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YouTube: Country Gold Mine

Posted in Music, tagged , , , on July 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

It can be dangerous to start watching old country videos on YouTube. There’s just too much good stuff to be found, especially live performances from old TV shows. Hours fly by. Here’s a good one I found today featuring a young Loretta Lynn:

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Bloodshot Records Anniversary Party

Posted in Festivities, Music, tagged on September 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

One of my co-workers tipped me off about the Bloodshot Records 15th anniversary party they held at Yard Dog in south Austin a couple weeks ago. We stopped by, listened to Ha Ha Tonka and took a few photos. It was like SXSW without the crowds. It was a very friendly, decidedly un-college crowd since [...]

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Bedroom Recordings, Vol. I Pt. 2: Meanest In the World

Posted in Music, Original on September 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Sometimes a song just pours right out of you and other times it’s more like giving birth. And then there are times when it’s a blend of the two. This song was a blend. I’d had the idea for the melody and chorus for a long time, but never knew what the story should be. [...]

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Bedroom Recordings, Vol I: Meanest In The World

Posted in Music, Original on September 20, 2009 | 5 Comments »

I always thought it would be fun to have a songwriting blog. I imagined myself posting little snippets here and there, possibly even collaborating with musicians around the country. I would upload a file, they’d add something and send it back, and pretty soon we’d be internet sensations. We’d write a book about collaboration and [...]

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Dan’s Hamburgers: “I stopped at a roadhouse in Texas…”

Posted in Burgers, Food, Music, tagged on September 13, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Yesterday, Eliza and I decided to celebrate one of those only-in-America holidays: National Chocolate Milkshake Day. To mark the occasion, we visited one of the vestiges of the old, weird Austin: Dan’s Hamburgers. We’re not clear on the story behind this place and the very similar Fran’s Hamburgers. According to a site devoted to roadside architecture, [...]

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