The show was @ Piano’s during Tinkle, which is the somewhat regular David Cross comedy show he hosts there.
Last year Kiesha and I saw Ted Leo play at a Tinkle show, and that show was filmed for the Ted Leo DVD…. and yes, you can see us on that DVD for about 4 seconds.
The Kork Agency is one of the big booking agents around, with a really great diverse list of bands. On their tours page, they’ve got a lot of bands listed as playing the SXSW 05 Music Festival. Check it:
Enon 3/16 (Emo’s)
Ida (TBA)
Of Montreal (TBA)
The Wrens 3/16 (Emo’s)
I could have used this at the 2004 festival while we made that long, nonstop 20 hour drive from Columbus Ohio to Austin TX.
We?re tempted to make some lame joke having to do with cowboys, laptops and horses (or some bad pun like ?WiFi Noon?), but we have to admit we?re a little impressed that the Texas Department of Transportation is bringing WiFi to 102 highway rest stops across the state. (more)
If you’ve liked the podcasts we’ve done so far, please be a chum and vote for our podcast on Podcast Alley.
If we get a good amount of votes, and a lot of people voting, it will expose our show to more and more people.
It’d make my mom happy, at least.
CNN has a great list of the best compilations. One of my favorites, Echo & The Bunnymen, tops the list. Click here for the list.
There’s a lot of good recommendations. Spend that Christmas dough!
No indie rock New Year’s Eve party is complete without playing Death Cab For Cutie’s “The New Year” at least twice. Mp3 download here.
From their official site:
Sat, Jan 15 Boston @ Middle East
Tue, Jan 18 NYC @ Bowery Ballroom
Fri, Jan 21 Chicago @ Double Door
Tue, Jan 25 San Fransico @ Independent
Wed, Jan 26 LA @ Troubadour.
I just put an ad up on donewaiting for information on how you can help with the Tsunami relief. I just read 80,000 are dead. I can’t even wrap my brain around this disaster.
Information can be found here on Google.
Amazon makes it real easy to donate to the Red Cross. I sent a donation in ten seconds, seriously.
[props to Arjan for setting the ad up]
In the latest newsletter from Moviola, they wrote that they’ve accepted an invitation to play at the 2005 festival.
Moviola is one of my favorite Columbus bands, so you fine festival goers are in for a treat.
Moviola MP3s: Kew Garden Hills | Hitched
I love the donewaiting.com design, but we’re in need for a refresh. If you’ve got the visual skills to help us out, let’s talk. Clint Reno is working on a new logo, and my pal Mike is up to the HTMLing challenge. What we really need is to have someone help us reorganize the content and throw a can of fresh paint on the ol’ battleship while utilizing CSS and those fancy resizing capabilities we just don’t have going on.
I won’t be able to pay you anything, but it might be nice for your resume or peace of mind. Or give you free advertising on the site. If interested, drop me an email at duffy@donewaiting.com.
It wasn’t easy to assemble the entire staff of donewaiting.com for a group photo, considering we have writers in England, California, New York, and places in between. But we did it, just for you.
Fans of the whole ’sounds a lot like Coldplay’ genre will be heartened by the news that, in the absence of any new Snow Patrol material at the start of next year, Athlete are releasing a new UK single in January. I suspect it’s going to be ubiquitous, and it will probably end up with a US release about a year later.
As part of the whole ‘giving’ thing that Chip instigated below, I’ve found the video here - its rather dull, but believe me, this track sounds fantastic on the radio.
Yesterday I alerted you to the demise of the Ultimate Fakebook. Today I received the following email from Eric Melin, former UFB drummer:
Nick and Eric from Ultimate fakebook have a new band called Dead Girls Ruin Everything, who have cut some demos and are getting ready to go into the studio to record a full-length album. There is a contest for local Lawrence, KS bands to win some studio time, and this would really help us get this album done quicker and better! So, here is your chance to download the new stuff, and help fund our recording by spending none of you money at all and getting free tunes in the process!Click on “Never Too Late”. Right click on “Play the Mp3,” save as… and you’ve got 1 of 2 free songs!
While you’re at it, check out “The Turnpike,” a 1/2 hour TV show featuring funny interviews and rockin’ live songs by Dead Girls Ruin Everything.
If lots of you download “Never Too Late” and/or other Dead Girls songs, then we’ll get 2 days with the fabulous Ed Rose to make our record even better.
The contest ends on December 31st, so please download soon!
Thanks for your time, and we hope this email finds you still rocking.
So … you get TWO free songs by the new band Dead Girls Ruin Everything AND you can help them earn studio time to cut their new record. It’s a win-win proposition. Now get to it (and tell all your friends about this contest too). You’ll need some new tunes to put on that iPod you’re getting for Christmas (don’t worry, you ARE getting one, I spoke with Santa Claus this evening) and Dead Girls Ruin Everything are offering you two songs for free.
Sure to cause a few headaches.
Murray also mentioned that it was important to that The Real World visit Austin during the annual South by Southwest music and film festival that occurs in March. “I’m not really sure how we’re going to be involved,” SXSW director Roland Swenson told The American-Statesman. “I know we’ll figure into it somehow.” (full story)
Donewaiting.com United Kingdom writer Steve Miller has posted his favorites of the year.
I still have not posted my list up, after yelling at the writers to get their lists in time. I am sometimes mean.
