AITNR is on a light holiday posting schedule, but I have do have a few updates for this roundup.
First of all I want to give a huge thanks to my Vox peeps who heeded all my fishing for comments to my other blog. You guys are true friends! In other commenting news, last week brought my first few comments from strangers since the redesign! Rome wasn't built in a day.
Here's what happened on art is the new religion last week:
12/18 - "What if I don't become famous posthumously?"
Arab Strap's Malcolm Middleton gets drunk and existential in a Santa suit. Was this song intended to be a Christmas single, or is it just a brilliant marketing scheme? Doesn't really matter to me, as it's now in my list of top 10 favorite holiday songs.
12/20 - BEAT IT, Fergie
Fergie + bad, unnecessary covers = fury.
12/27 - Tacks, the boy disaster
My roommate finally got the organ he's been wishing for (the instrument, not, like, a kidney) and I finally had no excuse not to listen to a great band that I keep hearing about. Bonus: this post features the third video I've ever uploaded to YouTube! Aw, what the heck -- I'll post it here too:
Thank you for reading!!
There sure is a lot of love bubbling up amongst my friends, whether they're dressing up as spouses, matchmaking their infants or trading secret love messages across the internets. It's lovely to have all this love flying around.
This one* goes out to all the lovers:
Our Six Apart Holiday Video from last year still holds up! Anil, you've got to do another one this year.
Oh, hai. Did you know that I also blog over at http://www.artisthenewreligion.com? It's true!
Last week's post roundup yielded both increased traffic and some good comments. Good comments on my Vox blog, I mean, since no one ever comments on my TypePad blog. Except for Ashod and Emily and Ottmar Liebert. But I do know some of you are reading because you told me via instant message and telephone. So, I'll try to do a wrap up about once a week.
Here's what happened on art is the new religion last week:
12/11 - Show Review: Frank Smith
I finally posted a show review for Frank Smith, wherein I fixated on the seated bassist. That guy really bugged me.
12/12 - Let's "Let Die", Shall We?
Speaking of really bugging me, no one can top the irksomeness (is a
word!) of Fergie's performance at the "Movies Rock" event. I posted
the video and then went through each aspect of why watching it made me
want to give up the internet altogether. This post has merited me the most
in-person comments thus far.
12/13 - Rock n Roll Forever
Look, last week at work things were super hectic and busy and maybe I
kind of phoned this one in a little. If you're skimming, you are
allowed to skim this one.
12/17 - Feliz Navidad Part 1
This one you can't skim, you must read it. It's all about my quest to
see Jose Feliciano last night. Plus, part two is on its way.
Cliffhanger!!
Thanks for reading. I love you for it.
I finally started shopping for Christmas presents yesterday. I tried to buy local and handmade, hitting up the Blue Genie Art Bazaar, the Armadillo Christmas Bazaar, and the Keep Austin Bizarre. (If any of you have shopping to do in Austin, the Blue Genie event was the best of the bunch.) I have a few things left to pick up today and then I'll be done, or really close to done.
While we're talking about gifts, here's my completely unreasonable wishlist: