I've been spending lots of time with my nieces and nephews lately.  Its not that childhood is totally free from problems, it’s just that possibilities seem so unlimited.  

Sigur Ros - Glósóli

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Megan and I watched David Byrne through a chain linked fense from outside the Austin City Limits festival.  It was fun to watch people jump the fence and then get chased around by security.

Talking Heads - Blind

A kind soul gave me her wrist band so I got to see Band of Horses Sunday night.

Band of Horses - The Funeral

(Austin's number 2)

SunTimes: What, us worry? Are things really that bad in Chicago?

Julie sent me this photo journal because she knows I'm a big fan of a Daley rant:  Chuck it out, yo.

I heart Da Mayor.

Last week, at the Alamo Draft House, we listened to a talk by Josh Frank, author of In Heaven Everything is Fine, a book about the crazy-ass host of New Wave Theater, composer, yoga master and culturalist, Peter Ivers.  Josh showed two episodes of New Wave theater which were awesome.  Peter Ivers would hilariously taunt and jab at the punk rock bands he featured on his show.  I guess the show was originally on public access and then picked up by Night Flight on the USA Network.  In 1983, Peter was murdered in his bed which remains an unsolved crime.  Josh is supposed to be back in Austin in November for the Texas Book Festival.  Hopefully he'll have more un-YouTubed clips.

There's still time to check out Man on Wire in the theaters.  The big screen adds the scared of heights, vertigo, butterflies in your stomach effect.

She started out as an illustrator for the Spiderman comics, worked her way up to principal animator of the Ren & Stimpy show, started a few bands and recently added a super cool track to Quentin Tarantino's Grindhouse soundtrack.

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