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Here’s to hoping I won’t have to do THAT again!

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I think (keyword: think) Pretty Much Amazing is ready to open for business. I have the theme figured out and everything in place. There are a few details that kind of suck (big time). For example, due to technical difficulties — really stupid ones — all posts from April to late June are lost. [...]

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Thom York vs Trent Reznor: Chi-Town Take Over

Yesterday, Chicago Sun-Times blogger, Jim DeRogatis leaked the entire lineup for what looks like 2008’s best summer music festival, Lollapalooza. The first four artists on the roster get your blood pumping, but two in particular caught my attention. Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails.
Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails have been taking turns giving the music [...]

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Radiohead Remixed Myspace, Extend Tour

I don’t know if this is a joke or not, but Radiohead announced that the name of their social networking site is W.A.S.T.E. Central. My guess is you can either waste your time, or all you’ll find in it is garbage.
Technically speaking, W.A.S.T.E. Central is your typical Social Networking site, like say Myspace or Facebook, [...]

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Coachella? All Points West? Pfft! Screw That!

JP’s Blog has a great and informative post of all the hot action going down in the UK Festival scene. A nice change. I was getting tired of reading about All Points West or SXSW…
Zoo Thousand And Eight Festival:
First there is the Zoo Thousand And Eight Festival which has The Cribs, British Sea Power, The [...]

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Outside Lands Festival in San Fran

The lineup for San Francisco’s first annual Outside Lands Festival was announced today. The event will will take place August 22-24 at Golden Gate Park and will sets by Radiohead, Tom Petty and co., Jack Johnson, Beck, Wilco, Ben Harper, and many others. Three day passes for Outside Lands are $225 and go on sale [...]

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Coachella 2008: Hype Mix I

Coachella is coming up. Hype it up. HYPE! IT! UP!
Coachella 2008: Hype Mix I
Jack Johnson - If I Had Eyes MP3
Fatboy Slim - Brimful Of Asha (Cornershop FBS Remix)  MP3
The Raconteurs - Steady as she Goes MP3
Tegan & Sara - Nineteen MP3
The Breeders - Bang On MP3
The National - Around The Bend MP3
Battles - Dance [...]

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Pitchfork Music Festival 2008

Gather ’round, lovers of live music, summertime, the great outdoors, the Windy City, and certain festive occasions where all these things come together. The time has come to announce that annual rite of indie passage, the Pitchfork Music Festival!
The 2008 edition of our yearly sonic bonanza returns to Chicago’s Union Park on Friday, July 18, [...]

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Filter Picks at SXSW

This is Filter Mag’s top picks of who to go see at this year’s South by Southwest Festival. I think their selection is pretty great, really. Here ya go.
WEDNESDAY MARCH 12th
@ Antone’s (213 W 5th St)
Simian Mobile Disco - 8:00 p.m.
Lightspeed Champion - 10:00 p.m.
Sons & Daughters - 11:00 p.m.
The Kills - 12:00 a.m.
@ [...]

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Bonnaroo Lineup - What a Pretty Poster, I Mean Really!

The lineup for this 2008 Bonnaroo Festival has been announced. I still haven’t let the lineup sink in yet. I am totally mesmerized with the poster’s aesthetic perfection. Great colors and font… I really dig. I’d love to have someone design PMA’s layout reminiscent to this poster, nothing definite, but something to keep in mind [...]

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Them Coachella Kids #3 - MGMT

WHO: MGMT [[myspace // website // last.fm]]
WHAT: MGMT (formerly known as The Management) is an American musical group based in Brooklyn, New York consisting of Ben Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden. Goldwasser and VanWyngarden formed the band while attending Wesleyan University during their freshman year in December 2002. They experimented with noise rock and electronica [...]

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