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If work doesn't kill me this week, it's only because shuffle is saving my life. Ray Charles - " You Don't Know Me " Spoon - " Utilitarian " Placebo - " This Picture " Good music and strawberries are keeping my sanity intact. Mmm, strawberries. Maybe I'll reward myself with Cheesecake Factory's strawberry shortcake when the week is finally over.

Sorry I didn't get this up earlier... it's been a long day. Stream the June 26 edition of Out the Other Here's the playlist - WRVU rotation tracks have a (*): 1. Cold War Kids - We Used To Vacation ( Up In Rags EP ) 2. Silversun Pickups - Well Thought-Out Twinkles ( Carvansas ) *3. Radio 4 - Enemies Like This ( Enemies Like This [...]

The History Lesson is a weekly feature here on Out the Other, offering one historical tidbit for every day of the upcoming week, paired with a song that usually has nothing to do with history. Check out last week here , and all previous weeks here . May 14, 1804 - Lewis and Clark depart from Camp Dubois and begin their historic journey to the Pacific Coast and back. Lewis and Clarke - " Dead and Gone " (from [...]

This six foot by four foot image of a bobble-headed SOUND team is an example of Cardboardistry - art on cardboard. The artist, Paul Ahern, discovered the technique when he was the production designer on a music video for The Natural History, and he creates the pieces by removing the cardboard's surface to reveal the corrugation underneath. I thought this picture would be an excellent excuse to post one of my recent favorite tracks: SOUND team - " Your Eyes are Liars " [...]

I have to say I was a little disappointed in last night's season finale of Grey's Anatomy . I've been a fan of the show since it started, but this season I've stopped really caring about it, and as my sister pointed out last night - many of the characters have become incredibly unlikeable. A three-hour "finale" was also completely unnecessary (and two hours were on a Monday? What's with that?), I'm pretty sure it was three episodes that were just fused together, and not very well. Oh crap, Burke was [...]

In all the excitement of yesterday's announcement and a new episdoe of Lost , I forgot to announce my new timeslot on WRVU . For the duration of the summer, you'll be able to hear me on Monday from 8-10 p.m. Yup, a two hour show every week! I'm definitely excited and I have all kinds of new music set for next Monday already - expect a show preview this weekend. In the meantime, you can still check out my last show of the spring semester here .

It's official... here's the lineup for the 2006 Austin City Limits Music Festival , scheduled for September 15-17 at Zilker Park. You know what this means... (a) I'm most definitely using the tickets I won, and (b) I'm previewing all of the bands again this year. Here it is: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Van Morrison Willie Nelson Massive Attack String Cheese Incident Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals The Flaming Lips John Mayer The Raconteurs Los Lonely Boys The Shins Ween Thievery Corporation Ben Kweller G. Love & Special Sauce Matisyahu [...]

Uh... nope. But I did get myself a shiny new design. Any thoughts?

The History Lesson is a weekly feature here on Out the Other, offering one historical tidbit for every day of the upcoming week, paired with a song that usually has nothing to do with history. Check out last week here , and all previous weeks here . May 21, 1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton. ACDC - " If You Want Blood (You've Got It) " (from Highway To [...]