Austin Hot-Sauce festival

Happening today, and The Gourds and South Austin Jug Band are playing.

Some music blogging

I've been listening to the band Vetiver for a while, and just today I happened across their webpage. Vetiver also features Joanna Newsom on harp, and you can check out her new album The Milk-Eyed Mender here. I bought it yesterday, and it is great.

Also, after the Wilco show in Houston I've been checking out a lot of Wilco releases before "A Ghost is Born", and yesterday I happened across an Uncle Tupelo retrospective, and its a pretty cool album.

Good times.

Sugardaddy?!

This is as good as it gets, baby!

"Gates of Fire" from Michael Yon

If you want to see the impact of blog-journalism in Iraq, read Michael Yon's "Gates of Fire".

The pictures are insane, and Michael Yon again takes readers to the edge of photojournalism, being in direct contact with insurgents in Mosul.

An absolutely awe-inspiring, riveting read.

Cult of the suicide bomber

From Watch America comes this video on the cult of suicide bombers in the Middle East.

NYC 2123

If you like William Gibson, you'll enjoy the graphic cyberpunk-novel NYC 2123 here.

(Via Screenhead)

Michael Yon in Iraq 2

From Michael Yon, "embedded" in Iraq with deuce four out of Ft Lewis WA. Go check out his new post Proximity Delays, where he comments on what he's doing in Iraq, as well as how the army is dealing with the media.

What the fleep?

Check out fleep here, and then here.

New video

Glurp is featuring a new video from Deathray Davies, Clock in Now.

Recognize Pagoda from Royal Tennenbaums fame?

(via Screenhead)

The boycott of "Dukes"

Since I don't have cable, I have to rely on the good ol' internet for hilarity.

Check out The Daily Show, courtesy of onegoodmove.

Click on the still to run the quicktime vid.

(via Screenhead)

See this

Possibly the most important site on the web.

Get yer news, yer dirty news!!

(via Metafilter)

I feel it

Unabashed Stadium Rock: Fix You

I would say hi-speed connection is required.

(via Metafilter)