Author: J T. Ramsay
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And I’m back.
I still have a few more wrap-up posts due over at Blinded by the Hype, but then I’ll be back here posting about how few bands I actually saw in Austin. I feel like the only souvenirs I picked up in Texas were stress, exhaustion and a terrible sunburn.
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Like the multitudinous hordes, I’m in Austin too.
And I’m twittering. Check it out, if you’re into that sort of thing. It’s like a writerly safety valve thus far.
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Can you answer this question for me?
Why is it that now that I own an iPhone, I suddenly think the iPhone commercial theme is the same as Motel 6? Have these awful, painful Apple earbuds driven me to madness? I think that’s entirely possible.
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This should be considered a product endorsement.
So a little while ago I splurged and bought a pair of Etymotic Research 6i Isolator earphones. They’re excellent. But I’m not writing to extoll their virtue on the basis of performance alone. No, I’m writing this morning because I ran them through the laundry — washed and dried — like an absolute dunce. I…
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I’m a little overwhelmed.
I’m literally drowning in new music, no thanks to the publicists who send me countless emails to at least three email addresses and rarely deliver any actual music. I know that it’s passe to complain about publicists and that most people find ways around them anyway, but I feel that if bands knew how mismanaged…