Entries from Austinist tagged with 'rhodeisland'
March 5, 2008
Primary results from national/state/local races: So even though it seems that Hillary won the Texas primary (it's interesting that Obama led in statewide early voting), Obama may beat her in delegate numbers. In the GOP race, McCain is now the GOP candidate as Huckabee gives up the ghost. In Travis County, Ron Paul won 17% of the vote . . . ...
Continue Reading "There's Got to Be a Morning After: Post-Primary Recap"February 25, 2008
The Black Crowes are accusing Maxim Magazine of writing a review of their record without actually listening to it. When Busey Attacks: Gary Busey crashes the Oscars, much to the chagrin of Ryan Seacrest. Over the weekend, Hillary Clinton provides the public with further evidence that she's basically already lost by doing the one thing she shouldn't do: Go even MORE negative. Check this video footage from Rhode Island last Saturday... Ralph Nader's running for President again. We guess he's just bored or something. What other reason could he possibly have?...
Continue Reading "Grab Bag o' News Bits!"February 8, 2008
After eight years of having Texas be a no-contest state for all presidential hopefuls, this election year it could play kingmaker for one of the two Democratic candidates. The Ohio and Texas primaries on March 4 have already been dubbed Super Tuesday Two by many news outlets. Between the two states, close to 400 delegates are at stake. Texas with 126 and Ohio with 140 (not counting superdelegates). Austin accounts for 8 of the total Texas delegates....
Continue Reading "Dems Flood Texas, Obama HQ in Austin"February 5, 2008
Deer Tick, or John McCauley, has fast made name for himself with a series of self-released records as well as 2007’s War Elephant on Jana Hunter’s Feow! Records. McCauley was raised in Providence, Rhode Island where he decided on a career in music at an early age, recording and even touring by the time he was in high school. McCauley’s voice demands attention, his songwriting shines through, and his work falls somewhere between Bright Eyes and Wilco. And he turned 21 last year. We caught up with McCauley recently to understand what exactly makes Deer Tick tick....
Continue Reading "Austinist Interviews SXSW: Deer Tick"September 27, 2006
Perhaps ACL Fest wasn't the ideal venue for Sweden's José Gonzalez. His typically quiet Sunday afternoon set was marred by muddy sound and the strains of Jack Ingram bleeding off of a nearby stage. He jumped offstage after about 25 minutes, likely running for the exit and some air conditioning. If you are a fan of José and his Pitchfork-approved Veneer disc, you will likely have a much better experience tomorrow night. A scant......
Continue Reading "Throw Down With Some Swedish Folk: José Gonzalez To Strum At The Parish Room"July 10, 2006
If the potential side effects of an antidepressant were homicidal ideation, common sense and human decency might tell you to take it off the market. A man in Rhode Island was well endowed after a jury awarded him $400K for having an erection for 10 years. You'll thank us later. Here is the famous head-butt. Real jugs make you smarter. Babies who receive breast milk will grow up to be smarter than babies who......
Continue Reading "News Bits!"May 16, 2006
If you're planning a summer road trip, you're gonna wanna do some research. To help inform your decision, here's a link to the latest state poll results on the president's approval rating. (And we imagine the numbers got a bit of a bump from his latest attempt to regulate immigration.) Here's a hint: don't go to Idaho or Utah. Interestingly, the first times we went to those two states we remarked that they might......
Continue Reading "Idaho, But I Lost Her"March 31, 2006
Close listeners coming into musical consciousness in the 1980s were faced with a paradox: while past recordings that had slipped into obscurity had become available once again, the sonic quality and production values that had marked the great age of vinyl had been swept aside by record companies in order to reissue as many albums as possible. From 1997, with the long-awaited remasterings of jazz masterpieces by Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock, many notable record......
Continue Reading "Classic Talking Heads Given Glorious Remasterings By Rhino Records"