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the thrill of procrastination
The weekend has flown by once again. Updating these records can be mind-numbing, but it needs to be done. We’re getting close to 4 years of keeping this ship afloat.
I enjoyed Matt’s El Rancho for the first time. I had the Old-Fashioned Tacos: two brisket, one chicken. They were deliciously deep-fried corn tacos with the [...]
Posted by Sig on July 18th, 2010 at 9:50pm under food and recipes, life, music, television.
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the txdot click it or ticket radio jingle (2010)
Everyone driving on Texas roads must obey a new law went into effect requiring all passengers in a vehicle to buckle up.
This jingle surfaced in April and currently plays across Texan radio airwaves:
<[ Push the French onion green play button! ]>
Texas Department of Transportation
Violation Citation
_____________~* SONG LYRICS *~_____________
Violation Citation
Put your seatbelt on. Strap yourself in.
Buckle [...]
Posted by Sig on June 1st, 2010 at 8:48pm under life, music, writing.
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the 1978 bullet strat used on gish
Billy talks about one of the first S.P. guitars.
Posted by Sig on May 23rd, 2010 at 7:20pm under music.
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the filet-o-fish jingle + lyrics
In 2009, McDonald’s aired a television commercial featuring a Big Mouth Billy Bass-type character named Frankie the Fish. This “copyfish” sang an annoying jingle to a Casio keyboard-quality tune and made its way into our heads like a parasite.
With Lent going on right now, many restaurants have brought back their fish, shrimp, and seafood menu [...]
Posted by Sig on March 18th, 2010 at 9:47pm under food and recipes, music, writing.
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the lords of sound | guitar center interview with the lord-alge brothers
Producers and recording engineers get much praise for how a record sounds, but much of that credit should really go to mixing engineers, who transform raw performances into the polished final product.
Two mixing engineers in particular – the brothers Chris and Tom Lord-Alge — deserve much praise for crafting the sound of hundreds of influential [...]
Posted by Sig on February 6th, 2010 at 11:03pm under music.
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the nesesary audioverload + the wurkweek rootene
My schedule during the weekdays have been very routine for the past several months now. I try to be in bed by 11pm each night and asleep before midnight. I first wake up in the morning when the first alarm goes off on my cell at 5:16am. Three more alarms at 5:47am, 5:57am and 6:05am [...]
Posted by Sig on February 4th, 2010 at 10:50pm under life, music, work.
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the txdot click it or ticket radio jingles
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT)’s Click It or Ticket campaign raises awareness to drivers and passengers about the importance of wearing safety belts. Catchy jingles about “clicking it” can be heard on the radio as part of this advertising campaign.
Here are a couple versions that are currently playing on 101.5 KROX FM Austin.
<[ Push [...]
Posted by Sig on June 17th, 2009 at 9:24pm under life, music, writing.
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