September 2007
9 posts
I thoroughly enjoyed Freakonomics, and their current forum on music has me interested. Read for your own enlightenment.
I can’t tell if I a being suckered by a marketing campaign or not, but I like what I hear here in these videos from Ryan Bingham. Something in me wants to think this is a total creation, with the grainy video and the testimonials, but the music sounds good, nonetheless.
the New York Times, who I have long linked to, recently opened their archives and made all their content previously protected by TimesSelect available to all, for free. This includes 150 years of coverage, which makes for some interesting article finds, including Lincoln’s Assassination and Custer’s Last Stand.
SAMMY KERSHAW FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR best quote from this is: Among his assets listed in the bankruptcy records are $250 cash, $240 in a brokerage account, $250 worth of Dale Earnhardt collectibles, $500 worth of jeans and boots, a $7,000 Rolex watch he purchased from the IRS, and two pistols and a camera valued at $250. you gotta be kidding me.
Today my friends in Homer Hiccolm and the Rocketboys played at the Austin City Limits Music Festival, after winning the Dell Lounge Sound and the Jury contest. This is most excellent, as I am eagerly awaiting their new EP, Sing Bird Sing. More impressive than this performance are the videos they created to inspire people to vote. I laughed pretty hard. Some of the new songs can be heard HERE,...
“Politics is rock and roll for ugly people”
– anonymous
if there is one thing i am excited about in September it is this. Anyone who has seen Ken Burns’ documentaries on the civil war, jazz, or baseball knows what he has in store for his take on WWII. oh yeah, i’m also excited about TUF6, UFC 76, the new Steve Earle, and Bulldog football.
“That’s the magic of the business,” he said. “It’s all doom and gloom, but then you go to a Gossip show or hear Neil in the studio and you remember that too many people make and love music for it to ever die. It will never be over. The music will outlast us all.” outstanding NYT article on Rick Rubin. The man has some serious ideas about music and the future of the business.
sorry about the lack of posts, I was out all weekend playing some shows with my friend Owen Temple. On Thursday, we played the legendary Gruene Hall, pictured below. That was a good time, and a nice first visit for me. Friday I was in Austin all day and night, and Saturday played a private party in New Braunfels, which was also a good time. After the New Braunfels show we stopped by the River...