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Best of the Austin Blogs: Week of Jan. 16
Our favorite posts for the week:
- James at Coyote Mercury wonders about the arson ban.
- AustinAction Sanity Island has posted pictures of sediment in a creekbed near the future AMD site. It looks pretty grody, and not very promising.
- Clay at The Texas Whip ponders Perry’s current ad campaign.
- Tim has found common words in SxSW band names. We see the New Pornographers in there.
- Diane at TV Blog reacts to American Idol and Simon’s cruel streak.
Favorite Random Blog of the week: Tomithey’s Blog - a personal journal with a wicked-cool banner.
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