My potential weekend to do list:
Friday:
Peter Squires show at Flipnotics, along with Seth Sherman and Dear Sombrero
Saturday:
The Nutcracker at the Long Center, presented by Ballet Austin
A big show at Beauty Bar featuring Zorch, El Ten Eleven and Motel Aviv
Sunday:
Greg Izor & the Box Kickers, Warren Hood & the Hoodlums, Cleve and Sweet Mary at Momo’s.
I [...]
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Do you ever get an e-mail from someone you don’t know, but based on the tone and their writing style you just know that if you ever met in person, you’d probably end up being friends?
Such was my first contact with Shmu, a local musician and one half of the stellar synthrock duo Zorch, which [...]
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I feel like psychedelic rock has made a comeback of sorts over the last three or four years, if just below the surface of the mainstream. In Austin, at least, there is quite a cadre of psych rock outfits making really cool, trippy music. An homage to the days of the Vulcan, perhaps?
But, I digress [...]
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I feel like every time I write the word “Zorch” I have to include an exclamation point. Zorch! ZORCH! Maybe it’s because if their music were a punctuation mark, it’d be an exclamation point.
But, I digress.
A couple of weeks ago, I posted a review of local synth duo Zorch’s latest tracks of badassery. I promised [...]
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Take a look at this cool event:
Austin Unchained–A Day of Shopping Locally
The Austin Independent Business Alliance is challenging YOU, yes you, to shop at locally owned stores ONLY. The day is this Saturday, November 22nd. Use it as a way to kick off your holiday shopping and support local businesses all at the same time! [...]
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A few weeks ago I went on a short photo taking trip around the neighborhood. It was a good chance to check out the new hood while working on my photography skills. I took this picture outside Epoch, a coffee place in the area:
After taking this photo, I rushed home to find out what EZLN [...]
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I’m a huge fan of “The Office.” I’m also a big fan of Rainn Wilson as Dwight Schrute on that show and I loved him when he was on “Six Feet Under.” I don’t know if you know this or not, but Rainn Wilson is also a humanitarian. He’s a spokesperson for an amazing international [...]
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I hate going to the post office. It’s equal to trying to run a sprint through a vat of molasses: long, tough and painful. However every now and then, there’s something that makes it not quite so bad.
Today on my lunch break I had to drop off a package at Bluebonnet Station. Normally at lunch [...]
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I had every intention of writing a long, drawn out, music snobbish review of ACL Fest 2008, but with moving day around the corner and all kinds of general craziness at work, I’ve decided to instead just write a condensed version and let you guys look at the pics I took. So, without further ado…
Biggest [...]
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I first heard about The Toadies when I was in 7th grade and living in Washington, DC. I think I probably heard “Possum Kingdom” on DC101 or something. Then we moved to the Possum Kingdom area when I was 13. My family and I would go there on camping trips and tell ghost stories when [...]
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