Blog: fotophonic

stupid jobs... if we went to sxsw, this is what we would be doing

They made it ridiculously easy to figure out your schedule this year for SXSW over at the official scheduling site.

*faints* okay, i'm back. so, yeah, The Thermals are coming to Dallas in May. and i will be there in the front row to rock with them. 21 Dallas, TX @ The Loft w/ Shaky Hands here's an email from bassist Kathy. just as a note, she has written me back several times in recent years and is always super nice. this is a letter to the mailing list. "Hey, First of all, thank you for all your comments and emails! We read everything you send us and we're sorry [...]

If you have ever been to a Gossip show, Beth Ditto getting naked is nothing new. In fact watching her get drunk and naked is definitely hilarious and worth seeing the show in the first place. For the launch of new U.K. magazine LOVE, Ditto appears naked on the cover and is getting a lot of coverage in response. via ( love magazine ) and ( new york magazine ) and ( design week )

via ( the new york times )

via ( gizmodo )

weshotjr.com : "On the off-chance that you're lucky enough to open for a rap-rock band on a Wednesday night in Deep Ellum, you make a really attractive flier (the old non-Youtube kind on paper) with a Marks-A-Lot and a Xerox, and you risk your weak, little teenage ass by running around Downtown Dallas (since people actually hung out there) posting them on every telephone pole you can find. Then you play a show, and everyone wonders why you're not playing rap-rock. Or everyone would ask that, if there were actually people there. Anyways, fuck you."

via (yankodesign) and (suck.uk)

i'm leaving work right now to go buy 10 piglets just like Kingsford. next time you see me, i will be leading a herd (is that right?) of pigs. Kingsford Goes to the Beach - video powered by Metacafe

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(via Gawker) Obama Sushi : "Well, have a gander at that. An Obama roll. How did they do it? All the information you need is right there in the Japanese text."

Muzak Files For Bankruptcy | The Onion - America's Finest News Source : "Darrell Malaga, Graffiti Removal - 'But they had such great hits like 'Boring Saxophone' and 'Sleepy Piano.''"

yay for crazy people! Man escorted from commission meeting Tuesday : "SARASOTA, FL. - Some excitement at the Sarasota City Commission meeting Tuesday, when a California man spoke out about who he thinks really killed John Lennon. During public comment, a man with signs who identified himself as Steve Lightfoot, took a seat in front of commissioners saying he wanted to expose the [...]

anybody got a kayak? or a dirt bike? Renting: Zilok Helps You Rent Out Your Unused Gear : "Zilok is a web-based service for renting everything you can't quite sell, but don't always need. From cooking gear to cabins, you can list and browse all kinds of items for rent."

le Café - Oldelaf (english subtitles) by Boebis w

CD Baby: CAPTAIN DAN & THE SCURVY CREW: From the Seas to the Streets : "YARRRR!! This be the epic 3rd album from notorious hip-hop buccaneers Captain Dan & the Scurvy Crew. 'From the Seas to the Streets' pushes their sound to new limits, as heavy orchestral gangster beats meet authentic rhymes from the high seas. The subject matter of this album includes(but is not limited to) being a drunken sailor, theft, digging for gold, appreciation for the female form, and attacking Santa Claus." (stream on website)

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Study: D-FW residents dissatisfied with radio - Dallas Business Journal: : "According to the study, radio listeners in the Dallas-Fort Worth market, as well as five other markets in New York state indicated through survey answers that four out of every 10 listeners in these markets rate the effectiveness of local radio as providing them with "very little" satisfaction or "zero satisfaction" in terms of local programming."

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