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tonight @ stubb’s

Tonight I truly request your presence at the indoor stage at Stubbs. There you will find me and a few friends watching Northern State. They are fun! Here they are in Austin last year.

(There’s a secret sociologist in this picture, too. That little discovery was one of the most fun internet coincidences [...]

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Pass It On

If you live in Austin, you should go see Northern State Wednesday at Stubbs.  I’ll be there!  If you have a pulse, you should read the book written by one of the members of Northern State:

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and also:

(this is so cool and and so very hardcore that i almost peed my pants.)

um, yeah.  can you say “girl crush”?  this is how i felt after the first time i saw this live:

i love it when people have such intense mastery of things, and passion.  today is all about passion for me.  and other [...]

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Ode To Academia

I just noticed that there is a song called Academia on that Aussie woman Sia’s new album. Teehee. The lyrics are amusing if mostly nonsensical. It’s funny to hear the word “mean” used in song lyrics that aren’t nerdcore. Speaking of nerdcore, here’s my favorite:

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I was trying to describe this and the band behind it to my friend N, but it’s easier to just put it here. The band is a new favorite.  I really can’t decide how I feel about this video, though!  Part of me wants to be absolutely fine with it, but another part of [...]

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daft hands

this has been around for a good while already, but i heard the song in an ice cream shop earlier and had to go find the video again.  (if you haven’t seen this before, give it a minute.  it starts slow, then picks up, then picks up again and becomes hilarious by the end.)

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Save Internet Radio

Many of you may have already heard about this situation.  The following Austinist post provides info on how you can help if you are so inclined.

On March 2, 2007 the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB), which oversees sound recording royalties paid by Internet radio services, increased Internet radio’s royalty burden between 300 and 1200 percent and [...]

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First off, I went to the Strata party - Austinist editors got themselves all tangled up with them cultural types. Then they done had a party. So we staff types went out and represented. And shit. Yeah. If you are an energetic young professional, you should give them money. [...]

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Amy Cook @ Nueva Onda

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Amy Cook @ Nueva Onda, originally uploaded by Kristina B.
This woman sounds like one of my favorites back in the day - Edie Brickell. Reminds me of high school (in a [...]

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