Neoclassical Destiny

http://www.krossmedia.net/NU_Eric_Stadler.pdf

Blood Country

http://www.krossmedia.net/NU_Blood_Country.pdf

Please let me know what you think! 

Robin Smith Music Article

http://www.krossmedia.net/NU_Robin_Smith.pdf

As promised!  Please do check it out!

Pity Party + Music Writing

Hey, hi! Guess what… I miss Austin.

Also, I’m an environmental canvasser here in Dallas. That means I walk around getting people to donate money so they don’t have to drink lead. It’s hot and it doesn’t pay well. BUT I have the power to make people accountable and I’m also rapidly losing weight. I’m pretty sure I’ve lost 5-10 pounds in the last couple of weeks. I don’t weigh myself anymore because I hate classifying myself as a number. But my clothes do fit so much better.

Sadly, I haven’t met many people yet. I’ve been restricting myself from getting close to people at work because I know I may be gone soon because a) I’ve only met standard twice, and b) it’s hot and people like to slam the door in your face. That and we’re pretty broke so we can’t go out and meet people.

OK on with the positive stuff.

http://www.krossmedia.net/

http://www.krossmedia.net/NU_Muppletone.pdf

A while back, I wrote an article for Nu Magazine, based in Austin. It was on DJ Havoc, aka my good friend David. Well, the editor was updating his address book, and I let him know I had moved. He needed some fill-ins, and even though I’m in Dallas now, he gave me a couple of feature assignments to contribute on new Austin artists.  Most recently I did an interview with Muppletone, that you can read from the link up there.  So I’ve been published again!  Pretty sweet!  I have a couple more features coming out soon.  I’ll be sure to list those when they do.

Warped Tour ’08

We took a break (sort of) from moving in and went to the Warped Tour here in Dallas yesterday. It was BLAZING yesterday, and I mean it was easily over 100 degrees on the blacktop. I have the sunburn to prove it, and lots of people were passing out. But the music was so much fun, and we saw 17 bands total yesterday. I’d say that’s a pretty good day. I forgot to charge my camera batteries, so it was dead before we even started. I got a few pics with my phone, they’re on my flickr if you want to check em out.

My favorite performance was Alesana. They always have so much energy and so much fun during their sets. I couldn’t really see Paramore very well from where I was standing, or they would have taken the top spot, just because I luff them. The band that surprised me the most was Gym Class Heroes. I’d heard of them, but hadn’t really listened to them. They interacted with the crowd, and you could tell they were having fun and grateful to be part of the tour. Fun music too: I plan on listening to more of them.

So! the bands we saw:

Alesana
From First to Last
Say Anything
Norma Jean
Stick to Your Guns
Beat Union
The Devil Wears Prada
Against Me!
Gym Class Heroes
Jack’s Mannequin
The Pink Spiders
Forever the Sickest Kids
The Aggrolites
Angels and Airwaves
The Academy Is…
Story of the Year
Paramore

Warped Tour Pre-Sale

I was lucky enough to check the Warped Tour site WHILE the tickets were on pre-sale.  Yeah, guess who’s going again this year (in Dallas)!  Guess who got her tickets for almost 1/2 price.  Aw. YEAH.  I’m super excited, can you tell? 

Some really great bands are returning with the tour, including some I missed last year.  I can’t wait!