Monthly Archives: February 2008

HaDag Nachash and Soulico in Austin

This week I had the luck of going to not one, but two concerts by Israeli musicians. Keep reading for photos and videos.

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Photo of the day #16

“When I grow up, I want to work in a circus”
Joelle Kirsch, lion tamer

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Apologize for the fake posts

Faithful RSS and email subscribers may have noticed a bunch of posts that came up and went away last night.
I’ve been testing a new (but not ready for prime time) very cool feature for The MKX® that will automatically insert my del.icio.us links as posts, instead of secluding them to the no-man’s-land that is the [...]

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SXSW 2008

They released the (subject to changes) list of concerts for the yearly Film, Interactive and Music Festival South By Soutwhest (SXSW).
The list seems huge to me, and there are more international (especially Mexican) bands than I can recall ever being.
Here are the bands from Latin American countries. Some I’ve seen, some I’d like to see, [...]

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Carnaval Brasileiro

For the first time since I moved to Austin I went to the yearly Carnaval Brasileiro. They have it every year for 31 years now. I kept hearing about it but never actually made it there for one reason or another.
 

Carnaval-Nice 156 by RickyRicky.

The Carnaval has gotten so big that now they have to [...]

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U2 3D

I went to see the new U2 3D movie at The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum. It’s not a traditional movie with a storyline and a plot; but full songs from a concert (in Buenos Aires) recorded in 3d IMAX glory. The sound is fantastic and way louder than your average movie, and the [...]

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