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Here are some more posts/articles/whatever to read that have grabbed my attention.

My masculinity led a vigorous life that included frequent discussions of hot swimsuit models, defending the honor of my friends and having their back in fights, semifrequent uses of the words bro and bitch, some heavy weightlifting when softness occurred, and the occasional fist pump.
Shameful Obituaries of 2010: My Masculinity

This year's Coachella felt like that cousin had lost control of their problem and was completely off the rails the entire time you were together.
An Open Letter To Coachella

Stuff Journalists Like is one of my new favorite blogs. We've been reading this religiously in the newsroom. I linked to their April Fool's post about PR reps. Pure gold.
One of the things journalists like best about PR reps is when one tells a journalist how to do his or her job. For any PR folks out there that want to build a better relationship with their local journalist, recommend to a journalist how to write a story, who to talk to and especially what to leave out of a story.
#123 PR reps

A new website has been formed called Red River Noise as a response to Austin's poor quality music coverage. I could write a rant about this, but I think my editors Ian and Ajay got it covered. However, I'm completely honored to be a part of the writing team.
Our "alternative" newspaper mostly covers music that people under 40 don't care about, while the alternative radio station won't stop playing the same five Pearl Jam songs its been playing since 1992. And our blog scene is mostly concerned with nightlife and see-and-be-seen parties.
Red River Noise is here.

You all talk about the same parties or shows, but I get some are worth talking about. That and the lack of effort or quality of your work tell me that you blog to escape your crappy day time life so you can get into the cool kid parties or shows for free at night. You're not fooling anyone, especially not me.
The State of Austin Music Media Brings "Red River Noise"

This isn't an article but a really awesome interview you need to watch.
A lot of punk rock fans and stuff are really narrow-minded and really, it's like everything has to be in a certain... there's a lot of rules. For a type of music that was created to break rules and to not follow boundaries, it's like the most rules specific and like rigid structure of what you're supposed to can and can't do.

Here are some articles/blog posts I've read recently that I think are worth sharing:

I find this interesting: all Rivers Cuomo had to do was change the basic content of his lyrics, and suddenly Weezer transitioned from making songs that Converse-wearing kids wanted to quote in their Livejournals, to making songs that you’d hear blasting in the background of the trailer for American Pie VI: Wet Hot American Teenage Free-for-All featuring Campus Girls Gone Wild.
“On Whom Can You Depend?”

South By Southwest has become a popular spring-break destination, Mardi Gras for collegiate hipsters.
Letter From Austin | SXSW Standouts

He will escape from whatever “corner” you’ve got him in, he will find you, and he will kill you in some horrific and punning fashion – like dropping you into a pool of liquid nitrogen as he tells you to “Chill out.”
Writer gives tips for surviving Schwarzenegger

It’s the cinematic equivalent of a Hummer with both “Support our Troops” and “No Fat Chicks” bumper stickers on it.
Unlikable actors take all the love out of Paris

20 Watt Shed was our name and we were probably about as good as our name would suggest. Anyway, we were young, we were loud, we were in a band, and we had a demo tape.
I'm still totally fine with playing shows for Church youth groups.

Just outside Shangri-La, I heard a big funky bass. Accompanied by the sung words, "I JUST WANNA HAVE SEX WITH YOU." I thought: "I will check this out."
SXSW 2010 recap: Meet Casxio, our favorite musical discovery.

Finally, here is the list of winners my newspaper, Accent, won at TIPA. Yay team!
Online Video, Third Place - Sarah Vasquez <-- That's me! Here is the video that won.
TIPA 2010 Awards

One of my good friends and fellow editor for Austin Vida was featured in The Daily Texan today. His blog features many live videos that he films himself of local bands performing around Red River. It's a good blog to add to your RSS reader or on Facebook.

Without further ado, click here to read the article.

'Nites blog

My best friend Marlee posted a really great post on her blog about crowd show etiquette. I wanted to share this with all of you because I'm sure some of us can share this annoyance.

Now, I understand that going to concerts (especially small ones at dingy bars featuring local bands) isn't something that everyone does on a regular occasion.

I also understand that not everyone spent 4 years of their adolescence at said concerts.

However, I believe that the proper "show etiquette" or "concert etiquette" is not so specific to concerts but rather holds to the same general manners that decent human beings display.

1)Personal Bubbles:
Most human beings have a bubble of space that they like to keep around them. A safety zone between you and people you don't know. I suspect that most people do not walk into a crowded Subway restaurant look around and decide that that sliver of space between two people is precisely where they ought to stand. Most people do not maneuver and jostle the other customers of Subway around to, in the end, stand 4 inches in front of a complete stranger letting the rat's nest they call a hairdo swing disconcertingly close to that stranger's face. So then what, pray tell, makes you think that it is OK to do that in a dark, mostly empty, bar while people are trying to enjoy a rock and roll band? ....... If you any chance of being a human being a decent human you should realize that that sort of behavior is not OK. It's obnoxious and weird.

2)Talking:
Now this right here is most people's biggest folly. It is a generally accepted rule that when you go into a movie theater you shut the fuck up because the people around you are trying to hear and pay attention to the movie that they payed to see. When you go to a speaking or a reading, it is a generally accepted rule that you keep your stupid whore mouth shut because other people are trying to listen and learn and appreciate what they have most likely paid to hear spoken about. So following this trend: when you are in a public place, where people have gathered to enjoy some form of auditory/visual spectacle it is NOT OKAY to jostle your way to the front of the crowd and proceed to have full conversations with your ditsy little friends by screaming at each other. The music, movie, speaker, whatever is loud so you yell in order for your friend to hear you over it. However the problem with this is that then I can hear you. And I don't want to hear you. I want to hear the band that I paid to come see and that I enjoy quite a bit. I didn't pay to hear your migraine inducing screeches to the other fucking banshees you know. I get that you more than likely are only at the show because some friend of yours is boning one of the dudes in the band. That's great. Shut up. A good rule is: if the band is playing, don't talk. If they're between songs, there's your chance to make a quick comment but otherwise fucking zip it. If you absolutely have to a single sentence, maybe 2 here or there is allowable otherwise move to the fucking back of the club to continue spouting your mindless dribble because the tiny girl that you just stepped in front of and seem to be trying to smother with your gross, knotted, 'ponytail' would like to be able to hear the band that is playing and your continual chittering and chattering could very likely drive her to punching a bitch in the face....and it's hard to talk when your jaw's swollen.
Originally posted on Marlee's livejournal

The people behind Bandize, a really useful application for bands, recently posted a blog about Facebook. I know most musicians prefer Myspace but with most people now spending their time on Facebook, it's starting to be important for bands to include themselves on this site. But from what I've heard, it's a pain to set one up.

Never fear, this blog posts step by step with illustrations on how to set up a page on Facebook. Yay!

Click to read "How to create a Facebook Page for your band."

By the way, an indepth look on Bandize and how it can help your band is in the works. So keep an eye on that.