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Monthly Archives: February 2010

Deal of the day: Custom bios only $25!

Since I’m feeling wild, crazy and generous today, I’ve got a special deal for anybody who’s been thinking about having their band, company, or even personal bio/”about me” page written up by a professional. While these types of pieces normally go for hundreds of dollars, today only through March 1, 2010 I’m offering this service …

February 25, 2010 – 1:32 pm | By Laura Roberts | Posted in Copywriting, Literature, Work | Tagged $25 band bio, $25 corporate bio, $25 custom bio, $25 personal bio, broke-ass students, copywriting, custom about me page, custom bio, deal of the day, February 25 to March 1, Harriet the Spy, musicians, personal website, small businesses, starving artists, SXSW, Twitter | Comments (0)

SXSW: The good, the bad, and the fugly

Living in Austin, one of the perks (or downsides, depending on how you view traffic jams and industry insiders taking over your town) is being around for the annual SXSW festival. Having never been to this mega-fest in years past, and always looking on rather enviously, I’m now actually living at Ground Zero for some …

February 23, 2010 – 6:47 pm | By Laura Roberts | Posted in Art & Design, Austin, Film, Music | Tagged $20 off 6-day stay, @originaloflaura, Art, avant-garde musicians, Barbershop Punk, Bill Murray, Broken Social Scene, Canadian musicians, Cannibal Girls, Canuxploitation, Dakota Fanning, Edward Norton, experimental music, Extended Stay Hotels, Film, film festival, Floria Sigismondi, Get Low, Gifted Travel, Harmony Korine, Henry Rollins, Janeane Garofalo, Joan Jett, Joan Jett biopic, Keanu Reeves, Leaves of Grass, March 12-21, Music, Oklahoma, Organizing your SXSW to-do list, philosophy, Rhys Ifans, Richard Dreyfuss, Robert Duvall, Spoon, Sum41, SXSW, SXSW Midnighters, The Runaways, transcendentalism, Trash Humpers, Twitter, Walt Whitman, Zoe Keating | Comments (0)

Joe Stack’s no hero

Y’know, I hate to give any credence to the work of an obvious terrorist and possibly delusional psychopath, but I just read through Joe Stack’s “manifesto” (posted in full by The Huffington Post, despite its being removed from his website by government officials), and I really have to wonder what was going through this guy’s …

February 20, 2010 – 3:58 pm | By Laura Roberts | Posted in Austin, Story Ideas | Tagged 1s and 0s, 9/11, Al Qaeda, Austin, blowing up buildings does not erase the debt record, computers, copies of copies, Fight Club, greed, hackers, hard drives, hero, Huffington Post, illegal acts, Iraq war veteran, IRS, Joe Stack, Joe Stack's no hero, ninja, NYC, patriot, Robin De Haven, selfishness, September 11, simian, software engineer, suicide bombing, suicide note, terrorist, Texas, treason, trouble with the government, violence isn't the answer, World Trade Center | Comments (0)

ChicStar brings hot fashions at affordable prices

Fashionistas among us undoubtedly already know about ChicStar.com, a website that offers budding fashion designers the chance to win money for their designs and even have them turned from paper dreams into reality. We not-quite-so-fashionable masses are just discovering their wares, but wow, am I impressed with their selections! Normally, I’m a pretty big jeans …

February 16, 2010 – 10:45 am | By Laura Roberts | Posted in Art & Design | Tagged art and design, Black Polka-Dot Stain Dress, budget style, ChicStar.com, fashionistas, hot dresses, jeans and t-shirts, Looks for Less: Top 10 Bargain Shops, retro fashion, Shoestring Magazine, Tina Kreider, up-and-coming designers | Comments (1)