a nice perk to being in austin this year…

thank you to my dear partner lina for introducing me to the magnetic fields and tom merritt. it was a beautiful show. i didn’t shoot this but i was there and witnessed it live.

el cristo peruano

Originally uploaded by luna lopez

taken with my new nikon with a little help from picnik… i’m going to try to stay away from editing these photos and just work with the camera settings, lighting, etc. stay tuned.

seeing him tonight at emo’s here in austin…no acl fest for us…but this will be good. probably better.

the music calendar’s getting good for us here in austin. next week, it’s stereolab (one of lina’s favorite bands) on wed and jose gonzalez on saturday.

we were tempted to squeeze in david byrne on thursday but, thankfully, the show sold out!

a couple of weeks and it’s magnetic fields in mid-october followed byOZOMATLI and the show i’m looking forward to the most, TV ON THE RADIO at the end of the month! packed but good.

tonight, it’s the amoda’s digital showcase at club deville. since i’m in austin this year, i’m not missing sxsw-interactive. we enjoyed amoda’s laptop battle at the mohawk last year. this should be fun.

pues si…

…and to celebrate, some politics with a brain. after a week of one too many tongue talking pit bulls with go-go boots.

first, well, first things first (not sure if this show is part of the “elite” media according to the repubs…)

and then, beware—the eastern media elite…

and now, beware—the eastern media elite is coming to get you…

welcome to the atlantic, ta-nehisi. i stumbled upon your words here and there before but now it’s nice to see you there alongside sullivan, keeping him in line. or vice versa.

so, yes, today is friday and tv on the radio rocks absolutely. nada mas y nada menos. looking forward to seeing them live for the second time at stubbs here in austin. here’s the vid posted by ta-nehisi today…because it’s friday. nada mas y nada menos.

as a former coordinator (basically, i just opened up the place at 4am) of a day labor site, i got a special laugh out of this one. especially the “gotta speak java” part…