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Chair

Big Deal – Chair

I might have listened to Big Deal back when IndieTunes posted two of their songs in January but I missed that. And I should have noticed when NPR listed them as part of The Austin 100: A SXSW Mix but I’ve been sort of hunting and pecking my way through it and didn’t get there yet. No, it was while in one of my favorite rooms on Turntable.fm and we were playing songs for Pi Day (3.14). I simply put “Pi” into the search and listened to the preview for the song of the same name by Big Deal, liked what I heard, added it to my queue and gave it a spin. Now I’m catching up. I couldn’t find a video for Pi or a Soundcloud track so you’ll have to make do with Chair.

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Hurricane Season

Trombone Shorty – Hurricane Season

I’ve been asked to get into work early for a while. I am not a morning person. I have a long commute so getting here early means waking up earlier than I’m really capable of on my own. However, I’ve found the solution. The radio station I have my alarm clock set to starts up its morning show at 6:05 by blaring this tune in the background of their intro. If I set my alarm for 5:55 so I get a little nudge and can hit the snooze button, then this comes blasting at me at 6:05 and after that, I’m up.

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Dry the Rain

The Beta Band – Dry the Rain

File this under stuff I thought was by Beck until recently. I finally got around to watching High Fidelity (I know, shocking I hadn’t seen it years earlier) and this song was featured in a scene. Even still, I didn’t really connect the dots. No, it was reading the latest posts from BrooklynVegan about the Django Django show this past weekend, then checking out Django Django online, reading the reviews where someone mentioned the comparison to the Beta Band, and then streaming the Best of the Beta Band at work. Click. Duh.

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2+2=5

Radiohead – 2+2=5

Got two tickets to Radiohead today. Phew! What a nerve-wracking experience that pre-sale is though. I almost think I’d rather go back to the days of sleeping out on the pavement at the Spectrum. I’m not even sure if my seats are together and will-call only which always makes me nervous.

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