Things worth mentioning:

A friend of mine has a band called Crotch Rock It.  They play "crotch rock," that rock of the 80s characterized by heavy guitar and big hair--think AC/DC, Judas Priest, Scorpions, etc.  They played a set at Republic Live, which is an interesting venue--the lighting engineer decided to use straight up red lights on them for ( Read more... )

I have tried, in the last four days, three times to get to South Austin Music Store to spend money.  I'm mainly looking for a reverb pedal at this point, but I've heard a delay pedal could make for some interesting times.  So like a fool, I drive up on a Saturday only to find that there is only one truck in the parking lot, and it's pulling out.  ( Read more... )

There's a zombie on your lawn.

New, from Popcap!  With catchy music!

(It's a tower defense game, strangely enough.)

 I've recently started thinking about going exclusively friends only, but until then, here's your warning that you might be missing out on some random musings, more frequent updates, or otherwise pithy occurrences in my life.  Or maybe it's important, who knows ;)

Rock climbing at the greenbelt with Ben and Jonathan--fun times ( Read more... )

GOP warned to embrace technology or 'face suicide.'

Well, I don't think technology is really their problem. I think their problem is more substantial than the medium through which they choose to convey their message...but if they think this will energize an aging voter base, more power to them. I mean, let's face it, younger voters do tend to be ( Read more... )

The semester is (nominally) over! The effects of the semester, however, might continue to be felt for the next week or two ( Read more... )

from shallwedance_* Grab the book nearest you. Right now ( Read more... )

"Made in Taiwan. Handwash warm, do not bleach, cuddle to dry. Feed generously, do not allow to go hungry."

x3!

GopherSports: You lost Megan Flannery, who was your 1V8 coxswain for four years?
Wendy Davis: “Right now we’re looking at Erica (Niemiec), Linnea (Trandem), or Ilana (Ostrin). All three of them have the knowledge to step into that position and right now we’re mixing and matching to find out who fits where. We have eight coxswains this year and we’ ( Read more... )