10. The Twilight Sad-Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters


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Anybody who knows me even a little bit knows that I am extremely competitive. Little games and friendly matches are not safe from the wrath of my will to win. I often wonder where this came from, I attribute it to two things ( Read more... )

Due to the fact that Stacy and I stay up until 5 am blogging, we haven’t been waking up until around 1pm out here. It isn’t THAT terrible of a time to wake up, but with parties kicking off at noon, a small portion of my schedule has already been over by the time we get into town. SXSW requires a sharp ability to adapt. Sometimes you don’t get into ( Read more... )

Let me start today be stating that Austin is not big enough for the waves of humanity that flood the city during the 2nd weekend in March every year. People have been commenting for years that there is not enough room in town for this conference anymore. I tend to agree. When every hotel in a town the size of Austin is full, you have an issue. I ( Read more... )

We awoke today to a warm, but not hot sunny day in Austin. Better weather could simply not be asked for on such a wonderful day as today. Today on our way into town, our quirky apache Indian cabbie “Rain” went from telling us about his girlfriend’s lung cancer to why he sleeps with other women in less than 90 seconds. It doesn’t get much better ( Read more... )

After a six AM flight out of Minneapolis and an hour layover in Dallas, I officially arrived in Austin, Texas for the annual South by Southwest music conference for the second time in as many years. Not booking your hotel months in advance these days means that you don’t stay downtown, but instead in one of many hotels lining the Austin highways. ( Read more... )

Tomorrow I leave for Austin Tejas for SXSW 2007. I plan to blog about each of the days events as I did last year. The only difference is that this year I have Fort Cosmo, and I am an official HowWasTheShow.com correspondant. So my words will likely be posted in three spots. It shouldnt be hard for you to find everything you need to follow along ( Read more... )

I always look forward to creating my annual top ten albums of the year list. Its just fun to look back and think about the records that played such an important role in my life over the last 365 days. Ready? Good, me too.

NEIL'S TOP TEN ALBUMS OF 2006!

10- Pants Yell: Recent Drama


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