye olde bulehouse. A couple of things popped up but, clearly, I was on the wrong track.
![[these days cd cover]](http://www.joanna.org/pics/bluehouse.jpeg)
Google helpfully suggested that maybe I meant bluehouse. And, what's the first thing that comes up? A link to a trio from Australia (www.bluehouse.net). So, I check out their online tour schedule and, sure enough, they're scheduled to play at the Cactus on Saturday. I fired up iTunes and did a search. Their most recent CD was listed. I listened to the samples and liked what I heard. So, the whole "Bulehouse" thing was just a typo. Too funny. But, it got me interested and I looked the group up. I might've skipped the whole thing if I hadn't wondered what the word "bulehouse" meant. And, they were opening for Susan Gibson, so it would be hard to go wrong, right? I asked Diane if she'd like to go and she thought it sounded like fun. So, we went to the Cactus. And, wow! What fun. Those three gals are great. 'Turns out they were doing a house concert the next evening so we went to that, too!
If you have a chance to see them, go see them! And, if you can't see them, buy their CDs: these days (the new one, with the yellow cover; it's mostly acoustic stuff) and big (the older one, with the white cover; this one's more "lush"...as they described it...then the other, with additional musicians accompanying the gals). Both are very good CDs. But, I have to say, seeing them in person cannot be beat. They put on a very good show. They're very talented singers and musicians. And, they're funny as hell, to boot.
Susan Gibson was very good, too. But, we knew she would be. The bluehouse was just a complete surprise. Go see 'em.
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