My excuse for the long abscense from MOG is that I'm at a real University now and don't really have the luxury of reading the Mog-o as much as I once did as well as posting. I now live in a small college town in between two major cities that actually has some pretty good music and an awesome indie music store with nice folks working there. Anyhow, Austin is only a 30 minutes drive from where I am which is very nice except I am without a car. My favorite venues/bars/coffeehouses here are called Lucy's, The Triple Crown and Tantra. At those places I have seen Three Leaf, Cruiserweight, and The Word Association and more. All of bands have impressed me greatly. In the past I have not been the most faithful to local music. But now I see how wonderful it is. I am now supporting local music and it is awesome. I still get to Austin often and have seen some amazing music. Just Wednesday I saw Grizzly Bear. At 5 pm they were at Waterloo records for an acoustic set. Then later that night it was Emo's for the full set. Peter & The Wolf and the Papercuts opened. I liked it, a lot. Somehow I hope to get to Austin tonight to see What Made Milwaukee Famous and Dr. Dog w/ The Teeth...