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Pecha Kucha Vol. 2
In November I went to an event at Domy Books called Pecha Kucha. I’d first read about Pecha Kucha on Sarah Chan’s bike blog Girls and Bicycles, and when I found out Houston was starting a series I was excited. I wrote about the first PK night for 29-95.
The idea in a gist: PowerPoint presentations [...]
Lesson for the day
Writing begets writing.
Fist City
Each Thursday for the Houston Press Music Blog, Craigers and I do a joint column called He Said She Said where we pick our ten favorite songs on a certain subject. We’ve written about first dates, New Year’s resolutions and music from the Oughts*. This week the Houston Rodeo comes to town, probably the biggest [...]
English Beat of my heart
I’ve read fellow music writers (including some of my colleagues) write about the feeling of hearing a musical legend or infatuation play a certain favorite song, and feeling so content with the experience that they knew if they died on the way home they’d die happy. I’ve never really had that feeling before, either in [...]
Accolades
Brittanie’s a freelance writer that has amassed an incredible number of accolades as a journalist in a very short time, covering everything from food to travel to women’s issues. She is extremely literate but has a conversational style that makes reading a concert review seem like you’re hearing it from one of your friends. It [...]
Writing :: running
From Writing Down the Bones:
Some days you don’t want to run and you resist every step of the three miles, but you do it anyway. You practice whether you want to or not. You don’t wait around for inspiration and a deep desire to run. It’ll never happen, especially if you are out of shape [...]
Me gusta la Vespa
Helmet Hair Magazine, a Texas-based magazine catering to women who ride motorcycles, has branched into covering the scooterist lifestyle too. I have a column in their brand new section, Scooteristas Unite.
Bib #33799
My finish in the Aramco Houston Half Marathon at 2:27:30, under my goal of 2:30 with room to spare, and right at 50% compared to the other runners. It was my first half marathon, and my second race ever. It was hard but I know I could have pushed myself harder. It’s still a PR!
You [...]
Radio star
Last week I was contacted by KUT 90.5 FM in Austin to see if I was willing to be interviewed for their Texas Music Matters radio show. Typically TMM focuses on Austin bands but occasionally they reach out to music journalists elsewhere to see what bands are making waves in other Texas towns. On Wednesday [...]
Jay Reatard
I was out of the house all day yesterday. When I got home, the first thing I saw on Twitter was that Jay Reatard had died.
A month ago I saw Reatard at Walter’s on Washington, and reviewed the show for the The Press. Jay Reatard called me an asshole in the comments. I liked him, [...]
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