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Sad about the economy? Dream about the future

SAN FRANCISCO--The wild days of Web 2.0 may have thrown their last sheep. Here's how you can tell that things have gotten serious: at O'Reilly Media and Techweb's Web 2.0 Summit this week, people actually showed up for breakfast. That's because they probably weren't out as late. The party scene at tech conferences tends to be a bacchanalia--take South by Southwest Interactive, with enough events to make any little black book burst at the seams, or TechCrunch50 a few months ago, where rumor has

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Rick Warren’s Redefined Church by James Sundquist

RICK WARREN HAS DEVISED A REDEFINED CHURCH THAT CAN BE MARKETED TO THE WORLD BUT WHICH IS NOT FAITHFUL TO THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH, JESUS CHRIST. OBJECTIONS TO RICK WARREN’S TEACHINGS 1. He makes a host of statements in his PDL book that he says are in the Bible…that is, in fact, in NO BIBLE or translation that even he promotes. My wife is not a Bible scholar, but does go through the Bible once a year…at least ten years. So when she read Warren’s PDL book, without even checking the citations, she

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The SXSW Interactive Web Awards

What is The SXSW Interactive Web Awards?? I know.. but it really doesn’t concern us. I just want to mention it here, for everybody’s information. You can read all about SXSW here, but here some facts about SXSW Interactive Web Awards. This SXSW Interactive Web Awards is really different from “The actuall” SXSW music/film festival… BUt of course it is really super related.. South by Southwest (SXSW, Inc.) is a private company based in Austin, Texas, with a year-round staff of professionals d

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Festival Outlook (Part XIX)

The days are getting shorter, the months are getting colder, and the year is all but over. This basically means two things: first, aside from a few folks down south, we’re basically in the off season of music festivals. But as depressing as the time of the year may be, do bear in mind point #2, which is the fact that the confirmations and rumors for many of 2009’s major festivals are already starting to trickle in. And for some, including yours truly, these coming months will be as busy and exc

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Universal music truths

Anyone keen to learn just where the music business might be going should pop along to Whitla Hall in Belfast next Thursday. While NI Music: The Way Forward is aimed primarily at Northern Ireland musicians, the all-day conference will probably contain a bundle of universal truths about the current state of the industry. Organised by the Northern Ireland Music Industry Commission, the conference will feature such speakers as Paul Brannigan (Kerrang), Una Johnson (South By Southwest), Harry Mart

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South By Southwest’s First Speakers

In a recent news announcement, there is now an official first round of speakers for the forthcoming South by Southwest festival! South by Southwest, or better knows as SXSW is one of the largest musical even in the United States. It is always held in downtown Austin Texas and is attended by thousands of movie and music lovers! Here’s the more detail of the first round of speakers: South by Southwest gears up By Charles Ealy | Thursday, October 30, 2008, 10:19 AM The South by Southwest Film

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CMJ Music Marathon 2008 (reviews/pics)

above: EAR FARM’s CMJ Music Marathon 2008 slideshow If a comparison needs to be made between Austin’s South by Southwest and New York’s CMJ Music Marathon, let it begin and end with the simple fact that SXSW is the far superior music festival/conference experience. All of Austin shuts down and welcomes the yearly Spring extravaganza, most New Yorkers don’t even know what “a CMJ” is… and rightfully so. The trade show portion of the festival looked like a sparsely populated small-town high scho

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New Orleans Hornets Season Preview

We continue previewing the Southwest Division with the New Orleans Hornets. You can read past previews here. by Aggrey Sam and Toney Blare Note: This preview is modeled after the GreyTone Game Notes from last season. Obviously, there were no Hornets games to attend in the off-season, so this is a result of some back-and-forth e-mails, which were then chopped-and-screwed. Enjoy. Aggrey Sam: The off-season was mediocre. Giving up a first-round pick (especially to Portland thew parlayers; would

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Historic Amnesty International Conference & Dr. King Tribute In Memphis~Oct. 31- Nov. 2

Keep The Dream Alive Aerial Art Event @ Tom Lee Park From 2pm-5pm *FREE*Keep The Dream Alive Video (click link)This event is free and open to the Memphis community and the general public...If you are an artist of any trade or profession (visual, music,literary, spoken word, acting, & dance) we need you to motivate the people!!! Please e-mail and/or call me @ 901-299-4355 if interested...Amnesty International is working with the National Civil Rights Museum, American Federation of State, County,

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Howdy! (Or, Greetings from Tulsa)

The National Preservation Conference is this week in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Staff members from around the National Trust for Historic Preservation will be blogging from the conference and sharing their experiences. A view of downtown Tulsa from near the convention center. Welcome to Tulsa. I’m not going to try and be charming and state that all of my misconceptions of this city have been proven false over the past two days, to be honest, I had very few conceptions of the city to begin with. Outs

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Tonight: A Place to Bury Strangers at Walter's on Washington

On the final night of the 2008 South by Southwest Music Conference in Austin, unassuming downtown patrons filed into Cedar Street Courtyard for a casual drink. Within minutes, A Place to Bury Strangers - most recently in Houston opening for Nine Inch Nails back in August - cleared the place, ushering an absolutely deafening set of loveless, shoegazed psychocandy. "I Know I'll See You" The effect is intentional. Guitarist/singer Oliver Ackermann owns and operates Death By Audio, an effects

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Southwest Division Previews

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Drunken Conversation Leads to Band Called Reefer

Nick Thorburn from The Unicorns (left) and LA hip hop producer Daddy Kev (right) ran into each other at the South By Southwest music conference in Texas a few years back and decided to collaborate on a record in an alternate location to the ones to which they are normally accustomed. In the spirit of Ernest Hemingway's exhortation to "always do sober what you said you'd do drunk" (well sort of... apparently the members of Reefer found a different way to get intoxicated while recording the re

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12 Ways to Get the Most Out of Twitter

There is no doubt that Twitter has been one of the hottest new web applications of the past couple of years. Since making a huge splash at the South By Southwest Interactive conference in March 2007, the simple little microblogging and status application has grown like a weed to the point where it is now slowly seeping into the mainstream with use on major television networks like CNN in the United States. As great as Twitter can be as a communication platform, it can also be a major distract

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Attn: Would-be 2009 SXSW performers

Attn: Would-be 2009 SXSW performers Memphis Music Confidential September 29th, 2008 Memphis bands who intend to apply for the South by Southwest music conference can save a few bucks by visiting the Memphis Music Resource Center. The first 50 bands who visit the center between now and November 4 can get their registration fee waived by the Memphis Music Foundation. Bands can also express their interest in being part of an official Memphis music showcase planned for the March conference. J

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Houston’s Rising Rapper Corey Mo, (Coming Soon: Exclusive Interview)

Jump to Comments “My sound is not what people would classify, says Houston’s legendary rap artist Bun B. “As typical hip-hop or rap music. It’s Southern by the tone of voice of the people that are speaking. It’s Southern by the sound of the music, with the bass and the live guitar—definitely a lot of bluesy influence, a lot of jazzy influence. Both of us being Texas boys and Louisiana boys, you definitely hear the influence of both lifestyles. Basically, it’s the soundtrack to your present. Real

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Gaffe-a-day Joe Biden

Joe Biden is known for not holding back and, in an exclusive interview with Katie Couric, he talks candidly about the upcoming debate and the attack ad against McCain he thought was "terrible." Biden, in his interview with Katie Couric, was copying off the wrong classmate’s exam again. “When the stock market crashed, Franklin Roosevelt got on the television and didn’t just talk about the princes of greed. He said, ‘look, here’s what happened.’” Two problems here: Television d

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SXSW Now Accepting Applications for 2009 Fest

The 2009 South By Southwest (SXSW) Music and Media Conference and Festival is now open for business. Geared toward music industry professionals from around the world, SXSW is a unique opportunity to make lasting connections within the entertainment industry. SXSW is accepting showcase applications for music acts to perform at the 2009 music festival. This year you have a choice of two ways to apply - both online to save you the trek to the post office. You can submit your online application fr

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Update - Travis Barker & DJ AM Critically Injured in Plane Crash

  Update Shanna Moakler (Travis’ ex-wife) has not told the children and has rushed to be by his side and said to be devastated.  She spoke with him on Friday night.  He was defiant and did not want to be transported via helicopter and as a result they had to knock him out.  Shanna’s mother, Gail, will be taking care of the children and said they are waiting to tell the kids:  “We’re waiting a bit to see what God brings,” She expressed how very close the two are despite the divorce, and that

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Calendar

Constantly being updated. Sept 21 Common Cause North Texas Sept 22 Covenant Design Group meets in Singapore Sept 24-Nov 2 40 days for life prayer campaign Sept 25 Communion-wide vigil for MDGs, UN meeting Sept 27 Southern Virginia bishop election Oct 3 PB Schori meets with the standing committee of Pennsylvanis to discuss next step October 3-5 Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota diocesan conventions October 4 Pittsburgh diocesan convention October 4 Day of Repentance for the sin of slav

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