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Sleep Better with WakeMate (or at least know how badly you’re sleeping!)
When I first heard about WakeMate, the wristband that measures your sleep and then wakes you up at the best part of your sleep cycle (within a window set by you), I had to have it. I was lucky enough to be gifted a WakeMate to try, and let me tell you: I love that…
SXSWXSWSXSXSWXSW
See, with all the buzz, I don’t even need to put the letters in the right order and you know what I’m talking about. Obviously you’ve seen my ridiculously large and always growing FREE PARTY SPREADSHEET. But because the criteria are so strict to get on that puppy (free party, must offer free food and/or…
Bandslam left me in a Daze
I love cheesy movies. I love high school movies. I loved High School Musical, 1 and 2–haven’t seen 3 (yet). So when I got the chance to see local (Round Rock) band The Daze in the partially-shot-in-Austin movie Bandslam, which comes out this Friday, I was excited. Love me a good high school movie. Well,…
Teacher Thursday: The Lennings
When adorable drummer Ross, huband of blogger at last week’s Bleet Up, started telling me about his band The Lennings and how they have this great new EP, Geographic Tongue, I gave him my familiar line: “sounds cool, but I don’t really cover music unless it’s got another angle to it, or I think it’s…
Love and Rockets Tribute … or, an excuse to hit Malverde
Any excuse to get to Malverde and sip an El Cubico or Alma Blanca: Tuesday night, check out the Listening Party for a tribute record. I don’t even know Love and Rockets, but apparently they’re a BIG DEAL. “New Tales to Tell- A Tribute to Love and Rockets” features covers of Love and Rockets classics…
Shameless Promotions: Achachay! and Language Room (not together)
In a post of shameless promotions for people we love, let me tell you about my brother’s band’s new CD. It’s effing amazing. I’ll let him tell you about it: We’ve put our best efforts into an amazing five song EP entitled “A Preachy Catfish” and we want you to know that it is available…
Don’t Bring Me Down Faux-Show
Local designer Rachel Fields and photographer Christina Shaffell created, styled, and shot a fictional band, then threw it a party. Friday at 8pm actual bands, filmmakers, some sort of fashiony thing, and photogs will celebrate the Faux Band. Whaaaaa? Rachel sounded cool enough when she emailed me, but Tolly at Austin Eavesdropper got a better…
Monster Big Band at Elephant Room
I don’t normally do jazz–or Wednesday night concerts, for that matter. But a musically-inclined friend who once played for me the jazz version of Pharrell’s Frontin’ and absolutely blew my mind organized a group to hit up Elephant Room tonight for this show, so how can I say no? After a stop at La Condesa…
Thursday Pre-V-Day = tons of events
There are an exorbitant number of happy hours and events tonight, some because it’s Thursday and some because Valentine’s Day is a great excuse for free drinks and snacks, and to sell some stuff in some stores. No matter your leaning, take advantage of a plethora of Thursday-night ideas–and end up at Twestival! Loosely arranged…