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Lonely no more.

RIP Jay Bennett.

They just don't get it

So, today hulu will be removed from boxee, therby by killing one of the big reasons I bought an appletv. Pressure from fox and NBC are cited as the cause. Do these networks just not want me to watch their commercials? Remove the legal channels that people use to consume content, and they'll find other ways.

South by insanity

This will be my 1st year at SXSW, and the schedule is very crowded. I seriously need to factor in day parties, and hope some unofficial ones step in to help.

Top Ten, 2008

Almost:

Death Cab for Cutie: Narrow Stairs

Broken West- Now or Heaven

Whipsaws- 60 watt Avenue

     This Evan Phillips guy bears watching...

13ghosts- the Strangest Colored Lights

the Baseball project- volume 1: frozen ropes and dying quails

Steeldrivers- s/t

10 the Rural Alberta Advantage- Hometowns

9 Hayes Carll- Trouble in mind

8 Easton Stagger Phillips- one for the ditch

7 Two Cow Garage- speaking in cursive

6 the Gaslight Anthem- 59 sound

5 Hold Steady- stay positive

4 Okkervil River- the stand ins

3 Centro-matic- Dual Hawks

2 Jon Mckiel- the Nature of Things

And to no one's surprise:

1 Will Quinlan and the Diviners- Navasota

top 5 songs:

1 Will Quinlan and the Diviners- Hallowed Ground

2 Okkervil River- Lost Coastlines

3 My Morning Jacket- I'm Amazed

4 Easton Stagger Phillips- Hell of a Life

5 Gaslight Anthem- 59 Sound

Buzz and grind

So, the Americana fest happened on Saturday. A ton of local bands at a good outdoor venue.
What makes a show like this even more special is the presence of friends that are into the scene as well. A couple buds from the PCFH list were in attendance.
we have a great local music scene here, toy should come down and check it out.

Yes, have a problem

Saturday night in the iPhone line. They should sell beer.

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So, the Typepad app is ok. Might start blogging again.

Nice bike show, check the royal enfield

There were many older and wierd and wonderful bikes there. I snapped away with the phone camera. Hope you enjoy. I have had to post this in several stages (with Iggy's consent) as there is a limit to how many pictures you can put in one post.

A brand new Royal Enfield just imported from the factory in India.

Tags: motorcycle

Short attention span?

I spend a lot of time on twitter, greader, tumblr. not so much here.

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-Rob