Basements are an often overlooked area of a home, frequently relegated to being storage areas for unused or seasonal items. However, these spaces hold immense potential, especially in cities like Austin, TX, where the sweltering summer heat can make a basement the coolest, most comfortable part of the house. A great idea is to transform your basement into a welcoming guest suite. This way, you can provide a relaxing retreat for visitors, offering them privacy and comfort away from the busier parts of the home. Here’s the bonus: when guests aren’t around, you can enjoy this cooler, secluded space yourself!
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U.S. Postal Service Introduces Ice Cream Scented Scratch-and-Sniff Stamps
Too Bad You Can’t Lick Them (Image Courtesy of the USPS)
The U.S. Postal Service’s first scratch-and-sniff stamps will add the sweet scent of summer to letters of love, friendship, party invitations and other mailings when the Postal Service introduces the Frozen Treats Forever Stamps on June 20th, 2018 in Austin, TX. The stamps can be pre-ordered at this Link soon for delivery shortly after the June 20th issuance.
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Video Clip of The Week: The Black Angels, “The Flop”
Choosing “The Flop” from Austin’s The Black Angels for today’s Video Clip of the Week was a no brainer, to say the least. The awesome clip, which meshes a live performance of the song with hypnotizing graphics, reminds me of an obscure tune from an under-loved 60s band that’s been used to great effect as the soundtrack for the drug / orgy scene from a Mario Bava film. If you know what I’m talking about, great; if not, it doesn’t matter.
“The Flop” comes from The Black Angel’s latest 7-track offering, Clear Lake Forest (on Blue Horizon) which enjoyed a limited vinyl release on Record Store Day, but is now available in a variety of formats, including 12″ clear vinyl, CD and digitally. Visit the band’s webstore at This Link. Enjoy!
Texas Is The Reason (For Bats)
Austin Gets Batty
Hey what’s up. I hope you missed me as much as I missed all of you. I just got back from spending a wonderful week having non-stop rad fun in south Texas with my sister, Keven (or in Espanol: “Quevan,” as I am now calling her). We basically wore ourselves to nubs being shameless tourists, but it was worth it. One of my favorite things we did together while in Texas was cruising out onto Austin’s LadyBird Lake close to sunset and watching 800,000 small bats fly out from under the Congress Avenue Bridge. Seriously, that was just insane. Anyway, Texas (San Antonio in particular) is awesome. You should go there for a vacation, and tell them I sent you.