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Entries from January 2007

Lance Armstrong visits fans before final Tour de France

January 28th, 2007 · Comments Off on Lance Armstrong visits fans before final Tour de France

Video by Paul Walhus  Lance does a question and answer session with Austin Texas fans before heading off to the final bike race of his career, a bid to win his 7th Tour de France in a row. The setting was Lance’s new health club.

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Tags: austin · cycling · lance · lancearmstrong · letour · movie · texas · tourdefrance · tv · videoblog · weird

Leighton Hodges Halloween party video

January 28th, 2007 · Comments Off on Leighton Hodges Halloween party video

Every Halloween Leighton Hodges hosts the ultimate Halloween party.  Video by yours truly.  – ptw

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Tags: austin · calendar · event · festival · film · movie · texas · videoblog · weird

BattleStar Bloopers

January 28th, 2007 · Comments Off on BattleStar Bloopers

battlestar galactica bloopers – youtube video Tags: scifi

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Tags: film · movie · tv · videoblog · weird

Vote in the Chronicles “Best Austin Music Poll”

January 25th, 2007 · Comments Off on Vote in the Chronicles “Best Austin Music Poll”

Austin Chronicle Music Poll 2006-2007 opens today  “After 26 years, you know the drill,” says the Chronicle. “This is your chance to duct-tape the critics’ mouths shut and speak up about Austin music. Not sure who to vote for? Turn on the radio, drop into the local record store, or head to the clubs tonight. Your favorite band […]

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88 year old talks about the Austin Big Chill of ’07

January 25th, 2007 · Comments Off on 88 year old talks about the Austin Big Chill of ’07

This youtube video was spotted on the D&D Austin update blog. From the D&D Blog “Eighty-eight year old Austin resident Gladys Hardy was on the phone with Ellen DeGeneres earlier this week. It was hilarious! Loved her commentary on the winter storm. Guess it shows that in Austin you can keep it weird at any […]

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Tags: austin · podcast · texas · tv · videoblog

Amy Cook Music Video featured on famecast

January 24th, 2007 · Comments Off on Amy Cook Music Video featured on famecast

Amy Cook’s new album, which will be officially released on February 16th, is featured on the Famecast “Show the World Your Talent” website.  User comments on Famecast included “dreamy and beautiful”, “breathtaking video”, fabulous photography work, “marfa-lous song and video” and “good luck with the contest” Amy currently has 23 votes and, if you’re a […]

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Jo’s Coffee rolls out blog at joscoffee.com/blog

January 7th, 2007 · Comments Off on Jo’s Coffee rolls out blog at joscoffee.com/blog

joscoffee.com/blog  Jo’s Coffee has a new blog (4 days old) and they’re getting ready to host a series of great films, geek user group meetings, music events and other smokin’ events. They’ve equipped their coffeehouse with a high definition video / svga projector and surround sound system. Jo’s Downtown will be rolling out it’s first […]

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