Mark’s blog Vox 2008-01-04T17:39:52Z Mark http://xanadistic.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00cdf7e37f6d094f/tags/2007/ How random can you get? Barack Obama's Victory Speech in Iowa tag:vox.com,2008-01-04:asset-6a00cdf7e37f6d094f00e398ce8f4f0001 2008-01-04T06:06:35Z 2008-01-04T17:39:52Z Mark http://xanadistic.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I am usually very apolitical, but I really liked Obama's win in Iowa tonight (well, I guess it is early Friday morning as I type this, but you know what I mean). I thought his speech was really good. I watched it on CNN and actually got chills wat...

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]]> An M.I.A. Birthday tag:vox.com,2007-11-06:asset-6a00cdf7e37f6d094f00e398baad760004 2007-11-06T03:46:36Z 2007-11-07T20:57:57Z Mark http://xanadistic.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

M.I.A. signing stuff at Borders in Austin, TX Mark and M.I.A. at Borders bookstore in Austin, TX on 11-3-2007 Signed kala cd front Signed kala cd back M.I.A. performing "Bamboo Banga" in Austin M.I.A. - Bamboo Banga at Hogg Auditorium M.I.A. at Hogg Auditorium in Austin, TX World Town Rye Rye 2 Pull Up The People Jimmy Bamboo Banga 3 Bamboo Banga 2 20 Dollar 2

Well, I have posted these pictures and videos in various ways on the internet already, but I might as well organize it all here. I went to Borders in Austin, TX on my 30th birthday (11/3/2007) to see M.I.A. signing CDs. I actually got there way be...

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]]> Austin photos tag:vox.com,2007-10-27:asset-6a00cdf7e37f6d094f00e398b70b640001 2007-10-27T05:03:16Z 2007-10-27T05:06:16Z Mark http://xanadistic.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Fountain at Town Lake Park View of downtown Austin from Town Lake Park 360 building in downtown Austin View of downtown Austin from Town Lake Park at dusk Plant with red berries at Mt. Bonnell View of houses from Mt. Bonnell View of houses from Mt. Bonnell View of downtown Austin from Mt. Bonnell View of downtown Austin from pedestrian bridge Mansfield Dam 620 near Mansfield Dam Lake Travis Lake Travis

Here are some of the photos I have taken of Austin in the last two weeks ... The above photos were taken at Town Lake Park (or maybe it will be called Ladybird Lake Park one of these days) on October 7, 2007. The park is very new. There were wat...

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]]> Video of M.I.A. performing "Paper Planes" on Late Show with David Letterman tag:vox.com,2007-09-17:asset-6a00cdf7e37f6d094f00e398a939850001 2007-09-17T00:18:15Z 2007-09-17T00:18:15Z Mark http://xanadistic.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Here is the video of M.I.A.'s less than great performance of "Paper Planes" on David Letterman (9-13-2007). She had to take out the loud gunshots from her song, and I think her heart wasn't in the performance because of this censorship. Thanks a l...

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]]> M.I.A. on Perez Hilton's 2007 VMAs show on VH1 tag:vox.com,2007-09-16:asset-6a00cdf7e37f6d094f00e398a938160005 2007-09-16T15:41:00Z 2007-09-16T15:41:01Z Mark http://xanadistic.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

M.I.A. on Perez Hilton's 2007 VMAs show on VH1

The quality of this video is very bad because I used my digital camera (Canon PowerShot SD750) to record the segment this morning off of TV. I know some people know how to hook their TV up to the computer to capture flawless video quality, but I h...

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]]> Little City Tunes tag:vox.com,2007-07-05:asset-6a00cdf7e37f6d094f00d41444b3dc685e 2007-07-05T22:27:07Z 2007-07-05T22:30:44Z Mark http://xanadistic.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

01 The Letter Butterfly Collector 01 And I Love Him 06 Alone Again (Naturally) IMG_0764 IMG_0767 IMG_0770 IMG_0780 IMG_0782 IMG_0794 Fireworks in Austin, TX on 7-4-2007

My friend and I went to Little City, a nice coffee place in downtown Austin, last Sunday. I really liked the music they were playing. Here are the songs ... The more I listened to this song, the more it reminded me of another song. I finally fig...

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