Archive for December, 2011

DubStep: The Modern Answer to 80s Hair Metal

Thursday, December 15th, 2011

Are you angry yet?

I’m not annoyed by any individual dubstep song.  Even that such a word exists hardly bothers me.  The premise of a singular sound that an artist pigeonholes himself into does irritate me to no end, but that runs in every genre from the very real Flanders Recorder Quartet on up to Dimmu Borgir.

I’m also amused.   (more…)

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A Tip of My Hat to Black Bert

Wednesday, December 14th, 2011

Black Bert, an Austin Texas Magician is launching a new site, and I wanted to help him get the word out. I have seen him perform magic for large audiences from the stage and up close from across a small table.

The guy is great at what he does.

If anyone in Austin is looking to hire a local magician or even just see a video of one in action then please check out Black Bert’s site.

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