News: Austin Road Shows In July Todd Rundgren photo by Clint Gilders - Staff Photographer After a June that got off to a nice start and then sputtered, Austin's road show scene starts to perk back up in July and August is starting to shape up nicely as well. For those wanting to make the trek Willie Nelson and crew will be holding their annual July 4th picnic tomorrow down at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Selma. Those that pass out in their cars will be in for a rude awakening come the following morning however.Wolf Parade Concerts Tickets.

Music Fix: Captain Dorko Checks In The first leg of my summer vacation is officially completed! I'm checking in at Rock Sellout headquarters to make sure the cat is still aliv.e (I?m pleased to report she is) and to do some laundry before the second leg of the tour begins. I managed to spend some quiet time in the northwoods of Michigan with family earlier this week. I'm not quite sure I'm fond of excreting wastes in the woods, but everything else about nature is right up my alley. I managed to catch a nice largemouth bass. Tickets.

Jody Murray: A big nose honk to Larry Harmon & his Bozo machine Wolf Parade Tickets, Thanks to Larry Harmon, you could fill one of those circus clown cars with Bozos and never run out of bodies. He pumped up a not-a-little-bit-creepy clown design with gelatin-mold hair until Bozo was much more than a single performer. He became a trademark, a mass-produced product of greasepaint and pale-blue satin. Harmon, who died Thursday at age 83, made Bozo .a large part of my childhood. Most afternoons after elementary school, I watched .".".The clown held court in a circus.

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Call it a ritual I've been listening to the new Wolf Parade album non-stop. I love them for so many reasons, not the least of which one of them is from right here in my town. Music is healing for me, helps me to explore and understand my moods and feelings and gives me something to relate to. Not unlike reading blogs. We spent the afternoon lazily at the lake. The kids swimming and sunning. I was feeling calm and melancholy. I feel that way a lot. A quiet resolve. Trying to be at peace with this loneliness. Concerts.

The Best Of 08 Podcast Wolf Parade, Some of you may have noticed that we did not have a podcast last week. I take the blame on that one, as I was just too overwhelmed with other projects to be able to finish it in time. Apologies all around! I know this shatters the illusion of my perfection, but I'll try to have my shiny veneer back in place immediately. In fact, you're getting this podcast a whole day early! A thank you, a thank you very much. As anyone who was reading the blog last year is aware, we did a mid-year ?Best.

Not quite a Total Bummer El Rey Theatre, I'd never heard of Brooklyn Cannon before receiving the self-titled EP from Total Bummer, but all it took was a quick glance at the press release accompanying her album to make me excited. After all, she was in God-Shaped Vacuum with Carey Mercer and Dan Boeckner and in Atlas Strategic with Boeckner; with credentials like that, I figured she'd have at least a modicum of talent. The EP reveals that she does, though anyone searching for something in the vein of Frog Eyes, Wolf Parade.

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