Just in time for my return to the East Coast, I uncover a website called Beer Menus, which allows users to search for individual bottles of beer all over the city using Google Earth. Also, clicking on a particular ale house forwards you to the most up-to-date beer menu available. I'm salivating at the thought of finding the best possible watering holes when I'm in town, and the thought of this project being extended to other cities, like the one I currently call home. Shockingly, the three most popular beers searched for are Abita Purple Haze (that shit is a [...]
ARTIST: Toyota Yaris and Urban Outfitters Announce the 2nd Year of Free Yr Radio at SXSW Simian Mobile Disco, Yeasayer and Times New Viking to kick off March 12 launch party DATE: 02-29-08 WRITER: Mark Ziemke PHOTO: fyr Out of all the music festivals around the world, only one has the sheer magnetism that Austin's SXSW has. Coachella is too hot, Bonnaroo has a funny name, but SXSW is just right. This year is no exception. And to kick off the festivities, [...]
I was just a boy when Stephen King released the now famous Monkey Shines short story collection. If my memory serves me well I asked a babysitter at least a dozen times to read of her copy. Eventually I got my paws on the book. I ended up reading it front to back but only clearly remember reading one short story - It was called, " The Mist ." And it was one of the down-to-earth yet scariest tale I had read. It was a story about irrational fear and human tendencies [...]
First and foremost, Happy Halloween! OK, it was a fun week in the NFL...at least for me and the Colts... Indianapolis 34, Denver 31 I've heard twice this week that Denver's defense was designed specifically to stop Peyton Manning, that Denver gave up Clinton Portis a couple years ago for Champ Bailey because they knew they needed a shutdown corner to stop the Colts passing attack. Bailey did his job Sunday. He held Marvin Harrison to less than 40 yards and kept him out of the endzone. [...]
THIS WEEK'S FINDS week of Oct. 29-Nov. 4 "Last Cast" - End of the World A compelling mid-tempo rocker that's equal parts unresolved chords and resolving melodies. It's also equal parts playful bass line and insistently bashing cymbals, and as I listen I'm thinking these two things are related, somehow, as both oppositions--the harmonic one and the one within the rhythm section--foster a really chewy sort of dynamic, half unsettled and half really comfortable. I haven't praised the trio concept in a while, so I think I'll do that here, noting (yet [...]
congratulations are in order for my man rich at cable and tweed for snatching up the readers choice for best local music blog in atlanta's creative loafing . way to go rich! fucker! hopefully he can pull himself away from them damn learning books to start posting again at least on a semi regular basis. at this point in the day i am sure you guys have taken a gander at the hot carl/filthy sanchez that was unleashed by screech powers in his porno debut - via stereogum . lets all pray [...]
As a nice surprise, just before going to bed, I received a message that Danish band The Holiday Show has uploaded a brand new track to Myspace called Always Something Missing . Just as I expected (or rather hoped) it's a very nice and catchy electropop tune, which promises well for the forthcoming album (date of release has yet to be announced). Unfortunately the song is only available for streaming. But equally nice was the message that [...]
First, about this weekend's ERMP . Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get to the amphitheatre until 4:00pm. Because I was more familiar with them than any of the other bands playing, I thought that The End Of The World and Professor Murder were going on last. Of cource, I was very wrong. They went on first and I missed them. And Home. But I did get to see Love As Laughter (couldn't get into them, maybe I was just bummed about missing the other bands) and White Magic (I liked them [...]
Riot Act Media is a promotions company that handles some very good to great indie acts. I just found this email in my inbox from Riot Act and it had this mixtape in it. So, what the hell, here it is... instant post. Enjoy the noise. Owen + Bad News These Arms Are Snakes + Horse Girl Young Widows + The Charmers The Dark Romantics + Another Song For Another Night Snowden + Anti Anti Page France +
Swan Fungus
Ground Control
the RSL weblog
THE CULTURE OF ME
BadmintonStamps
My Old Kentucky Blog
Fingertips
Captain's Dead
Hits In The Car
The Battering Room
*SIXEYES
Garbage – “Not Your Kind of People” Concert @ Webster Hall, NYC (May 22, 2012)
Rihanna Gets Nude For Nude
Get Cryphy: Soundset 2012 Mix
