Monthly Archives: June 2007

que mierda pasa con el gas

Hoy por la manana, sono el timbre de mi departamento. Cuando fui a la puerta para ver quien era, vi que era el encargado del edificio Eduardo. El me conto que le llego una carta diciendo que iban a parar nuestro servicio de gas por falta de pagar unas facturas. Yo le dije que eso [...]

this made me think of Dustin Pevey.. the man has got skills

freak folk and i didn’t even know

So apparently there was a folk festival last week in Buenos Aires going by the name Nuevos Aires Folk including such bands as Jose Gonzalez, Juana Molina, Vetiver (back up band to many a folk), amongst others. This made me excited that maybe, just maybe, there are good bands yet to be found here, so [...]

maps and ads

for some reason, in the past two days I’ve come across quite a number of maps that I found interesting enough to share here. World Mapper and a summary of some of it US States Renamed For Countries With Similar GDPs – where else does Iran = Alabama , and Brazil = New York A [...]

still looking for bands in BA

Last Thursday was a rainy and cold one. I’d worked the whole day and was more than content with just watching a movie and staying in. My little brother however called me in the early evening because one of his friend’s bands from Curuzu Cuatia called FranJoan was playing a show at a small club [...]

i had no idea until i read it this morning

hey all: i got bored and set up a polling thing to the side (although as Amy points out this first one isn’t an actual poll so much as it is a multiple choice question)? anyways, i’ll post the answer here once some people have actually responded to it, so if you’re reading this you [...]

brazos : great band, not so great band name

If you don’t know him, Martin Crane is one of the best song writers I know. He, along with friends, are now playing under the name , Brazos. Although the name of the band doesn’t do it for me, the music stands by itself. They’ve got some songs up on their myspace page, and two [...]

my little brother is in town (music and travel stories to come)

I’ll post more about it when I get the chance. In the meantime, you should check this video (the creepy guy is in this band, has a video blog here and is friends with my little brother).

in venezuela being labeled the opposition is like being labeled a terrorist in the US

if you haven’t heard about the president of Venezuela Hugo Chavez forcing the channel RCTV off of the public airwaves, and the massive protests that have been taking place in Caracas, you owe it to yourself to read up on it. The following are the two best sites in english regarding Venezuela that I’ve come [...]

what i miss about austin

anarchist soccer every sunday racquetball with marq and thomas every wednsday bookclub get togethers every month or so thai/mexican food guitar hero/fake skating with aaron going to random parties with sergio and talking about the grandeur that is paletero getting into the mohawk for free to hang with rosa going to the french liason with [...]