March 2010
32 posts
Hoop Dreams
I’ve been a huge University of Illinois basketball fan for as long as I can remember, so it was impossible to pass up tickets for the team’s Elite 8 NIT game Wednesday in Champaign.
It was the first b-ball game Adam and Simon (Matt’s 5-year old son) had ever been to, and both were really excited to join the Orange Krush at Assembly Hall.
I taught Adam some cheers on the way...
SXSW: Day 4
For my final day in Austin, I got up early to browse the poster/record sale (which was now free to get in!) and spent the afternoon at the Alternative Press day party. I had been looking forward to the event all week, but my enthusiasm was “cooled” when I found out the two stages were outdoors and the high temperature was a frosty 38 degrees.
After stopping by the hotel to put on...
SXSW: Day 3
Considering this whole event is partly intended as a way for people in the music industry to connect with colleagues who they rarely (or never) get to see throughout the year, it was wholly appropriate that Friday turned out to be a day marked by reunions.
First up was Recover — a recently re-formed Austin-based group that Andy actually saw play with Braid on their reunion tour back in...
SXSW: Day 2
I just got new shoes a couple days before heading down here and there’s a very good possibility they’re already going to be worn out by the time we’re back home.
After starting off the day with a trip to see Casiokids side project The Megaphonic Thrift (accompanied by Andy and Danielle), I set off on my own on what turned out to be a couple of failed missions.
First up was the...
SXSW: Day 1
It was a rough start all around for the PV crew: Seth lost his ID on the way to the airport, Andy got food poisoning, and Danielle and I were scammed out of $60 on a cab ride to the hotel. (Luckily, Danielle got our money back after a well-placed phone call to the taxi company.)
The only direction things could go was up — and they certainly did!
After catching part of Japandroids’...
Parting Gift
The past couple days have been a flurry of trying to get stuff done before Danielle, Seth, Andy and I leave for Austin tomorrow.
Luckily, in between throwing clothes in my suitcase and trying to show Adam how to ship mailorder, I was able to get an Owen/American Football poster package deal up on our website.
It includes a brand new 18” x 24” American Football poster and another...
Parade of Braid
The limited edition Braid colored vinyl is almost sold out!
The deluxe reissues of Frankie Welfare Boy Age Five, The Age of Octeen, Movie Music Vol. 1 and Movie Music Vol. 2 have been arriving to our office at the rate of one per day — all we’re waiting on now is the I’m Afraid of Everything 7”.
A team of mailorder helpers (including me) will be making sure all...
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Braid - First Day Back
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My Road To (New) Ruins
Whenever someone says there’s never any good music on the radio, I feel lucky to live in Champaign where listening to 88.7 The Wave is like having my iTunes on shuffle (or actually, it’s what I wish my iTunes sounded like on shuffle).
It seems like every time I listen to the station I discover some cool new band or song (or at least get to hear my favorite Japandroids and Owen...
