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ACL 2007 wrap up
Update: Pictures available here. You gotta love Austin. The festival this year was great. I arrived with my friend Luis on friday around 4:30pm and the first band we saw was Queens of the stone age. I had already seen them two years ago when they opened the NIN concert in San Antonio and I…
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Almendra: A rare acquisition
Last weekend was labor day holiday and usually different stores arrange sales. Half Price Books one of my favorite stores in Austin had all its inventory with 20% discount. This store carries used books, cds, dvds and even lps and tapes. First I went to the photography books section and got my self a really…
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Got tickets for ACL 2007
Today I bought tickets for the Austin City Limits music festival 2007 and I’m really happy! Some of the lineup bands: Björk, Bob Dylan, The White Stripes, The Killers, Muse, Queen of the Stone Age, Bloc Party, Arctic Monkeys, Aterciopelados, …
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Me gusta Colombiana, me gustas tu
I just got back from an amazing concert by Manu Chao at Stubbs. Lucia got an extra ticket and asked me if I wanted to buy it. The tickets were selling for $70-150 on craigslist so I was thinking of not going. Here are some pictures from the concert!
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SXSW 2007
SXSW festival is back. We’ve been going to the SXSW concerts for the past few years. Molotov, Plastilina Mosh, Andrea Echeverri, Control Machete, Jumbo, are just a few of the many bands that I’ve got to see. This year I went to see the wednesday show at Opal Divines with a good performance by La…
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The Shins at Bee Cave!
The Shins concert at the Backyard was amazing. I only started listening to them a few weeks ago when I was invited to the concert but I must say that I’ve become a fan. You have to see their videos at their website, specially the Interview 2003 one, its really funny. What really made the…
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Requiem
Last night I went with Lucia to see an amazing show called Requiem perfomed on an abandoned building that Intel was building a few years ago, but never finished it. The show is very beautiful and dramatic and it has great music and lights. I highly recommend seeing it. I think tonight is your last…
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Lets get Kinky!
Last night Kinky performed at Emo’s (on 6th St). They have a really good show and their electro-lounge-funk style makes you wanna dance all night. The best part is that before the concert the organizers announced that Jumbo was going to be playing on Nov 2nd and they told the crawd that whoever knew the…
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Confesiones de un ex-fan de Maná¡
Hoy voy a confesar algo que me causa verguenza contar, pero que igual lo comparto con mis lectores para que vean que el errar es humano: Confieso que a la edad de los 13 o 14 años fui con mi hermanita y sus amigas a un concierto de Maná. Fué mi primer gran concierto y…
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Summer Vacations ’06
This past weekend I went to Monterrey, Mexico with Marcos and Eva. We stayed for 4 days and we did lots of cultural activities including seeing a live concert of Gustavo Cerati, a performance by the argentinian group De La Guarda, visiting the Marco museum which had an exhibit of Ricardo Legorreta and the Museum…