My favorite semi-designer hipster t-shirt outlet, Threadless, raised $50,000 for the Red Cross in less than 48 hours. If you buy this shirt, the company will give $10 to the Red Cross. The shirt is $10, so, basically, you’re giving $10 to charity and getting a neat shirt for the cost of shipping.
In other […]
Germany has a lot to offer the world — things like opera and David Hasselhoff worship and a registered anarchist party. This last bit is interesting since Germany has a cute little policy whereby all registered political parties with television air time. The German Anarchist Pogo Party used their air time to show a bunch […]
You know you’ve arrived when you get celebrated in limited-edition shoe form by the likes of John Fluevog. Using this standard of judgement, the Pink Nun has in fact, arrived.
The Pink Nun isn’t here to preach at you, she’s here to try to convince you to “Respect yourself before you wreck yourself,” when it […]
Fats Domino is apparently alive and kicking, and Irma Thomas is right here in Austin and has already made a radio appearance on KGSR. On the other hand, RL Burnside is no longer with us.
I’m sure everyone has, by now, seen Kanye West’s famous, “George Bush does not care about black people” remark, but, […]
Celebrities die all the time. However, I expect them to die of old age or drug overdose or dramatic accident. I do not expect them to get whisked away in flood waters just like regular people. In the wake of Katrina, a number of musicians are missing, among them Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Famer […]