Here are a few websites I think are very cool. I hope you enjoy them as much as I have:

Since we gearing up to elect a new President soon…here is my favorite site “today“…very fun to watch

You know I love me some music…here are a few of my favorite videos

I’m a fan of Sigur Ros. This is my favorite video.

Sometimes I have those days at work that you just feel like a worker bee…Menomena said it best

I enjoy me some Arcade Fire…here you can enjoy them too.

Oh, here is a Great Christmas show

Austin in October! I can’t think of a better month in central Texas. Something about the weather dropping below 80’s and the grass turning golden that is magical. The trees still clothed in life and the flowers wearing color with the air soft and the sky warm. The children race up and down the sidewalk and the homes are full of visitors. What is there not to love?

I went walking tonight and the neighborhood couldn’t be more alive. I listened to the new Radiohead album “In Rainbow”, I’ve actually can’t stop listening – it’s addictive. I passed two homes tonight about four houses apart – one house the front yard was full of people dressed in orange and gathered for the UT game. The other home the kids played and the adults spoke with smiles while holding bibles with freshly pressed shirts. As I passed both homes I was listening to “All I Need” where Thom Yorke’s voice is gentle and captivating. The song starts low and gasping for something, but strong and cogent by the end. The song is about a person who feels second place in their relationship. One of the lines hit me like bricks, “I am all the things that you choose to ignore.” For some reason I don’t feel like I fit with either group, but I wanted to stop and laugh with both. But I don’t know if I fit in either world anymore. But as Thom concludes in the song:

It’s all right
It’s all wrong
It’s all right
It’s all wrong
It’s all right

I’m finding my balance somewhere between Jesus and Paul.

When we moved to Austin, TX four years ago we never knew the impact it would have on us.  One of the many joys of this city is its rich love of music.  You can’t live in Austin without meeting or being friends with musicians.  I could give you names of some really great artist that you could hear live before they are big. But that is another post.

Today ACL announced the lineup for this years Austin City Limits Festival in September.  For the past two years we have had tickets.  Last year we learned we could expect Tatum in May right before the festival…that is why Summer couldn’t share the three day event with me.  This year we will have a newborn so we didn’t buy tickets.  But that doesn’t mean I can get excited.  Here are some the bands playing this festival.  If your coming to Austin for the music I would love to hang-out and get at drink.

Great bands you should hear at the festival:

The White Stripes
The Killers
Wilco
Arcade Fire
Muse
Bloc Party
Arctic Monkeys
Damien Rice
Spoon (local band)
Paolo Nutini
Regina Spektor
Amy Winehouse
LCD Soundsystem
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Pete Yorn
Peter, Bjorn, and John
Rodrigo Y Gabriela
Blonde Redhead
The National
Midlake
Sound Team
Fionn Regan
Willy Mason