COME ON YANKS!

This is it. This is huge--especially after seeing Portugal play earlier today. We get by Ghana and our chances look very good.

We are a better team than last we played them. We have the desire for revenge on our side. If we thrive in the rain, we can win this thing.

COME ON YANKS!!!!

The Team to Beat

Hats off to my 2nd favorite team in this tournament on their horribly impressive performance today.

Let's just hope that the drubbing they handed to the Portuguese side is indicative of what Ronaldo & Co. are capable of, rather than a catalyst for them to rally around for their contest with the US.

Talansky!

This guy.

Hard to think of things that aren't soccer right now, but Le Tour this year is shaping up to be an exciting few weeks. Contador is back on form. Froome is recovering but troubled. Nibali is a slow-building mystery.

And then there's Garmin rider Andrew Talansky. Wins the Dauphine right out from under a resurgent Contador. Quiet, deadly. The Pit Bull is an exciting addition to American cycling.

World Cup Time

Man I love the early rounds of the cup. Matches all day, every day. More than you can watch.

The US men's team starts off Sunday. Time to get crazy.

Rise of the Chunks...

Lightning Strikes

I submitted a proposal to do a lightning talk at Confab2014.

My proposal has been accepted.

More excited and way more nervous about this than most anything else I can remember.

Guess I better get to work...

Bogus Basin Party!

Me and Theo went up for one last trip of the season.

Real Estate at the Lux

Buzz Buzz

Looka that. I wonder how many times its own body weight a bee can carry in pollen...

Hello, spring!

Music for 18 Musicians

I've been listening to this quite a bit lately. It's amazing how familiar it is, even though I don't know it, based on the number of musicians I listen to who have been so obviously influenced by Steve Reich. Makes me want to get educated.

THE SUN! It's GLORIOUS!

Weekend In the Valley

Foggy Day Run

The foothills were gorgeous and eerie today. Almost makes you forget the inversion.

Bluebird Day at Brundage

Had a great day up at Brundage on Saturday. I don't get up there too often, but I'm always glad to have made the trip. 

Best Music of 2014

1. Yo La Tengo ~ Fade
2. Jon Hopkins ~ Immunity
3. The Octopus Project ~ Fever Forms
4. Califone ~ Stitches
5. My Bloody Valentine ~ mbv
6. Savages ~ Silence Yourself
7. Deerhunter ~ Monomania
8. Parquet Courts ~ Light Up Gold
9. Fuck Buttons ~ Slow Focus
10. The Knife ~ Shaking the Habitual

And yours?

Yummy Texas Souvenir

Leaving the ATX

We've had a good long trip, flying into Austin on Christmas day and flying out today. Good food, good friends, good times. 

Weird to be leaving without having eaten any barbecue or seen any live music, but such is the new reali of travel. It's different now. Very different. And while it's always great to come back to Austin, it's also great to be heading back home. 

New Music from St. Vincent

New self-titled album coming in February, per PFork.

Basque for a Day!

Saturday and Sunday