about today, August 10th?

Today is Improve Your Ice Cubes By Swapping Recipes Day.

Today is National Duran Duran Appreciation Day.

Today is National S’Mores Day.

Today is National Lazy Day, a day to take it easy.

Today is Missouri Day. Missouri became the 24th U.S. state on this date in 1821.

The 3-day Kool-Aid Days celebration begins today in Hastings, Nebraska, the proud home of Kool-Aid. They'll be pouring all 22 flavors at a gallon a minute at the world's largest Kool-Aid stand.

Today is Independence Day in Ecuador.

You can bet that WSJR will be celebrating.

No 24 hour party people screening?

3:43

You are nuts.

With the departure of Mayhew went any hope of anything worthy being written about local bands... scratch that, any band that doesn't suck. This is the first time Preston (who looks like he has a lisp) has written ANYTHING about local bands w/o big record deals, and in it, he seems to pity the whole Denton scene since we didn't get that big pie in the sky! Oh well! We'll get a second chance! Thanks!

Really, I just discovered Denton last month when he wrote that big profile on new Denton, you know the one where he talks about Midlake and their record deal over and over again ...

Happy Birthday Matt and Ecuador

Oh my Christ...Tony Wilson died? How depressing.

In honor of never being able to get any work done once we start up drugs.. tommorow night straight edge dinner

Movie screening tonight at Strawberry Fields.

L'eclisse in honor of Antonioni's death last week.

Bring some wine!

8pm
Oak and Bonnie Brae

TONY WILSON R.I.P

Anthony Wilson dies from cancer

Anthony Wilson was an influential figure in the "Madchester" scene
Anthony Wilson, the music mogul behind some of Manchester's most successful bands, has died of cancer.
The Salford-born entrepreneur, who managed New Order, Joy Division and the Happy Mondays, was diagnosed last year during a routine visit to the doctor.

The 57-year-old, who launched Factory records and the Hacienda nightclub, underwent emergency surgery in January to remove a kidney.

He passed away on Friday evening in hospital.

Doctors recommended he take the drug Sutent after chemotherapy failed to beat the disease, but the NHS refused to fund the £3,500-a-month treatment.

However, members of the Happy Mondays and other acts he supported over the years stepped in and started a fund to help pay for it.

FROM THE BBC

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We are dedicating the Stereo on Strike Party next week to his memory. This is a major bummer

yeah, im actually pretty impressed w/ their new writer. ill take him over mayhew anyday.

That Star Telegram shit is still miles above the Observer article.

"ryce isbell is focusing on his own solo "CAREER""

Awesome!

Duran Duran:

Best stuff was always most the b-sides.

Late Bar
Faster Than Light
Khnanda
To The Shore (it was removed later then put back on the re-released)

Hold back the rain (not the album version)

Ah fuggeit I liked all the (Night Romantics Stuff)

I am not a Duranie I swear!

Really I am not that bad! Hey my friend had the Duran Duran Arena Board Game! How fucking stupid is that, I had no idea what the object of the game was..?

I guess to get out of Duranieland or win John Taylors Coke, or maybe getting Andy Taylor some new gold Records that he auctioned off after quitting the band! Or hell maybe you get to bang their old crusty model wives!

LOL!

SWEET!

Turn the dial...it's a brand new blog! It could help deliver us from under the thumb of the fascist and strangely confused self-designated arbiters of taste currently crapping up the Dallas music scene! Rise from your chairs for the day of reckoning is nigh!

i'm curious which self designated arbiters of taste laura p is talking about?

matt is the one with the wig

MATAS news of the day

http://www.star-telegram.com/music/story/196468.html

chauffeur video is totally spankworthy

Late Bar (B-side)

Live version of the Chauffeur on Arena

Is There Anyone Out There off the first record

The solid album from 1990 that nobody heard

Girls On Film uncensored video

When they jump off the platform at the end of the Planet Earth vid

When it looks like they're all taking a leak in the middle of the forest on "Save a Prayer"

Your favorite D,D moments?

amen 1:51

wait. which one is matt?

come out to the past-time tavern tonight if you don't have big plans and celebrate your birthday with some other people's birthday big party shits going on.

buy that dude a new wizard costume

it's also matt from eat avery's bones birthday

What about MATAS? jesus, i need my fix...

On Aug. 10 1776, word of the signing of the Declaration of Independance finally reached London.
Take that, you limey sons of bitches.

You took the words tight out of mouth, 1:51. I never want to see or hear about that shit again.... though I'm sure I'll have to.

jesus i cant wait till friday is over so i can stop hearing this captain ahab shit being pimped.

Also, it's

FUCKING CAPTAIN AHAB DAY AT SECRET HEADQUARTERS

THINGS WILL LIKELY GET VERY WET AND NAKED TONIGHT SO BRING YOUR LUBE AND YOUR DANCING SHOES AND GET READY TO SHAKE IT