February 2010
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The girl next to me
just casually set a book on her table. Nuclear Engineering. They used to hide these secrets in the desert, and from the Russians.
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Songs That I Identify With My Father
Feeling sentimental. Deal with it. Dad I know you read this, and I’m writing it anyway. My dad has played guitar since he was a teenager and played all through my childhood. A result of this is that there are several songs that I associate with him and different times in my life. So, here they are:
Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Berry - I used to ask him to play this every time he got his guitar...
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-2-21) →
The Jam (3)
Reigning Sound (3)
Bob Dylan (3)
Junior Brown (2)
Andrew Bird (2)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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(Somebody Else Been) Shaking Your Tree - ZZ Top
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Watchaustinkleon:
TEDxAustin on Sticky Notes by Austin Kleon
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Playing Beerland Tonight
With Shapes Have Fangs, and The Carrots.
Come on out!
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-2-14) →
The Modern Lovers (11)
The Flamin’ Groovies (9)
The Ramones (6)
The Jam (6)
The Who (5)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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Good Reads. →
kevinnuut:
Nerd Alert. I just signed up for Good Reads, a way to organize your favorite books, help find new ones, discuss with friends about, join book clubs, and swap paperbacks you’ve already read. If you read a lot, sign up and let’s compare. Especially if you live in Austin, so we can get some swaps going at meetups.
I’ll bite on this. My profile
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-2-7) →
Blitzen Trapper (7)
Mates of State (6)
The Jam (6)
The Black Keys (4)
The Velvet Underground & Nico (4)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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Upcoming Events
I’ve got a few shows coming up w/ OBN III’s (The front-man’s full name is Orville Bateman Neeley the 3rd)
Tomorrow, Wed, Feb 10th at Trailer Space Records. Starts at 7 P.M. Free w/ Air Traffic Controllers.
Thursday, Feb 18th at Beerland. Starts around 10P.M. $5 w/ Shapes Have Fangs and The Carrots.
We play music. It sounds like The Stooges, or The New York Dolls sometimes. We...
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How America Can Rise Again - The Atlantic →
Finally, a reasoned analysis of the American situation with a solid historical perspective, and it even has suggestions for how to respond to our times that can be taken seriously.
In summary, it’s long, boring, and I loved every word.
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Great show lined up at Beerland tonight.
See you all there
Op-Ed Columnist - No Holds Barred - NYTimes.com →
Another NY Times Op-ed complaining about the Senate rules that lead to needing 60 votes to pass anything.
I love seeing outrage over a policy three years after I wrote a paper about the policy, and became concerned myself. Why don’t people listen to political scientists? They study these things for a living. They are aware of historic changes in the government before most people. Alas, I am...
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Copyright is Complicated
I’ve been thinking about when songs will enter the public domain. I thought, surely, the music from the 50’s must be near becoming public domain. I was wrong.
Works created after 1/1/1978 - life of the longest surviving author plus 70 years.
Works registered before 1/1/1978 - 95 years from the date copyright was secured.
Works registered before 1/1/1923 - These works...
WatchEverything should be done in the style of Wes Anderson. Everything.
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“The end of football as we know it.”
– Representative Ted Poe
If you haven’t been following it there is a growing body of work that talks about the effects of repeated head blows and mental disorders later in life. Some good reads on the subject. Macolm Gladwell, and this Op-Ed from the NY Times.
Representative Poe’s wife...
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-31) →
Vampire Weekend (14)
Blitzen Trapper (10)
Reigning Sound (8)
Love Collector (8)
Elvis Costello & The Attractions (6)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Any Francophones?
I took 4 semesters of French in college. I’ve forgotten most of it, and would like to try and get fluent, or at least conversational. So, Austin Tumblrs. Know of any French people in Austin who would speak it with me, or where I could find such a thing?
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“Qu’est ce que je peux faire? J’sais pas quoi faire! Qu’est ce...”
– Marianne - Pierrot Le Fou
