Our good friends, She Craves, hosted a “Thank You” party on Sunday out on Lake Travis for all the people who have helped them over the years. From promotions to carrying gear to just plain coming to a show, they wanted people to know how much it meant to them. The weather was PERFECT, they [...]

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One of the guys I worked with at SXSW last week laid his head down on the table about half way thru the festival and sad sadly, “I’m so tired. I don’t want to be on vacation anymore. Can’t I just go back to work?”
Thanks be to heaven, that day has come. I went back [...]

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A friend of mine recommended Ozomatli a few years ago and I never really looked them up. They were playing at a very convenient time at the DirectTV Live Stage in the Convention Center yesterday, so there was no excuse not to check them out. They were AMAZING. I only caught 2 songs, but I [...]

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I was driving to work this morning, and decided it was a ‘Beatles: One’ morning. I don’t know why, that hasn’t graced my CD player in… years.
But I was bopping along , and then…
I’ll buy you a diamond ring my friend, if it makes you feel alright,
I’ll get you anything my friend if it makes [...]

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We skipped ACL this year - after three years of mediocre to unpleasant experience w/ the festival, there are no regrets. I had a weak moment on Friday with all the excitement and buzz, but then it started to rain and I remembered ACL 2003. I suppose that’s better than the dust and heat from [...]

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Technically The Men From Nantucket had their final show in Dec 2003, but every time one of them gets married, they seem to have a reunion show. Tim’s was in Oct 2004, and Danny’s was this past weekend. It’s almost becoming a right of passage, or another bachelor party. Maybe not the *best* [...]

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I have a new music obsession called Pandora, it’s an internet radio of sorts. I thought I’d share it w/ you while it lasts, because my attention span is like 45 seconds long. There are several things that make it cool.
1. It’s free. Good start.
2. The music is based [...]

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At the Dirty Dog in Austin. I hadn’t been there in AGES.

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