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Entries from August 2003

10 Questions for meoWcifer

August 7th, 2003 · Comments Off on 10 Questions for meoWcifer

Lollapalooza’s in town on Sunday, but it’ll have some stiff competition with the GoGirlsRock show at The Proletariat. GoGirlsRock features UME, meoWcifer, Mock Run, The Kimonos, Chickenhawk, and more.
One of my favorite local acts, meoWcifer, opens the show around 5 p.m. I’ve mentioned them in Houston Calling before. They are a good band to see […]

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Keep on Rockin’ in the Free World

August 5th, 2003 · Comments Off on Keep on Rockin’ in the Free World

Neil Young is playing at The Woodlands this week. Here are some of the other bands playing in Houston this week:
Wednesday
Neil Young & Crazy Horse/Lucinda Williams @ The Woodlands
C’mon C’mon/Pink Swords/F For Fake @ Fitzgerald’s
Commune Music, featuring Mystery Flavor, Agena, Mike Walker, & Beautiful Loser @ The Proletariat
Johnny Wolf/Cletus/Little Joe Washington @ The Continental Club
Jay […]

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The Death of Vinyl and other tidbits

August 1st, 2003 · Comments Off on The Death of Vinyl and other tidbits

I found this great little article on the Guardian Unlimited site this morning and thought I’d share.
The magic circles
First they killed off vinyl 45s. Now even the days of CD singles are numbered. In the future, laments Paul Morley, pop fans will collect nothing but lists in cyberspace
Friday August 1, 2003
The Guardian
The first single I […]

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