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Issue Number 66: September 13, 2007
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ACL Fest 2007 - My Primer
ACL Fest starts in a few days and I can't wait. Really, I
can't. I had a blast last year even though I only went on Saturday. With
temperatures above 100 degrees, I tried to keep cool by drinking lo...
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| Thoughts from the Booth |
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Shoot ‘Em Up
Shoot ‘Em Up (2007) Director - Michael Davis; Starring - Clive
Owen, Paul Giamatti, Monica Bellucci, Steven McHattie, Daniel Pilon; Screenplay
- Michael Davis; Rated R for violence, language, gore, ...
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Sahara Smith
A native Austinite, Sahara Smith moved out to Wimberely, TX, as a child where she started playing music at age fourteen. At age fifteen she won a nationwide contest to perform on Garrison Keillor's "A...
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| Great Indoors |
 | Aging Anxieties
I don't care for
this getting old business. When I was young, I didn't think about
getting old. Now that it's happening... well, I don't like it, that's
all. Make it stop.
I don't like it that I...
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| ACL Fest 2007 |
 | Heartless Bastards
Legend has it that so few people showed up to the Heartless
Bastards' first gig in Akron, Ohio that the club owner proposed to pay the members to split. But they persevered and have won praise for t...
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| Guy Walks Into a Bar |
 | Blind Ambition
In comedy, there are nights when everything goes right, when the audience is plentiful and excited, when the comedian is particularly "on" and the planets seem to align for a really great show. This i...
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| Waterlines |
 | "It's your fault, you left!"
According to Divorce Magazine
about 59% of the US population is married, down from 62% in 1990, and 72% in
1970. The number of married people is declining, but the divorce rate has gone
up. In fact...
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| unLISTed |
 | Top 7 Worst Things to Hear a Nurse Say
Most people I know dread going to the doctor. Maybe they know all that drinking and smoking will eventually catch up to them. More than anything, I think people fear hearing any kind of diagnosis, whe...
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| ACL Fest 2007 |
 | Andy Palacio and the Garifuna Collective
The most popular musician in his native country of Belize, Andy Palacio and the Garifuna Collective are the standard when referencing the music of his country. He has also served as a head of the Nati...
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| The Politiker |
 | 9/11 Pop Quiz
My Google home page is arranged so that I can see the day's
top stories. The sixth anniversary of
the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon seem to have gone
unnoticed. The BBC World ...
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| ACL Fest 2007 |
 | The Bummkinn Band
The Bummkinn Band is a must see at ACL Fest if you are bringing your kids or are a kid at heart! Originally from Texas, The Bummkinn Band now resides in the town of Stone's Throw in the mythical count...
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| Accidental Comic |
 | Liar, Liar, Bras on Fire
When I decided to try my hand at comedy writing fifteen years ago, one of the
things that attracted me most was the fact that with a career in comedy you
could lie and exaggerate and get away with i...
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