TEXAS LOVE TRIANGLE

"When Vice UK asked for a submission, I knew I had to share the sound that can only be found right here in my home state of Texas. I am fortunate to live in a place where so many of my peers are creating the kind of music I love. When most kids are worrying about how the grass is greener elsewhere, these bands are working hard to make where they are where they want to be. This mix is made up of current Texas synth-based projects and covers many genres, from industrial EBM to techno, leftfield disco to electro, deep house to minimal wave and even a little screwgaze for good measure.

I am grateful to all groups who were so kind to contribute to this compilation; special thanks to Klearlight Studios for helping master the final mix as well as producing several of the bands in it. I’d also like to thank Answering Machine Records for their submissions as well as their continued output of quality Texas synth music. I wouldn’t be who I am today if it wasn’t for all my creative friends across this big state.

There is something sacred in the geometry connecting Houston, Austin, and Dallas - this love triangle that we’re all a part of. This mix is a testament to what friends and neighbours are capable of and it’s a fitting time capsule for this time and place. Don’t Mess with Texas."

TEXAS LOVE TRIANGLE VICE MIXTAPE
1. George Quartz - “Coconut”
2. Phantastes - “Flight of Stares”
3. Darktown Strutters - “Silver Bullet”
4. Indian Jewelry - “Same Mistake Man”
5. Corporate Park - “Intimate Precision”
6. //TENSE// - “Versus Man (TX Love Remix 2010)”
7. Seth Nemec - “Count Zero”
8. Jake Schrock - “Trigon”
9. E.R.P. (aka Convextion) - “Frozen Volatiles”
10. DYX - “Lips in the Darkness (feat. Press-On)”
11. Submersible Machines - “Riding Theta Waves”
12. Missions - “Phantasy”
13. Medio Mutante - “Transit (Demo)”
14. MVSCLZ - “Fascination (Across The Nation)”
15. R9 - “Dreamdance”
16. edrupt - “M-U-S-I-K”
17. betdat - “Nex (Radio Edit)”
18. MKF KÜNST - “Venga (TX Love Remix 2010)”
19. Berliner Eins - “Nite Life”
20. Twisted Wires - “Hell”
21. Low Red Center - “Historic Edition”
22. S U R V I V E - “White Clouds”
23. Future Blondes - “NIGHT ANALYSIS (Oppenheimer Analysis “Behind the Shades” RMX)”
24. Psychic Violence - “U is Moon”
25. How I Quit Crack - “Gone Away”
26. xix - “1111(v7)”


If the Valley had a synth-based scene similar to the likes of this i'd find myself going out MUCH more than I do now a days.

Sorry for the lack of updates to all you Indians and ghosts out there.
Hope you enjoy the tape!

SFA WEEKEND FUNDRAISERS

Please support the RGV Student Farmworker Alliance this weekend by attending their scheduled fundraisers. The Student Farmworker Alliance from the valley will be making their way to Tampa, Florida to march for a demand that Publix take a stand against poverty and slavery in the fields.

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FRIDAY - The Battle in Seattle (Film Showing at 7:30pm)


SATURDAY - Chalupa Night

COCHE BOMBA @ GARGAJO COLLECTIVO

MONDAY, APRIL 12TH
e d i n b u r g, tx


[[KNOW YR RIGHTS WORKSHOP @ 3PM]]

N O I S E S T A R T S @ 5 P M
W/

COCHE BOMBA (HARDCORE PUNK FROM LYON, FRANCE)

GREEDYMOUTH (CORPUS CHRISTI POWER VIOLENCE)

CONQUEST OF BREAD (POLITICAL EDINCRUST-PUNK)

DESPERATION BENDS (LOUD MELODICCC PUNKK)

5$ ~ ALL AGES

COME EARLY OR CRY LATER

CESAR CHAVEZ MARCH

COME MARCH TO CELEBRATE THE LEGACY OF CESAR CHAVEZ AND CALL FOR COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM!

Saturday, March 27th 2010
*9:00am: Park car at LUPE (on the corner of Bus. 83 and Cesar Chavez Rd)
-Drivers will take participants from LUPE to Municipal Park
*9:30am: March from San Juan Municipal Park to Union Hall

"No podemos retroceder…Venceremos. Estamos venciendo, porque la nuestra es una revolución de la mente y del corazón."
¡Reforma Migratoria Ahora!

"There’s no turning back…We will win. We are winning because ours is a revolution of mind and heart."
Immigration Reform Now!

*FIRST 500 GET A FREE T-SHIRT!! Free food at the event!

*CENSUS ASSISTANCE FORUM will take place at 12:30PM after the march - bring your forms & questions!!

*FREE H1N1 FLU SHOTS + FREE GIFTS FROM CENSUS AT EVENT!!

invite your friends & see you there! contact neha@lupenet.org for more info.

On March 18th, join Son del Valle for two films exploring the history, music and culture of son jarocho, the traditional campesino music from Veracruz, Mexico that has resisted the threat of extinction caused by corporate globalization. In the face of this threat, jarocho communities have joined together to spread the traditional practices and values of the fandango, not only to preserve the rural tradition, but to overcome and thrive.

About the films:

Fandango, Searching for the White Monkey weaves together the stories of musicians as they struggle to revive a dying tradition of Veracruz, Mexico. This musical documentary takes us from California's inner city to the heart of the Veracruz savannah, the cradle of the son Jarocho. Fandango, featuring rare footage spanning 25 years, is the story of personal transformation and the power of culture.



La Familia Raices is a short documentary on the family and Son Jarocho banda Grupo Raices from Oaxaca. The Raices Family play traditional Son Jaracho music in support of the Oaxacan people’s social movement. This traditional Afro-indigenous music originates in the state of Veracruz and is also traditionally played in some parts of the state of Oaxaca. This musical tradition is based upon popular education, collective organizing, and long term self determination for its musicians and instrument makers. The Raices family breaks through the difficulties faced by any family, with music, resistance, and determination.

There is a $3 - $5 suggested donation. All proceeds will go toward the RGV participating in the Farmworker Freedom March this April 16-18.

ENDLESS BLOCKADE/HATRED SURGE SHOW

Is it just me or is this flyer pretty weak?

Anywho, this show is a call for all you angst-driven, socially outraged and pissed off youth looking to tweak your ears to the finest of power violence. Despise you, ahem, I mean Hatred Surge and The Endless Blockade in one show is more than I could ask for and should definitely not be a miss-out for all of you valley heads.

Expect deranged sets with full blown noise!

THE FIRST GREAT DEPRESSION

South Texas College’s Distinguished Speaker Series Presents:

THE FIRST GREAT DEPRESSION OF THE 21ST CENTURY: CAUSES AND IMPLICATIONS.
A Presentation by
Dr. Anwar Shaikh

Thursday, 25th February at 7 p.m.

Bldg. D Auditorium, Pecan Campus

“Several factors have […] lead me to the view that capitalism is a powerful shaping force which steadily transforms all cultures and institutions in its path, bending those which will bend and breaking those which will not. The central concern of my work has been the attempt to understand the fundamental processes at work in advanced capitalism […] How do market economies work, and why do they generate certain recurrent patterns which seem to cut across differences in origin, in culture, and even historic epochs. Why is capitalist growth characterized by order-within-disorder, periodically punctuated by episodes of general economic crisis?” – Anwar Shaikh

Dr. Anwar Shaikh is a distinguished author and professor of economics at the New School for Social Research. He will be discussing the reasons behind the recent economic decline in the US and its consequences.

For more information contact Jenny Bryson Clark, Chairperson, Distinguished Speaker Series at jclark@southtexascollege.e

du or 245-2552