WHIT List (3/12/2006)

Crazy long weekend. Back from Utah on Friday night, sushi for dinner two nights in a row, soccer tournament for my U-15 boys team, volunteering at the Fernwood 5K, went to a MLS exhibition game, venison, Grey's anatomy.

So the U-15 team went down in the semi's but the guys put up a good fight. What was really weak was that the referee got the game length wrong and shortened the halves to 30 minutes. We were down 2-1 and were coming back. 10 minutes is an eternity in soccer and I wish we had those 10 minutes today.

Real Salt Lake and the Columbus Crew came to Lafayette this weekend and packed the local soccer stadium with fans. It was great to see the local support.

And you can't go wrong with sushi two nights in a row followed by some fresh venison kebobs.

WHIT List

1. The SXSW music festival is in progress in Austin. Even though it is so close, it is out of reach yet again this year. No real reason I have yet to get out there - I just have yet to make it a priority. Oh well. Go here and you can download hundreds of songs from the over 1300 artists at the festival. The two zero's in "1300" are not a typo or an exaggeration.
2. Red Bull bought the MetroStars and has decided to rename the team: Red Bull New York. This little tidbit of news even made Saturday Night Live. It's just a matter of time until it is Red Bull New York vs. Houston Bell South's. Seriously. Do we have to suffer through stadium names and team names including products? I have a bad feeling about this trend. Perhaps the MLS should allow sponsor symbols on the team kits so that we can have team names that don't make us all sick.
3. Too much fun to not try. Church Sign Generator. Brought to my attention via And the Ass Saw the Angel (a blog of a family member of a friend of mine; read: I stalk a family on-line).
4. Freeware list - looking for a free email client? Free PDF creator? This is a good list to start from.
5. Music Find of the Week: If I could buy it, I would do so in a second. This is a live set by Jeff Tweedy of Wilco with the guitarist Nels Cline at the University of Chicago - posted on Wilco's Roadcase. Stream it loud, it is wicked cool.
   
6. This one is just too weird and sometimes disturbingly catchy not to point out (found by cruising through the A's on the SXSW website above). Adult Radio were described as a cross between Ween, Butthole Surfers, and Townes Van Zandt. Download a track here. Scratch your head. Download more at their website if the itch hasn't gone away.