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Monthly Archives: March 2010
NYRM Literary Society: Huxley and Dirty Projectors
Somehow I missed out on Brave New World in high school English class. In some ways, I’m very glad that I did. Having a college history degree behind me really helped to see how astounding it is that this book was published in 1932. Though I can’t imagine what Huxley would have made of the [...]
Recommended Tuesday Show: Black Lips and Box Elders at Brooklyn Bowl
Ah, back to regularly scheduled programming. You’d think after a week of doing nothing but watching music (and drinking beer and eating tacos) I’d be a little tired of it. No- all I want to do is go see more bands (and drink more beer, though frankly I’m a little burned out on Tex Mex [...]
SXSW: Saturday
I know it’s Monday and that all of these performances happened on Saturday, but I never went to sleep that night, so it’s as if this post isn’t late. Saturday brought freezing cold weather and drizzly rain to Austin, and it admittedly put a damper on everything. After a miserable morning, I managed to obtain [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous, Photos
Tagged Blair, Bobby Birdman, Cheyenne Mize, Dum Dum Girls, Eastern Sea, Fang Island, Real Estate, Sleigh Bells, Small Black, Smith Westerns, Tyvek, Vivian Girls, Washed Out
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SXSW 2010: Friday
I keep trying to find a moral in SXSW. The point is to be in a band, and the rest of us are just plebeian followers. Go home and practice your instrument until you can do it yourself. Go home and practice your writing until you become a better critic. Go home and give up [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous, Photos
Tagged Alex Bleeker & The Freaks, Beach Fossils, Bitters, Gun Outfit, Happy Birthday, Javelin, Le Loup, Mountain Man, Pearl Harbor, Small Black, Tearist, The Beets, Toro y Moi, Washed Out, Woods
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SXSW 2010: Thursday
Yesterday was a complete SXSW day. Downtown at noon and not home again until 3AM. Since it was such a late night I didn’t get a chance to blog before I started falling asleep sitting up at my computer, so this post will be a bit abbreviated for the time being (gotta get back downtown [...]
SXSW 2010: Wednesday
Maximization. It’s very easy to let SXSW become about maximization. Half of your energy is spent figuring out where to go and when in order to see as many bands as possible while schmoozing the people you want to schmooze. This really is a crummy way to see music. My goal for the day was [...]
SXSW 2010: Tuesday
Whew. Arrived in Austin around 8, met my wonderful hosts, and took a bus to downtown. My first use of Austin public transportation. After eating some seriously-needed tacos, I headed over to Cheer Up Charlie’s, which was called Ms. Bea’s last year. It’s Todd P’s SXSW venue, and he was definitely a presence there this [...]
SXSW 2010: Here We Go!
After a night of over-packing, throwing away everything in my refrigerator, and deciding if taking a second book was worth the extra weight (it was), the time has finally come! In four hours I’ll be boarding the plane that will take me to the plane that will take me to Austin. Despite my insane and [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous
Tagged Bruce Springsteen, Feist, The Hold Steady, The Replacements, Titus Andronicus
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Photos (for Impose): Cloud Nothings, Fluffy Lumbers, and Dream Diary at Monster Island Basement
This show happened last week, but you can check out some photos of Cloud Nothings, Fluffy Lumbers, and Dream Diary at Monster Island Basement over at Impose. I was feeling very flash-o-phobic, so it’s definitely not my best work, but you can get the general idea of the mood of the evening. I’d been looking [...]
Recommended Monday Show: Let's Wrestle, Casiokids, The Wave Pictures, and Banjo or Freakout at Knitting Factory
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RN4-WlzHME&hl=en_US&fs=1&] I recently posted Let’s Wrestle’s latest single, “We Are the Men You’ll Grow To Love Soon.” It’s an irresistible cocky rock number, and the band has definitely grown on me immensely in the past few weeks. Definitely on my list of groups to check out for a second time at SXSW. The band’s goofy [...]
Posted in Show Of The Day
Tagged Banjo or Freakout, Casiokids, Let's Wrestle, The Wave Pictures
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