Ben Brown, Internet Rockstar Feverish Velocity

I Heart Minky, too!

My brother’s band, Prom Nite is putting out a record later on this year. Last night, Katums and I went in to shoot some video and some photos of their set, which they played for us in their tiny crazy little practice room at MusicLab here in Austin. It was very dark and loud, and we just used a little Flip, but hey, check it out! The above video is “I Heart Minky,” and you can check out more of their songs on the Prom Nite MySpace.

Prom Nite happens to be playing this Thursday at Emo’s. I’ll be there.

(While you’re at it, check out Neiliyo, a side project of Prom Nite’s guitar player, Neil.)

This is the walk we take every day while at Sea Ranch


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You may remember when I mentioned this same walk last year.

Brownce’d: Photos from the Awesomest Wedding of All Time

Photos by Adam, Dakota, and Robert. More from Robert and from Adam/Dakota.

And here are a few more from Porter, our official (and awesome) wedding photographer!

And here are even more from my new mother-in-law Susan!

Love At (Almost) First Email

10 Days Later…

If only I could be this awesome.

Our Morning Dog Walk

OR, yet another reason I love being back in Austin.

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If only the meat train took us to burger town…

Yesterday Katie and I posted our 26th I want to see that Podcast, live on tape from Katie’s childhood bedroom in Baytown, TX. I wanted to film the episode in the car as we drove there from Austin, but Katie was concerned that I would crash the car while trying to be funny for the camera. She is probably right.

This episode features our discussions of The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, Swing Vote, Frozen River, In Search of a Midnight Kiss and The Midnight Meat Train. My pick of the week would have to be In Search of a Midnight Kiss for being a black and white movie about a guy going on a Craigslist date.

If you click those links, you can leave your own comments or reviews, and I heartily suggest that you join me in advocating for the end of the torture porn trend we’ve seen lately. I’m all for a good, gory horror movie, but I am so over watching dozens of young women be executed in creative ways just to show how terrible humanity can be. I get it! Murderers are lurking everywhere waiting for their opportunity to grind my legs into sausage while I watch! I really don’t want to start thinking about human flesh as MEAT… it will ruin my appetite.

Speaking of which, we saw the X-Files last night, and I can report that all of the sausage grinding is done tastefully. And there are evil Russians! Also, hot sexy Mulder on Scully action! I recommend.

Mushiking in Egypt

Joel is a friend of mine from Consumating. He is on a world tour right now. This photo of him from Egypt accurately depicts just how awesome he is - he can fucking fly over the Sphinx.

Check out his blog, Homework Party for more awesome, including more free music than a stick should properly be shaken at. PANDA PARTY, FTW!

Dance, Romych! Dance!

Right before moving back to Austin, Katie and I went camping with our friend Romych for his birthday. By camping I mean we spent a weekend on a luxury houseboat dancing to DJ sets in between swimming in a beautiful mountain lake. As you can see from the video above, a good time was had by all.

The Future of Radio

Jesse Thorn from The Sound of Young America and JJGO (a podcast we used to sponsor…) just posted an interesting essay about the cancellation of two “youth-oriented” public radio shows.   Many of the things he wrote remind me of the issues facing contemporary publishers of all types.  Now that we live in a time of global reach yet hyper-segmented audience, these are important lessons to learn.

Getting younger listeners isn’t about creating shows for younger listeners any more than getting African-American listeners is about creating shows for African-American listeners. It’s about creating great shows that have diverse perspectives and are inclusive.

Read Jesse’s original and then go subscribe to some of his podcasts.