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My Photos from Austin City Limits Music Festival

October 4th, 2008 by Pete

I have all of my ACL photos uploaded. Check ‘em out here.

Day by day recaps coming soon.

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Austin Bound

September 25th, 2008 by Pete

Off I go for my second Austin City Limits Music Festival experience in as many years. I’m just - ohh - a tad excited. Because I am an über-music-nerd, I’ll be snapping pics with my iPhone throughout the weekend, and uploading them to my Picasa photo site. More pics will be uploaded from my camera after I get back.

9/27 Update: Greeting from the Dell buuble like structure at the ACL festival. Yeah, so apparently, intense heat, snapping pics, and uploading by email seems to drain an iPhone battery quite quicky. So, I won’t be able to post as many pics as I want to my Picasa site from the festy. Now, where’s my supersized can o’ Heineken?

Austin City Limits 2008

Watch the Festival live on AT&T Blue Room.
Check out the Official ACL web site.
See my Picasa photo album, updated throughout the weekend.

This widget has a rough outline of my schedule for the weekend. Let’s do this!

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McCain-Palin!

August 29th, 2008 by Pete

Sorry, couldn’t resist. Thanks Wonkette.

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Introducing Ickmusic DIY

July 22nd, 2008 by Pete

Good citizens of the interwebs, I invite you to a new Ickmusic site: Ickmusic DIY. And I invite you to - yes - Do It Yourself.

The concept here is simple: allow you, the reader (or the blogger, or the musician, or whoever), to completely control the content of a music blog. By registering on the new site, you’re automatically a contributor. Write your post, and when you’re ready to publish it for the masses, just click “Submit for Review” to shoot it off to me and Michael.

Will I regret this one day? Hopefully not. For better or worse, I have faith that there’s more good people than bad out there, and I hope to keep the evil forces away.

So whaddya say? Have a go at it. Post about a new band you like, a classic album, review a concert, talk about a song, post a YouTube video; the choice is yours. It’s your thang, do what you wanna do! Know someone who may be interested? Let ‘em know.

We’ll all see where it goes. Maybe it takes off, maybe it fizzles out. Let’s find out together…

More info can be found on the About Ickmusic DIY page.

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DIY = Punk -In the spirit of DIY, here’s a few Sex Pistols shows from their first and only U.S. tour in early 1978. The links are posted in order of quality. The Atlanta show is great. The SF show is really good. The Memphis and San Antonio shows sound like you’re listening to them while you’re puking in a filthy bathrooom stall while all the toilets are flushing.

Atlanta - Great Southeast Music Hall (5 January 1978)
San Francisco (Last Pistols show with Sid Vicious) - Winterland (14 January 1978)
Memphis - Taliesin Ballroom (6 January 1978)
San Antonio - Randy’s Rodeo (8 January 1978)

The Sex Pistols at Randy’s Rodeo?? Yeah, I know. See this old post and the comments section for some backstory.

R.I.P. Joe - By the way, Ickmusic DIY’s banner features the late great Joe Strummer. For what it’s worth, I dedicate it to Joe.

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Tunes in Telluride

July 1st, 2008 by Pete

It’s summer time in Arizona, which means it’s high time to hightail it out of town. This week finds me back in one of my favorite places on God’s green earth - Telluride, Colorado. I snapped the pic above this afternoon near the Nelly Mine, up in the San Juan Mountains at about 11,200 feet. The hike kicked my ass, but as you can see, there’s a lot around to inspire and motivate a weary hiker.

I felt fortunate too that the song bouncing around my head today wasn’t one of the selections from ‘30 Songs for Toddlers’ that played 3-4 times on the drive up from Phoenix. Nope, it was this Band of Horses song - a tune that has been getting more air time than any lately. Ben Bridwell - voice from the heavens. Just beautiful. Listen to it all.

Nice eh?

The next couple of nights are good nights for music here in Telluride. Tomorrow night, it’s Junior Brown, who’s playing a free concert up in Telluride Mountain Village.

Then there’s Thursday night. I’ll be at the Sheridan Opera House, seated in front of the stage (with my wife and two brothers) at a cocktail table, taking in an evening with Steve Earle and Allison Moorer.

Yes, life is good.

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One for Barack Obama

June 3rd, 2008 by Pete

Tonight, an African American man is the Democratic nominee for the President of the United States. This is truly an historic day - one of the brightest in our nation’s 231 year history. And how does Hillary Clinton handle the news and reality of the day? She does everything but concede to Obama in her speech tonight. Classless as far as I’m concerned. Shame on her for not recognizing Obama, on a night when the entire Democratic party should be united, and the entire country should pause for a moment to salute Obama’s accomplishment.

Take it all the way, Barack Obama!

photo courtesy of Yahoo News / AP

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Idle Idol Thoughts

May 6th, 2008 by Pete

Okay, let’s pretend I watched American Idol, and I need to chime in…

Did anyone else besides me experience such a high level of unadulterated, pure joy while watching Jason Castro forget the lines to “Mr. Tamborine Man“? Oh, such good entertainment (will someone dump the Youtube link in the comments when it’s available? I wish to entertain myself further with repeated viewings).

And is there anyone else out there with an urge to smack David Archuletta upside the head, pleading for just a little testosterone?? I know the kid’s only 16, but my god, what a giant wuss-ball. I knew by age 16 not to exhibit such ample amounts of wuss-dom, and I was a Prince freak!

Syesha - you go on with yo bad self. Yum.

David Cook - I’m not always down with your remakes of the tunes you perform, but at least you put an original spin on everything you do. You shall be the victor - you shall be - dum-du-du-dum - the next American Idol.

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Austin City Limits Festival Lineup Announced

April 14th, 2008 by Pete

Yippee kay-yay MF’ers! The Austin City Limits Music Festival lineup has been announced, and it’s a doozie. Check out the list of artists after the jump.

I have my 3-day pass already. Who’s with me?

And who lives in Austin and wants a music blogger sleeping on their floor??

Ready for the lineup? Deep breath and…

Read the rest of this entry »

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Ickmusic.com: The Unavailable Weeks

April 11th, 2008 by Pete

Question for the regulars. Have you had problems over the last few weeks with my web site timing out, or being unavailable? Has it happened more than once for you? And most importantly, is it getting to the point where it’s a nuisance for you?

I’ve been on a new host, Hostmonster, since mid March. While their customer service is great, I’m having trouble with my web site staying up 24×7. I wanted to get some feedback from you all to find out if it’s noticeable.

Bear with me, I’ll get everything going full time. If I have to jump to another host, so be it.

UPDATE (4/14): Okay, I moved back to my old host (IPOWER) - Hostmonster’s customer service was great, but the site would be down multiple times every day. iPower’s customer service isn’t stellar, but at least they keep my site up.

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