Sack Race

After losing a bet in April 1864, shopkeeper Reuel Gridley carried a 50-pound bag of flour through the little town of Austin, Nev. In a saloon afterward, someone proposed selling the flour at auction for the benefit of wounded Union soldiers. The suggestion was adopted on the spot, and the winning bid, $250, came from a local mill worker. When Gridley asked where to deliver the bag, the man said, "Nowhere — sell it again." Thus was born a unique enterprise: Three hundred people paid $8,000

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Good News From Iraq, Week Ending 09.06.08

Good News From Iraq, Week Ending 09.06.08 Posted on September 6th, 2008 , In my possess particular idiom, Claire An Act of Defiance Posted on 09.04.2008 at 08:10AM By 1st Lieutenant Andrew W. Duncan Regimental Combat Team 1 Excerpt KARMAH, Iraq – In an act of defiance toward al-Qaida in Iraq, Karmah sheikhs and Marines with Task Force 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1, recently held their first meeting since a suicide vest attack killed 20 local leaders and key

6 Sep 2008, 7:22 am | click here for more

VMAs Take Over Paramount’s Lot For Some Movie Magic Of Their Own

VMAs Take Over Paramount’s Lot For Some Movie Magic Of Their possess Published by Jennifer Vineyard on Friday, September 5, 2008 at 10:58 pm. HOLLYWOOD — “Bum da bum bah!!” The music might not be playing, but the Indiana Jones theme is in the air. Everywhere you go at Paramount, there are ghosts — and not just because the Hollywood Forever cemetery is behind the lot. For the VMAs, we’re working from the Crosby Building — named randomly for Bing Crosby, even though he had nothing to do with this sp

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Tours: Mr. Gnome

Mr. Gnome - 2008 Tour Dates: 09.06 - The Brillobox - Pittsburgh, PA 09.08 - Black Cat - Washington, DC 09.10 - Local 506 - Chapel Hill, NC 09.11 - Caledonia Lounge - Athens, GA 09.12 - The Orpheum - Tampa, FL 09.13 - The Handlebar - Pensacola, FL 09.14 - Cave 9 - Birmingham, AL 09.15 - Springwater - Nashville, TN 09.17 - Melody Inn - Indianapolis, IN 09.18 - The Bluebird - St. Louis, MO 09.19 - The Frequency - Madison, WI 09.20 - Nomad World Pub - Minneapolis, MN 09.23 - Bender’s

5 Sep 2008, 9:33 pm | click here for more

TBA All The Way!

Performance highlight of the year, TBA is here. The Portland Institute for Contemporary Art’s (PICA) Time-Based Art Festival (TBA) continues through next weekend with daily and nightly performances, panels, workshops, and more. What are we looking forward to? Phillippe Quesne/Vivarium’s L’Effet de Serge is top of our list. Dear god, yes, let us have open-ended, indeterminate theater with a lower-case “t.” Jack Kerouac said, “But I want to be sincere.” Can sincerity translate to the stage? Yes

5 Sep 2008, 7:38 pm | click here for more

Good Friday: New Science Projects, Zeuss/House Harkonnen, THe BAcksliders, VEGA?, Squeeze, Sean Kirkpatrick, Kate Voegele, Bear Colony, Beard-a-Fit 2

C'mon, y'every: Help a bouncer out. Please. For Beard. Weekend's here. Stuff's happening. You should go. Enough pleasantries. The show's we already told you about... every weekend long, you can catch the Beach Boys show at the Meyerson middle. Tonight, there's Mudhoney at the Granada, the Wye Oak/Brickfight/Nouns Group show at the Chat Room Pub, the Jonathan Tyler and the Northern Lights/We Are Villains gig at Hailey's, and the Faux Fox CD Release show with The Party and Hawatha Hurd (...and t

5 Sep 2008, 6:55 pm | click here for more

Levi’s® OnesToWatch® ‘5 NIGHT REVUE’ brings week-long musical extravaganza to East London featuring Metronomy, Broken Records and more

On 22nd September, Levi’s® OnesToWatch® takes up residency in London’s notorious musical hive, The Macbeth with the 2008, 5 Night Revue – a showcase of original, creative and cutting-edge music. The week of shows features an electrifying mix of some of the most hotly-tipped bands, making waves with industry and fans same.Each night of the Revue has been especially curated to reward a musically savvy crowd with a stand-alone, defining musical experience. The diversity of bands showcased through

5 Sep 2008, 6:12 pm | click here for more

Levi’s® OnesToWatch® ‘5 NIGHT REVUE’ brings week-long musical extravaganza to East London featuring Metronomy, Broken Records and more

On 22nd September, Levi’s® OnesToWatch® takes up residency in London’s notorious musical hive, The Macbeth with the 2008, 5 Night Revue – a showcase of original, creative and cutting-edge music. The week of shows features an electrifying mix of some of the most hotly-tipped bands, making waves with industry and fans same. Each night of the Revue has been especially curated to reward a musically savvy crowd with a stand-alone, defining musical experience. The diversity of bands showcased through

5 Sep 2008, 4:38 pm | click here for more

Show Preview & Giveaway: Shearwater, Wye Oak, & Hospital Ships at the Mohawk

concert poster from The Mohawk Shearwater, Wye Oak, Hospital Ships Thursday, September 4 The Mohawk (912 Red River) $8, doors at 8 p.m. [info] | [tickets]Shearwater sure has built themselves a little sea swell of fanhood and critical approval these past few months, and it's no surprise. Since frontman Jonathan Meiburg—the man with the super-big voice—made the executive decision that his days in established local faves Okkervil River had to end, the added focus on Shearwater has allowed the ban

5 Sep 2008, 3:19 pm | click here for more

TheDeathSet - Spencer Product CD party tonight, tour dates

DOWNLOAD: Spencer Product - Ruff Club mix (MP3) He coasts through, with nonchalant hello-nods and Zoolanderish fingerpointing, he knows everyone in attendance. Who is that dark-framed man? Spencer Product: Johnny Appleseed of NY night havens, director of the scene such clubs have subsequently bloomed, and quite the turntable mix-maven. A pioneer of the electroclash movement (remember that?), and former frontman of Black Moustache, Product is now primed for first his solo ...Product. [URB]TheDe

5 Sep 2008, 3:17 pm | click here for more

The Juan Maclean @ 7th Street Entry ticket giveaway

Tomorrow (9/6), the Juan Maclean brings the dance party to the 7th road Entry. More Cowbell along with DFA Records would like to send one reader to the show with a free pair of tickets! Please email travis at morecowbell.net with your first and last name by 10 am Central Time Saturday morning to be considered! Don’t miss this one. The show is 18+ folks and Maps of Norway are opening. More info on the gig here and full tour dates below the fold. 09/05: Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle 09/06:

5 Sep 2008, 2:47 pm | click here for more

Jenny Lewis’s Acid Tongue

Warner Bros. Records have gone every out in promoting the new album from Rilo Kiley front-lady Jenny Lewis entitled Acid Tongue. First, you could call 888-717-2243, to hear a very low quality version of the title track “Acid Tongue” on your phone. Now, thanks to a series of videos featuring Death Cab for Cutie’s Ben Gibbard, a proper version of that tune and another “The Next Messiah,” have been released onto the world. First, Ben shows up at Jenny’s place to hear “Acid Tongue” carrying a nume

5 Sep 2008, 2:40 pm | click here for more

AWS Startup Tour in Austin

September 11th is the Austin cease of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Start-Up Tour which will be held at the Austin Music Hall. It could be interesting. Check out the link for details, and how to RSVP. Perhaps we’ll do some live bloggin from the event. Are you going? Technorati Tags: Austin, AWS, Startup

5 Sep 2008, 2:10 pm | click here for more

Friday Night Fluff: My Name is Bruce Edition

It seems like My Name is Bruce has been in the pipeline forever but it is finally getting a theatrical release this October and should be on DVD in January. The film’s plot revolves around a sleazy version of Bruce Campbell’s persona being abducted by fans- who think he’s really like Ash- to battle a demon. It features Ted Raimi and Bruce Campbell being awesome. every you really need to know about the film. My Name is Bruce trailer: Current dates for the promotional tour (with appearances and Q &

5 Sep 2008, 2:03 pm | click here for more

Widespread Panic tour gears up for 18 fall dates

After closing this year's Bonnaroo Festival and completing a 19-city summer tour, southern rockers Widespread Panic (WSP) will be flooding streets again for a fall tour. The 18-date, 11-city trek opens with October 10-11 concerts in Austin, TX, and wraps with a November 7-9 gig in Milwaukee, WI. On tour, the Athens, GA-based rockers will visit mostly southern and midwestern states, including two mid-October gigs in their homestate. The highlight of the tour is a two-night Halloween performance

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In advance of Fear Before the March of Flames show tonight at the Marquis Theater, we sat down for a chat with frontman David Marion, who filled us in on everything that’s been going on with the band, from recording the new record, which the act just finished, to getting ready to head back out on the road for an eight week tour. He also talked a bit about the bands videos, explaining the process behind making the very stylized “Taking Cassandra to the End of the World Party” to the concept be

5 Sep 2008, 1:02 pm | click here for more

Eric Hutchinson - VH1’s “You Oughta Know” + Clear Channel Artist to Watch, tour dates

Warner Bros. Records recording artist Eric Hutchinson has been named a VH1 “You Oughta Know” artist. In this high-profile program that champions artists on the rise, Hutchinson will be featured in every VH1 platforms. The video for his Top 20 AAA hit “Rock & Roll,” lensed by U.K. director David Mullett (Babyshambles, Lucky Soul, Vinyl), has already been added by VH1, MTVu, MuchMoreMusic and Logo’s “NewNowNext.” Hutchinson, who was tapped as an “Artist to Watch” by Clear Channel’s “NEW!”

5 Sep 2008, 11:09 am | click here for more

Customers Being Heard – Dell OEM Customer Advisory Council

It was a surprise and a great honor when Dell asked us to participate on their Industry Solutions Group (ISG) OEM Customer Advisory Council – even more so when I met some of the other members from companies like Google, Teradata, Siemens Medical and Cisco. Not so shabby. I arrived in Austin Sunday night to receive ready for a factory tour on Monday, a kickoff dinner and then two days of briefings from Dell executives, including Michael Dell himself! Dell’s ISG business is growing at a very quick p

5 Sep 2008, 10:54 am | click here for more

Willie Nelson on Tour

Willie Nelson on Tour September 5th, 2008 Willie Nelson at PLUK benefit concert, Red Lodge, Montana (8/22/08) www.pluk.org September 5, 2008 Ironstone Vineyards Theater Murphys, CA September 6, 2008 Santa Barbara Bowl Santa Barbara, CA September 7, 2008 Harrahs Rincon Valley middle, CA September 20, 2008 Farm Aid 2008 Comcast middle Mansfield, Mass September 21, 2008 Glen Falls Civic middle Glen Falls, NY September 23, 2008 Community Theater Morristow

5 Sep 2008, 10:38 pm | click here for more

This Week In METAL (09/05/08)

by Black Bubblegum DOWNLOAD: Morne - "Machine" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Hey Colossus - "Tight Collar" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Hammers Of Misfortune - "Rats Assembly" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Hammers Of Misfortune - "Church of Broken Glass" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Grails - "Reincarnation Blues" (MP3) MORNE (members of Grief) Influential doomers Grief are back from the dead! This time, the band have lined up a show in Baltimore (@ The Nowarehouse on 10/24) and Philly (@ The Khyber Pass on 10/25 with Black Cobra) in prep

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