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ACL Aftershows 2012 Announced

Alabama Shakes w/ Lee Fields and the Expressions OCT 11 Stubb’s (Outdoor) Austin, TX On sale Wed, Aug 22 10:00AM CDT

Band of Skulls w/ Black Pistol Fire OCT 11 La Zona Rosa Austin, TX On sale Wed, Aug 22 10:00AM CDT

Black Lips w/ Not in the Face OCT 11 Antone’s Austin, TX On sale Wed, Aug 22 10:00AM CDT

Wild Child w/ The Dunwells OCT 11 Wanderlust Live Austin, TX On sale Wed, Aug 22 10:00AM CDT

An Evening with Laura Marling OCT 11 Lamberts Austin, TX On sale Wed, Aug 22 10:00AM CDT

The Soul Rebels OCT 11 Stubb’s BBQ (Indoor) Austin, TX On sale Wed, Aug 22 10:00AM CDT

Delta Spirit w/ The Whigs OCT 12 The Belmont Austin, TX On sale Wed, Aug 22 10:00AM CDT

The Shins w/ Bombay Bicycle Club OCT 12 Stubb’s (Outdoor) Austin, TX On sale Wed, Aug 22 10:00AM CDT

Allen Stone w/ Sister Sparrow & Dirty Birds OCT 12 Antone’s Austin, TX On sale Wed, Aug 22 10:00AM CDT

BASSNECTAR w/ Gramatik and Gladkill OCT 12 Austin Music Hall Austin, TX On sale Wed, Aug 22 10:00AM CDT

Father John Misty w/ Dry the River OCT 12 THE PARISH AUSTIN, TX On sale Wed, Aug 22 10:00AM CDT

Kishi Bashi w/ Quiet Company OCT 12 Lamberts Austin, TX On sale Wed, Aug 22 10:00AM CDT

Metric w/ Poliça and Half Moon Run OCT 12 Emo’s East Austin, TX On sale Wed, Aug 22 10:00AM CDT

Trampled by Turtles & Punch Brothers OCT 12 La Zona Rosa Austin, TX On sale Wed, Aug 22 10:00AM CDT

Big K.R.I.T. w/ Slim Thug OCT 12 Beauty Ballroom Austin, TX On sale Wed, Aug 22 10:00AM CDT

The Eastern Sea w/ Shivery Shakes OCT 12 Stubb’s BBQ (Indoor) Austin, TX On sale Wed, Aug 22 10:00AM CDT

Kimbra w/ The Features OCT 13 The Belmont Austin, TX On sale Wed, Aug 22 10:00AM CDT

The Civil Wars w/ Milo Greene OCT 13 Stubb’s (Outdoor) Austin, TX On sale Wed, Aug 22 10:00AM CDT

Crystal Castles w/ Health and Kontravoid OCT 13 Emo’s East Austin, TX On sale Wed, Aug 22 10:00AM CDT

Moon Duo w/ Christian Bland + The Revelators (of The Black Angels) OCT 13 Holy Mountain Austin, TX On sale Wed, Aug 22 10:00AM CDT

The Afghan Whigs w/ Centro-matic OCT 13 Antone’s Austin, TX On sale Wed, Aug 22 10:00AM CDT

The Weeknd OCT 13 Austin Music Hall Austin, TX On sale Wed, Aug 22 10:00AM CDT

Willis Earl Beal OCT 13 Lamberts Austin, TX On sale Wed, Aug 22 10:00AM CDT

Thievery Corporation w/ Lance Herbstrong OCT 13 La Zona Rosa Austin, TX On sale Wed, Aug 22 10:00AM CDT

The Devil Makes Three w/ Whiskey Shivers OCT 13 THE PARISH AUSTIN, TX On sale Wed, Aug 22 10:00AM CDT

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Beer Cocktails to Help You Cool Off This Summer

When the temperature spikes in the summer, there is almost nothing better than an ice cold beer (no, not Coors) to cool you off. Sometimes, though, you might want to mix it up a bit and try out something a bit different without giving up that refreshment. No! Not Mike’s Hard Lemonade! Stay with me. I am talking about beer cocktails.

Let’s take a look at a couple of the base beer cocktails that you can enjoy during the hot summer months:

The first is the Shandy, a popular choice that will taste absolutely refreshing. The shandy traditionally is just a mix of beer and lemonade, but here’s a fancier version from Epicurious.

• 1 cup sugar
• 3 cups water
• four 3-inch strips lemon zest, removed with a vegetable peeler
• 1 cup fresh lemon juice
• 2 fresh mint sprigs
• chilled beer, such as pale ale

In a small saucepan bring sugar and 1 cup water to a boil, stirring until sugar is dissolved, and stir in zest. Cool sugar syrup to room temperature.

Transfer syrup to a small pitcher and stir in remaining 2 cups water, lemon juice, and mint. Chill lemonade until cold. (Makes about 4 1/2 cups lemonade.)

Pour 1/4 cup lemonade, or to taste, into each of 4 chilled beer glasses and top off with beer.

Read More http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Lemon-Shandy-200681#ixzz1zDJpyrcQ

Next, we will look at the Happy Mich. Whipping up this cocktail will definitely make it seem like you know what you are doing behind the bar, and will keep your guests refreshed on a hot day.

• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 teaspoon plus 1 pinch Pico Piquin seasoning (see chef’s notes, below)
• 1 lime wedge
• 2 2-by-2-inch cubes watermelon plus 1 slice for garnish
• 1 tablespoon (1/2 ounce) freshly squeezed lime juice
• 1 tablespoon (1/2 ounce) hibiscus concentrate (see chef’s notes, below)
• 2 dashes hot sauce, such as Tabasco
• 2 dashes Tajin regular snack sauce (see chef’s notes, below)
• About 2 cups ice cubes
• About 6 ounces lager, such as Dos Equis

In small saucer, stir together salt and 1 teaspoon Pico Piquin. Rub lime wedge around rim of pilsner glass (12 or 16 ounces). Invert glass and dip part of rim into salt mixture, coating outside of glass only. Rotate to coat halfway around rim.

In blender (or using a muddling tool), combine watermelon cubes and remaining pinch Pico Piquin. Purée until smooth, about 10 seconds. Add lime juice, hibiscus concentrate, hot sauce, and Tajin sauce and stir until combined.

Fill prepared pilsner glass with ice cubes and pour in watermelon mixture. Top with beer, stir until combined, and garnish with watermelon slice.

Cook’s notes:•Pico Piquin seasoning is a variation on pico de gallo.
•Hibiscus concentrate is sometimes labeled as Jamaica concentrate.
•Tajin regular snack sauce is a chili sauce with lime and salt.

Read More http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Happy-Mich-352709#ixzz1zDKHgmaN

If you want more beer based cocktails for the rest of summer, there is a great book of 50 available on Amazon
. Get the paper version or the Kindle version.

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Shepard Fairey Paints 14 Story Mural in Paris

Shepard Fairey, artist and founder of the OBEY branding, is working on a large scale new project in Paris. Fairey worked with two assistants for three days on manlifts to complete the mural.

The painting spans 14 stories of a building at the corner of Jeanne d’Arc Street and Vincent Auriol Boulevard.

Check out a video trailer for the mural below.

SHEPARD FAIREY OBEY // Paris - 17 juin // Teaser from Zeller on Vimeo.

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Ryan Adams Live After Deaf Box Set

Ryan Adams is releasing a monstrous box set of live acoustic songs in an epic box set being dubbed “Live After Deaf.” Why all the monstrous, epic talk? Well, the set consists of 144 tracks on 15 vinyl discs and an additional 74 tracks of digital only bonus tracks. Um, 218 tracks total.

According to Adams, the set will be available in Super Duper limited numbers at paxamrecords.com beginning 130 EST onFriday June 15. That is some wild news right there.

UPDATE:
At launch, the Pax Am servers crashed. The new on sale date for the box set is Monday June 18 at 4pm EDT.

UPDATE 06.18.12:

In a surprise to no one, the box sets are sold out. However, in related good news Pax Am is planning to now release a digital version of the box set without the extra tracks for people who missed out or prefer to have some shelf space. The digital version will be released after most of the vinyl product has shipped out.

UPDATE 07.02.12:

The Live After Deaf box set is available on Amazon for $8.99! Check it out.

UPDATE 07.12.12: The link above still works, but the 8.99 deal is over. Still a good deal for so many songs for a die hard fan!

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Google Plus Goes Local with Zagat and Places Goes Away

Google Plus has announced some great new features this morning. There is now a Local Tab in the redesigned homepage of Google Plus. This will take you to an interface where you can see Zagat reviews for places, reviews from top Google users and reviews from other people inside and outside of your networks.

The old Google Places is going away. Users will have the opportunity to move their reviews and ratings over from Google Places to Google Plus Local as well, so you will not lose anything there. One thing to note, however, is that you will not be able to use a nickname if you did before. The display name will be tied to your Google account being used for Google Plus. Additionally, you can selectively hide any reviews that you do not want to be public on the new Google Plus local when you migrate them over.

You current ratings will be converted from the former 5 star Google Places review mechanism to the 1-3 Zagat rating system. Conversion will be as follows 1-2 star reviews = 1 on Zagat; 3-4 star reviews = 2 on Zagat and 5 star reviews = 3 on Zagat. The goal is to get a more accurate picture of who is good and who is great in any given space. The 1-3 ratings for users are tallied and multiplied by 10 and give the business its Zagat rating on a 30 point scale on a variety of facets with 30 being a perfect score.

Look for the new Google Plus mobile app update along with this release that will allow you to view local within your Google Plus app and have quick access to all of the pertinent business information quickly and easily. Sounds like Yelp might actually have a little bit of competition coming their way in the local businesses reviews space.

Check out Google Plus Local here https://plus.google.com/local

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DirecTV Everywhere and Handy Online Guide

DirecTV has just announced DirecTV Anywhere, a service that looks to rival Slingbox and similar products by offering streaming of DirecTV programming to your computer, tablet or phone. The provider has a substantial stable of shows available on the Everywhere service, but not everything qualifies. To check out what you can now watch anywhere, just look here.

Now, if you are simply interested in making darn sure that you don’t miss the game tonight or the next episode of some vampire love story show, DirecTV also has you covered. They have their guide online. You might already know this, but with paid TV service for the longest time that was a frustration. There never seemed to be a simple online guide available to check. Now there is. And it’s right here. It is in the /entertainment pages of the site that also house the DirecTV Everywhere info, so it very well could be new, and a welcome addition it is.

So, there you have it, you can now watch a lot of your favorite shows anywhere if you are a DirecTV customer, and you can also check in on your guide at anytime! 

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