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South By SouthWest 2008

The South By SouthWest music conference started today and runs thru March 16th. It’s the biggest music industry conference in the nation today, featuring over one thousand bands over five days in concerts and showcases all over the Austin Texas area.
Keynote speaker Lou Reed will kick off the 22nd annual SXSW music [...]

juno.

2007’s loved film juno by breakthrough award winning writer diablo cody, showcased the challenges of humanity, the struggles of making the right teenage and adult difficult decisions regarding school, parents, love, sex and every single little indiscretion in between. covered in complexity, rising from the chaotic emotions of an unplanned pregnancy caters to the whole reaction of the story blending in the surprise of adoption and the realization of how hard it can sometimes be to let go. colo

Canadian Actor Michael Cera

Canadian Actor Michael Cera was born June 7, 1988 in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. A Canadian comedy best actor nominee in 2008 for playing Superbad and Juno. This actor played very well in Juno and as I mentioned above he was being nominated as one of the best comedy actor in 2008. Well, speaking of that movie they did well also in choosing Juno Soundtrack in which most of the teenagers worldwide grab the play lists in music stores and download also free on the Internet. Music From Juno was very

President-elect Obama begins transition period

Just hours after his historic victory as the first African-American president, Barack Obama immediately began the process of transition into the role and taking point as Commander-in-Chief. First thing on the agenda, Obama named a chief of staff at the White House, report from Yahoo News: WASHINGTON – President-elect Barack Obama pivoted quickly to begin filling out his new administration on Wednesday, selecting hard-charging Illinois Rep. Rahm Emanuel as White House chief of staff while aid

Complete But Unofficial 2008 Texas Election Results

Click below the fold for the complete list. RACE NAME PARTY EARLY VOTES PERCENT TOTAL VOTES PERCENT President/Vice-President John McCain/ Sarah Palin REP 2,902,151 54.09% 4,463,458 55.38% Barack Obama/ Joe Biden DEM 2,414,752 45.01% 3,517,953 43.65% Bob Barr/ Wayne A. Root LIB 31,148 0.58% 56,330 0.69% Chuck Baldwin/ Darrell L. Castle W-I 4,837 0.09% 6,613 0.08% Thaddaus Hill/ Gordon F. Bailey W-I 1,065 0.01% 1,158 0.01% Jonathan Allen/ Jeffrey D. Stath W-I 60 0.0

Rodney Atkins and Kellie Pickler Added to CMA Awards Show

Rodney Atkins and Kellie Pickler have been added to the CMA Awards shows as performers and Reese Witherspoon will present an award. Aside from praise for the title track on Toby Keith’s latest album, Chris Richards’ review of That Don’t Make Me a Bad Guy reads like one long burn after another. He describes it as “a ballad-heavy disappointment that finds the self-proclaimed ‘Big Dog Daddy’ doing the unthinkable: downsizing.” Roots music blog Hickory Wind is celebrating its sixth birthday. Righ

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Humboldt County filmmaker Darren Grodsky: thecheappop.com interview

By Jon Chattman It’s quite fitting that thecheappop.com starts off the Jewish New Year with an exciting interview with a fellow Hebrew: Darren Grodsky, co-writer and co-director of the new indie flick Humboldt County. The St. Louis native and partner/long-time friend Danny Jacobs are the brains behind that winning indie flick, which opens this Friday. The story centers on UCLA med student Peter (Jeremy Strong), a straight-laced young man whose professor flunks him, and as a result, ends up s

On this day in History - Sep. 30

#fullpost{display:inline;}0420 - Saint Jerome dies. Translator of the Vulgate Bible. 0653 - Saint Honorius dies. Archbishop of Canterbury. 1101 - Anselm IV, Archbishop of Milan dies.1207 - Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi was born (d. 1273). Persian mystic and poet. 1227 - Pope Nicholas IV was born (d. 1292). 1246 - Yaroslav II of Russia dies (b. 1191).1399 - Henry IV is proclaimed King of England.1440 - Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn dies. English soldier and politician. 1399 - Henry IV is p

JUNO 2 CD DELUXE EDITION OUT 11/18

Rhino opened its 30th anniversary year with a bang, landing the company’s first #1 on the Billboard and digital album charts with the Juno soundtrack. The phenomenal success of the Academy Award-winning film was matched by the soundtrack’s popularity; which is one of the best-selling digital albums of all time. The soundtrack also spawned a sequel earlier this year with the digital-only release, Juno B-Sides: Almost Adopted Songs. This compilation includes sonic delights intended for the film t

IN REMEMBRANCE: 9-21-2008

Jump to Comments REV. SIMMIE LEE HARVEY, PASTOR IN SOUTH, WHO HELPED FOUND SCLC By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: September 19, 2008 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Rev. Simmie Lee Harvey, a fiery New Orleans preacher and civil rights stalwart who helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, died here on Sept. 10. He was 90. The cause was complications of a stroke, Rhodes Funeral Home said. Dr. Harvey was among a group of religious leaders, including the Rev. Dr. Martin Luth

Did you miss ReadBurner Weekly LIVE? It was a barnburner!

Chris Brogan, Louis Gray, AND Chris Messina? Hellz yeah.

Blogosphere Buzzes Over Google Chrome

Blogosphere Buzzes Over Google Chrome By Michael Calore September 2, 2008 Categories: Software & Tools When Google released its long-rumored Chrome browser today, the reviews, opinions and forward-thinking analysis immediately flooded our RSS readers. Now that we’ve had time to breathe and ingest some of the coverage (and actually test the browser), here are our picks of the highlights. Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal chimes in with his review on AllThingsD.com, complete with

Blogosphere Buzzes Over Google Chrome

Music Preview and Giveaway: Electric Touch and The Steps @ Stubb's

Image via Electric Touch’s MySpace. Photo by Mark Austin. Electric Touch w/ The Steps Thursday, August 28 Stubbs (801 Red River) $8, Doors at 9pm [info] | [tickets] Austin's Electric Touch are something of an overnight sensation. They turned up on the local scene in late 2007, the product of former IV Thieves member Shane Lawlor (who moved here from Nottingham, England with his ex-band) and former Bojones members Christopher and Louis Messina. After playing a few gigs, the band quickly landed

Aftermath: Electric Touch and Phantom Planet at Warehouse Live

Electric Touch's Shane Lawlor helpfully points the way to the bathroom. Shane Lawlor, lead singer of Austin-based Electric Touch introduced his quartet as “the smoothest rock and roll band in the world,” and they definitely looked the part: tight pants, button-down shirts and vests; guitarist Christopher Messina even wore an elaborately tied neck scarf. Though songs like “Dance” and “Love in Our Hearts,” were driving and energetic, drummer Louis Messina Jr. didn’t seem to break a sweat; if t

Emmy Nominations Released!

Texans Electric Touch Top Amazon's MP3 Chart

Photo by Alexandra Valenti Another Austin band with Houston ties is off to an audacious start. Rockers Electric Touch's Live EP topped Amazon.com's MP3 Albums best-seller list this morning. Although at the moment they've yielded the top spot to Beck's brand-new (and, to be honest, a little underwhelming) Modern Guilt, they're holding strong at No. 2 amidst some pretty decent company: Beck's Odelay is No. 3, followed by Herbie Hancock's Maiden Voyage (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) and Coldpla

Silicon Florist’s links arrangement for June 22

Announcing Emailtoid: mapping email addresses to OpenIDs | FactoryCity Chris Messina writes “The other night at Beer and Blog in Portland, fellow Vidooper Michael T Richardson announced and launched a new service that I’m both excited and a little apprehensive about.” Ignite Portland 3: An Event Review « Link En Fuego Bram Pitoyo writes “But to tell you the truth, I’m having a hard time deciding between what got me more excited about Ignite Portland: the wonderful presentation lineup, or the fa

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