My music predictions

As a music fan, what do you see in store for 2011?  Here’s a list of my predictions/wishes: 1. U2′s Spider Man musical will never see the light of day … Even if it does, it’s not going to break even 2. Ke$ha will be found dead, OD’ed on cocaine in a dumpster … We [...]

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My Reading List, 10/17

Sorry for not posting the links the past two weeks.  I had my GMAT to deal w/ and last Sunday was my birthday 10/10/10.  I just didn’t have the time. 11 ways money can buy you happiness – CNN Money What happened to hookers and cocaine? The dim sum guide for dim sum virgins – [...]

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My Denver, Day 2

Inspired by the article I came across on Lonely Planet, we decided to hit up some breweries/pubs before heading out to Red Rocks. Matthew is a big fan of whiskeys.  I’m not as knowledgeable.  I’ll order a Makers on the rocks when I want to just have something to sip on without going crazy when [...]

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My Reading list, 8/29

10 remote island vacations – Frommer’s  [travel] I usually prefer Lonely Planet over Frommer’s, but this one is actually pretty cool Favorite Bangkok dishes – Austin Bush Photography  [food, travel] Man, I miss Thailand. I have to say, my knowledge of Thai cuisine is somewhat limited to tom yum goong, pad thai and jok 20 [...]

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My Leaks

HOLY CRAP, I just got my hands on the new Arcade Fire and Ra Ra Riot that’s scheduled to release in August.  I’ve been waiting for so long on these two albums and I simply could not wait any longer. The new Arcade Fire is called The Suburb, which makes me think of their album [...]

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My Uninspiring

Austin City Limits line-up was announced on Tuesday.  I put off writing about it b/c I didn’t want it to be a knee-jerk reaction.  The best word I can come up with to describe the line-up is: uninspiring.  If you’ve been to a music festival, a truly great one, like I did back in ’05 [...]

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My Coachella

One of the items on my music bucket list for a while now is Coachella.  I’ve always heard about it and people talking about it as well as Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza as the big major music festivals.  Living in Austin is convenient to go to Austin City Limit and SXSW and this year I decided [...]

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My Flickr

Meiko Originally uploaded by mloylo I’ve had my flickr account for maybe 2 and half years now. I never really use it for couple of reasons. 1: I post most of my stuff on facebook anyway. 2: There’s a limit on amount of data per month when you have a free account and I never [...]

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My (not so) Next Big Thing

Chances are you have already heard of them, but you have no idea what they’re called.  It’s that song from (500) Days of Summer w/ Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.  Yes, I’m talking about “Sweet Disposition” by The Temper Trap.  Btw, if God was a man, he would’ve made more women like Zooey Deschanel.  And [...]

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My Next Big Thing #1

Over the next few weeks before SXSW music starts, I’d like to plug a few bands I absolutely love and hopefully the gatekeepers in the music industry realize how awesome they are. First in the series: Local Natives.  These guys are from Silverlake, CA.  This is one of the rare albums where I thoroughly enjoy [...]

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