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HOW TO DOWNLOAD:Step 1Step 2Step 3The Ones That Start With the Letter "A"Those That Begin With "B" or "C"A Lot That Start With "D", Some With "E", and More Than You Might Expect of "F"This is a whole lot beginning with "G" and ending with "L," but with other letters in betweenMNOPQRSStarts with "T," and goes all the way to the end, but with some letters missing

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Just for fun I made some pie charts (mmmm... pie) about the different labels representing bands at the St. Petersburg stop of this year's Warped Tour. Check it out.Based on band's last release."Christians," in this case, means bands on either Tooth and Nail Records (which some claim is no longer a Christian label) or Solid State Records, which is an imprint label owned by Tooth and Nail.The final

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This is the first flyer I ever made (not counting ones for my high school band. I think I used Pagemaker or some other program I had never seen before. It's not pretty, but I wanted to show it so you could see some of the bands who played the Happy Hardcore House. I lived there along with two of the other members of Midvale, the first singer from Lucid, and a number of other people.It's hard to

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New Found Glory from Coral Springs, FL. On Drive Thru Records. Homepage">Band site.Norma Jean from Douglasville, GA. On Solid State Records/Tooth and Nail Records. Band site.Nothington from Petaluma, CA. Ex-Tsunami Bomb. On BYO Records. Band site.Paramore from Franklin, TN. On Tampa-based Fueled By Ramen. Band site.Parkway Drive from Byron Bay, Australia. On Epitaph Records. Band site.Pennywise

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Continuing with the onslaught of Warped tour bands playing St. Pete this summer '07:The Dear and Departed from orange County, CA. On Science Records. Band site.Don't Die Cindy from Panama City, FL. On Cake Records. Band site.Escape the Fate from Las Vegas, NV. On Epitaph Records, oddly enough. Band site.Evaline from Turlock, CA. On Warner Brothers records.The Fabulous Rudies from Oceanside, CA.

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The annual Warped Tour is approaching again. This year it takes place on July 20th at Vinoy Park, on the water in St. Petersburg. I've linked to their site before, and it is possible to see which bands are playing, but it's a pain in the ass to figure out if the bands listed are actually going to be here. Most of the bands are only playing part of the tour, and a lot of good bands won't be here.

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It's basically impossible for me not to look for great new music. Here's a little of what I've found lately:Matt and Kim are a two-piece from Brooklyn. Kim plays a sparse drum set while Matt plays keyboards and sings. Their music is heavily syncopated and positively cheerful. I like my fast angry punk rock, to be sure, but happy music makes me glad I am alive. At their website you can download No

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Well, I'm back after a long break (Sorry. Moving, bad Internet connection, blah,blah, blah) and it's time to talk a little about Cartel and their future.For those who don't know anything about them, Cartel is a pop-punk band from Atlanta, GA. They are soon to record their second record, and therein lies the dilemma. The recording process is going to be televised on MTV (eMpTyV) on a show called "

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On the right side of the main page, about halfway down, you will find my new Google Reader widget. It shows you items I choose from the fifty or so different websites I read. Click "Read More" to see more articles. Enjoy. Leave me comments if you find something you think is interesting.Also, I have added a Google map of all the venues from the show calendar. It's on the same page as the calendar,

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The Show Calendar has been updated (actually, I update it every week) and there are lots of good shows coming. It's time to go see shows! Highlights and personal favorites include:Lifetime with New Mexican Disaster Squad and The Draft (ex-HotWater Music) at The Social in Orlando April 27th. I already have my tickets. If you've never seen Lifetime, you must go see this show.The Blood Brothers with

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This is the belated first post about my trip to New York. We came across this exhibit while walking to the Guggenheim Museum while it was closed. Why were we going to a closed Guggenheim? Because I wasn't paying attention, and who doesn't love a freezing cold walk in the rain up 5th Ave.? A friend on the phone had just mentioned how much she loved Basquiat a few minutes before. Then I saw the

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fak3r sent me a link to this video from Emo's in Austin, TX. He also posted a link to an entire live show from NPR. This show is incredible. It's a big file, but who cares?

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Quick rundown of recent news:New Hot Hot Heat song posted from their next record, Happiness, Ltd.Aaron Sorkin (West Wing, Sports Night) to Write Flaming Lips Musical via Punknews.orgSlint are touring. But only in Europe. Please, someone send me to Europe. Maybe on or about May 29th.Good Clean Fun to Make Feature Length Film via Punknews.orgPaint It Black will have a new record, and Dan makes it

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Back in August, Sean Bonner of 24 Hour Revenge Therapy (a blog, not the seminal Jawbreaker record) posted an article titled MySpace Can Eat a Bag of Dick. It is a scathing indictment of MySpace based purely on the site's usability.I keep getting e-mails from them that some skank named Jennifer has invited me to join her group "Hot Videos" but since I can't do anything with the e-mail I have to go

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There's nothing better than free music. Well, not much better, anyway. Here are some more places to find it. Read the first part of this article here.MP3 BlogsThe Sound of Indie is a great blog run by someone I don't know who apparently has access to my record collection. I'm serious. It's like they break into my house in Tampa from their place in (I think) Minneapolis. Actually, now it's LA.

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Well, some people know them. This is pretty obscure stuff, though. Each of these bands is a better definition of "emo" than anything in the last six to eight years (yeah, it's been at least that long). If that term immediately brings Bright Eyes or The Get Up Kids (or the new "emo," like Taking Back Sunday or Hawthorne Heights), then please go buy any of these records you can find. I provided

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I have decided to start sharing my Google calendar with all of you. It will permanently reside in this blog post, so click on the title and bookmark this post. If you have questions about how to use this calendar, or anything else, please leave a comment below.Update: Now there is a map of venues here as well. I will be adding new venues as well, so keep checking back. Remember, you can always

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Laurie LiptonLaurie Lipton was born in New York but now draws in London. Like Schween, Lipton plays on our hopes and fears in her work. Lipton is not notable just because her drawings are exceptional renderings. The power of her work comes from the fact that it somehow creates conflicting feelings in the viewer of both personal jeopardy and something more soothing, maybe contentment. Death and

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If you listen to any other kind of music than the mainstream schlock on the radio, then you know how hard it can be to keep up with bands. For instance, when I lived in DC I saw a band called Blank four or five times. They were great. Every time I saw them they were opening for someone else, and every time they were better than the headliner. But I forgot to ever buy one of their seven inches. Or

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Summer Music Festival time is right around the corner! OK, I know that sounds absurd if it's right around freezing outside as you read this, but now is the time to start planning. Lineups have been at least partially announced for a lot of the big festivals already.If you're not there right now, then you already missed a lot of SXSW, the South By Southwest festival. But the music doesn't start

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There have been a lot of different formats for ebooks over the last few years. Originally, people tried selling them online, with the books in proprietary formats and special software (or even hardware) required to read them. I always thought that ebooks were a great idea, but I'm not about to pay anybody for a book I can't put on my shelf, or for one that requires hardware to read.Now, though,

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I'm leaving for New York in a week, so posts may be a little slow next week. But when I get back, expect to see something about:The Appleseed Cast at The Knitting FactoryThe Shins at Madison Square Garden(Maybe) Sleepytime Gorilla Museum at The Bowery Ballroom (We'll see. I don't like anything I've heard, but it's supposed to be a great show.)And I'm sure I will find plenty in the galleries in

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There are lots of free, legal ways to get music on the 'Nets. Too many to keep track of really. So here are some to get you started filling up your hard drive and slowing down your computer. Unless you like porn. In which case your computer is probably already full.Free Albums Galore has hundreds of complete records available for download. There's a good mix of genres, and bands you may actually

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Scientology's LA Celebrity CenterI make a huge rock-star entrance into the Celebrity Center. I'm the only person with dreadlocks, wearing black, and chain-smoking. I have to admit this is a beautiful hotel. All the employees are identically dressed, with white shirts and matching ties and slacks (shorter girlie ties and skirts for the women). They're all scurrying about like little busy

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Wikipedia has a post of every music genre ending in -core. Maybe someday I can pull together a post with an example of every genre. Oh wait, Christcore? Horrorcore? Raggacore? I think I'll pass. At least for now. Maybe someday I'll have the urge to listen to some Cuddlecore It's gonna have to be a pretty bad day, though.

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WhiteHouse.org has a whole series of these "Patriotic Posters." "Watch out! The USA's putting the SURGE in INSURGENCY!"TerrorReady.net: From the Department of Homeland Panic. Don't forget to learn about the various ways you can die.Somebody needs to make a widget of The Human Clock™ I would leave it up all the time.I like the idea of other people doing work for me. That's why I like The Letter

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Because anything is better than Internet Explorer. No, really. But in my opinion, Firefox is the best web browser out there, and I am not alone.For starters, Internet Explorer is weak. It's a part of the Windows operating system, so if something affects Explorer, there's a good chance other things will be affected as well. That's why you have to have a bunch of different anti-spyware and and

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I went to San Francisco in February of 2004 to visit my friends Heather andNathan. I hadn't ever been there before, but I knew that I was heading to avibrant art community, so after taking all of the jokes about my sexuality andhow much time I might spend in the Castro district from the guys at work, I wasready to go see art. That's just what I do when I travel. First things first,and art is

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If you listen to anything south of the mainstream, you have experienced the awful gut-wrenching feeling that comes with having missed seeing one of your favorite bands play live because you forgot (or maybe worse, because you didn't know about it in the first place). Those of us who have been there scour our local weeklies for the newest listings, we spend an inordinate amount of time on McSpace

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And a couple that have recently re-funct:Cap'n Jazz - Yes I Am Talking to YouCap'n Jazz - Que SuerteCap'n Jazz - Take On Me Cover of Ah HaThe Promise Ring - Why Did We Ever Meet?The Promise Ring - Emergency EmergencyArchers of Loaf - Harnessed in SlumsArchers of Loaf - Underachievers March and Fight SongsArchers of Loaf - Lowest Part is Free!Jawbreaker - The Boat Dreams From the HillJawbreaker -

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More and more websites are offering RSS feeds to distribute their posts. If you have never heard of RSS, or have but don't know what to do with it, then this is the tutorial for you.What RSS MeansIt means Really Simple Syndication. But what it really means is that you can check out websites without having to go to them. This is particularly handy if you want to check up on some sites regularly.

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High Dynamic Range photography is a relatively new technique to solve a very old problem in photography. It can be very difficult to get a good exposure with only one image, so HDR uses multiple images at different exposure settings and combines them all. To better illustrate this, look at the example on this page. Look under "When to use HDR." It would be impossible to get an exposure that would

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BitTorrentTorrents are a means of easily and quickly downloading files from the internet. It's usually faster than peer-to-peer programs like Limewire and Kazaa because it allows you to download the same file from multiple people at one time. It doesn't allow them to see what you have on your computer. But it does allow others to download the file from you. Torrent files are like empty boxes that

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