meridian room closed

The home to many a We Shot JR meeting; The Meridian Room is closed..

The current excuse is that the State Fair pushed them out. Because Expo Park is dead with the State Fair going on.. which is strange because this weekend, tons of people were at Expo Park.. And when is the availability of a few million more customers an issue?? There's probably more to this story then what has been given to the media outlets, and their employees.. but I guess unlike Pegasus News, and The Observer I don't accept explanations with glaring holes in logic.. but like Pegasus News, and the Observer, I'll simply be too lazy to get more information about it.

Maybe we can blame the credit crisis??

Oh yeah, nobody buys cd's anymore.. so.. Cd World closed also..

free hot chip tickets

well not free free.. but..

for each can of food you bring, and for each cd you buy at good records you will get a hot chip ticket

so you now have a choice..
you could be a jerk and buy a 30 cent can of beans, and a 4 dollar ctr cd..
or you can be a nice person, and bring 4+ cans of beans, and purchase a cd..

either way your not payin for a 20 buck ticket that has an additional 8 dollar ticket master charge..

remember people are hungry, hot n miserable down south.. help'em out

We Shot J.R.--Best Local Music Blog in "Best of Big D"

Hmm... kind of hard to determine how to react to this somewhat backhanded compliment, but I guess the main point is that I am smart and most of you are dumb.  How does that make you feel?   

let's play... WALL STREET BAILOUT!

i think i know who is going to end up losing

The Knight House to Open in Denton on Saturday

In case you didn't know, there are a lot of things going on in Denton on Saturday night, and the one we might be looking forward to the most will occur at a house located at 1433 Knight St., which has been dubbed, strangely enough, The Knight House. Here is a bit about it, directly from the source:

The "Knight House" is a new house venue looking to cater to new media/electronics based artists. The house is run by Darcy Neal who is a fresh young texas girl trying to create a stir in the artistic culture of Denton County. She aspires to create an art collective in this new space. They have dedicated a room for painting and sculpture, another room that's dedicated to works in clay, with a kiln and a wheel, and a space for electronic related gear and work.

Saturday's line up looks very solid as well:

Phantastes
Operation Playmate
Tommyboy

And here is a bit about Austin's Operation Playmate, who will also be playing the DMA late night on Friday night:

Austin "electro-naut " Eric Archer conjures polyrhythmic electronic music from an array of hand-built synth and drum circuitry, a raw mess of bare boards and exposed wiring soldered together with love for minimalist design and generative composition. His recent work has been featured regularly in the Make Magazine blog, including "The Electric Gongs", a sound art installation designed for Austin Childrens' Museum.

Erich Ragsdale bio:

Erich Ragsdale is a musician, DJ, and filmmaker who deals in the synthesis of future art forms using forgotten media formats of the past. He currently performs with Low Red Center, mVsclz, Pataphysics, and recently completed "Stereopticon", an installation of stereoscopic photography at Austin's The Opera House.

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Pink Floyd's Richard Wright, Dead at 65...

Of cancer. He had some really great moments, specifically "Paint Box" and "Summer '68." LINK