Archives by Tag 'music'
Live Music Complaint From Live Music Task Force Member
Props to the Austin American Statesman for putting the audio from the 911 call that shut down Shady Grove on their website (Austin360). The audio even includes the caller giving his name. I can empathize with Mr. Trainer since the music does seem pretty loud, but when you live just across the street, and up […]
Death Knell of the Live Music Capital of the World
Many Austinites have been stewing over sound ordinances, and it looks like things are coming to a full boil. The initial laws, in 1994, were written with a reasonable intent to keep noise pollution to a minimum. They were eventually tweaked to include specific rules about decibel levels, and recent changes went so far as […]
DFTBA Records Needs You
I’m pushing DFTBA Records. Trust me, all the kids doing it. It’s cool. You can start using and stop any time you want.
Liz Phair – “Cinco de Mayo”
Yeah, yeah, this is not a particularly original post today, but <sigh>
“La Mer”, Charles Trenet
Sometimes West Whim doesn’t quite get it right and the french do. var s1 = new SWFObject(’/backporchbeer/player.swf’,‘ply’,‘470’,‘20’,‘9’,’#ffffff’); s1.addParam(‘allowfullscreen’,‘false’); s1.addParam(‘allowscriptaccess’,‘always’); s1.addParam(‘wmode’,‘opaque’); s1.addParam(‘flashvars’,‘file=http://www.rollerfeet.com/backporchbeer/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/lamer.m4a&duration=181’); s1.write(‘mediaspace’);
I Heart Sufjan Stevens
Earlier this week John and I watched Danielson: A Family Movie (or, Make a Joyful Noise Here), a very sweet documentary about music, and faith, and family. I really liked the movie, but feel a bit guilty that my main take away was to fall in love with Sufjan Stevens, who sang a draw droppingly […]
Name That Tune: LBP Version
Sony really thinks the future of console gaming is community created/driven content — sort of the Web2.0 for games. They are really excited about the upcoming release for the PS3, Little Big Planet. I’ve been watching the videos they’re releasing with mild curiosity and the latest ones have a really catchy tune that I think […]