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The Brooklyn-based (by way of Madison, WI) band Locksley is finding its way on to a lot of music fans' "have you heard this band" list. The band's ability to create what they call "pop songs in a garage band style" has created quite the buzz in the North American music scene.

Having had their songs used in two Payless Shoes commercial, one Cingular commercial, a video for the Starz movie channel and an MTV show has allowed the band the ability to stay independent - while pushing their profile much higher. here ...

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David Payne from Snowden wrote great recap of SXSW for KissAtlanta which is well worth the read: http://www.kissatlanta.com/blog/?p=553

Speaking of Atlanta, I personally am thrilled to see the success that Atlanta bands are having: Deerhunter, Snowden, All the Saints, Dylan ... continued success to you all.

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finally, rain to wash away some of the pollen. three of the past four days, the pollen count has been 5,300 or higher. and 100 is considered extreme.

that's exciting, right?

so, what about music ...

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We'll be posting an interview with Locksley later this week, so check it out.

Sorry to see the passing of Bud Melman of Letterman fame yesterday as well.

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a quick congrats to dave o'brien and the ajc.com braves/man in black blog for winning best blog for the cox newspaper chain. if you haven't check out his interview with us back in january of this year.

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Jena Malone is an artist. As an actress, she's been nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actress in Hope and was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award and a Screen Actors Guild award for her work in Bastard Out of Carolina.

She's starred in the critically acclaimed movies Saved!, Pride and Prejudice and Donnie Darko; co-produced (and starred) in American Girl; and this year, she'll appear in The Go-Getter and Four Last Songs. In 2006, she took to the Broadway stage and became a cast member in the Tony Award winning play Doubt.

Now, she's begun a recording career. here ...

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March 16, 2006, DeadJournalist.com launched as a single-paged Web site. The site was an idea that I had been tossing around for several years, but it took another year of not going to SXSW to launch the site. Within a month, I had posted the site's first interview with The High Violets.

Now, almost one year later, the site has gone through three design updates, added several sections and most importantly, conducted 42 artist interviews thus far. And tomorrow, DeadJournalist.com will celebrate with its 43rd interview Jena Malone, the award-winning actress who had begun a music career.

Over the past year, we've added several contributing writers from throughout the US. I'd like that thank everyone for their contributions.

While year one has exceeded my expectations (I'm proud of what we've accomplished) I want the next year to be even better. But for now, happy birthday to us. And thanks for reading.

Chuck

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About once a year, I'd get hit with complete bordom of music. I could care less about it. Then, last year, it hit me twice. Now, for the second time this year, it's hit me hard again. (Note: I would totally play the new Hillary Duff track, and everyone would dance their ass of to it.) Anyway, sitting on my desk right now are dozens of unopened CDs. Boris, Bloc Party, Cold War Kids, Of Montreal, !!!, and about 20 more. Unopened. I have been thinking that any time now, I'd get the bug again. So far, nothing.

If you've tried cranking a lawnmower or chainsaw that just won't crank, you know exactly how I feel.

Labels: bloc party, bored of music, boris, chk chk chk, cold war kids, hillary duff, of montreal

something big. something soon. stay tuned.