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I've tried, but I just can't forgive the Austin NPR station for having crappy, crappy music all day instead of, well, Talk of the Nation! or even Diane Rhiem! or even a Texan Larry Mantle. Think the worst of KCRW (which was bad enough) with endless interviews with fine but not that interesting local artists. Also, their local news coverage is ( Read more... )

Our car was broken into again. THIRD time in Austin (we've lived here for 7 months!). Dash destroyed, stereo gone.

Don't even get me started on the "there is nothing we can do about it" attitude of the cops.

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So, I'm working on a project about singing in early hip-hop. I'm not sure how it will work out, BUT I just found this quote from Robert Christgau on Rahiem from the Furious Five:

he can actually sing, thus distinguishing himself from Kurtis Blow, Joseph Bowie, and the entire population of the United Kingdom.

Best part in bold.

You know what? I'm really glad I didn't listen to all those people that told me to put my downpayment money into stocks this summer. One small chunk is still earning 4% interest in a CD ( Read more... )

This if for those of you in California, and those of you that are Californian at heart... well, not really.

I'm in love with http://www.irvinehousingblog.com/ . It's like the worst real estate porn ever. HELOC abuse (Home Equity Loan, something something) after HELOC abuse with

This article in The Atlantic The Meltdown Geography is interesting, both in what it says about the future of American cities and suburbs, and some of its recommendations for the future. This downturn will clearly change the shape of the America and it's cities, although it's hard to predict how this will happen. (He stresses the role of luck in a ( Read more... )

So, it's official: we're coming to LA. We'll arrive Memorial Day weekend and then (after 5 deays) go to San Diego for IASPM / the Zoo! I think we're going to stay in Calabasas and Pasadena (at friends houses) and then maybe try to Priceline one or two days in Santa Monica or Century city before heading to San Diego (where we have three nights at ( Read more... )

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