Holy cow, am I late with this one. I don’t know if I mentioned this here yet, but I’ve recently taken on a pretty good amount of writing work for decider.com, The Onion’s new Austin-specific website, and it’s definitely not helping me free up time for the blog. I’m still working on finding a way [...]

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This is what America sounds like to me right now:
“You Don’t Know Me” (feat. Regina Spektor), Ben Folds Looking at who made the tape this month, you can reach some conclusions (about me, naturally, the most fascinating topic I can think of). For one, everybody I’m listening to right now has had a career [...]

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Apparently you can hire Jean Grae via Craigslist to spit sixteen on your track. 
That’s pretty neat, honestly. She’s one of the best MC’s working today, and $800 is a fucking steal, all things considered (Nate Dogg charges $500,000 for the same service). If I had a little bit of extra money and were actually working [...]

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Back in America and relatively settled- still no Internet access at home just yet, but there’s a coffee shop down the block with free wi-fi. To that end, here’s what this month sounds like. In a car, instead of on headphones.
“Jockin’ Jay-Z”, Jay-ZMan, its nice to here Jay-Z on a Kayne track again. This is [...]

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I never really gave a fuck about Metallica, even when I was fifteen and they were supposed to be my favorite band. I liked Nine Inch Nails and Marilyn Manson instead. And if Metallica doesn’t do it for you at fifteen, they probably aren’t gonna rock your world at twenty-eight. Still, Rick Rubin produced their [...]

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Because we all love Lost, but can struggle to find the 22 hours required to re-watch an entire season after we know where all of the plot twists are going to come in, clearly we’ve all been seeking the ideal medium for enjoying an entire season’s events in roughly an hour. But which medium [...]

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I tend not to get too nostalgic for the trends of the 90’s and consider myself a pretty forward-thinking dude, in most ways. This year, I’ve been making it a point to focus on listening to music being made right now, because I think it can be pretty educational- you learn more about the world [...]

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It’s a good one this month.
 “That Man I Shot”, The Drive-By TruckersThis isn’t a band that ever really clicked for me. I like a lot of bands that play shows with them, but [...]

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