Doug Freeman
@dmfreeman.bsky.social
Science/Tech Marketing @JonesDilworth; Music critic @AustinChronicle; editor @ATXChronthology; advisor @NanoSafe, @archmission, @projectatx6
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OK, posting this again because of the deluge of misinformation out there. SXSW IS NOT GETTING RID OF THE MUSIC FESTIVAL AND CONFERENCE. www.austinchronicle.com/daily/sxsw/2...
South by Southwest 2026 Reduces to Seven Days
Rolling format ends as fest adapts to life with no convention center
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March 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
OK, posting this again because of the deluge of misinformation out there. SXSW IS NOT GETTING RID OF THE MUSIC FESTIVAL AND CONFERENCE. www.austinchronicle.com/daily/sxsw/2...
Next week I'm heading to Fairbanks to (hopefully) experience the Northern Lights. So I wrote about why need awe, maybe now more than ever, and how we might harness it to tell better stories about the science all around us. superposition.beehiiv.com/p/superposit...
Superposition Vol 1.3
Dispatches from the intersection of science, technology, and design. In Praise (and Search) of Awe.
superposition.beehiiv.com
February 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Next week I'm heading to Fairbanks to (hopefully) experience the Northern Lights. So I wrote about why need awe, maybe now more than ever, and how we might harness it to tell better stories about the science all around us. superposition.beehiiv.com/p/superposit...
Nicole Hale has her debut album release - "Some Kind of Longing" - tonight at Chess Club (with Thor Harris and Little Mazarn in her band). "Hale’s songwriting wraps a warmness around her longing that makes it feel more sentimental than aching." www.austinchronicle.com/events/music...
Nicole Hale (record release), Bill Baird
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January 31, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Nicole Hale has her debut album release - "Some Kind of Longing" - tonight at Chess Club (with Thor Harris and Little Mazarn in her band). "Hale’s songwriting wraps a warmness around her longing that makes it feel more sentimental than aching." www.austinchronicle.com/events/music...
Earlier this month we relaunched @thesuperposition.bsky.social, our @jdinc.bsky.social newsletter exploring communications at the intersection of science, tech and design. We published our second issue this week and you should check it out and sign up! superposition.beehiiv.com/p/superposit...
Superposition 1.2: Science Communications in the Trump Era
Navigating the Storm. Dispatches from the intersection of science, technology, and design.
superposition.beehiiv.com
January 31, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Earlier this month we relaunched @thesuperposition.bsky.social, our @jdinc.bsky.social newsletter exploring communications at the intersection of science, tech and design. We published our second issue this week and you should check it out and sign up! superposition.beehiiv.com/p/superposit...
Voting closes for the @austinchronicle.bsky.social's Austin Music Awards on Monday, so get your votes in for the best in local music over the past year! vote.austinchronicle.com
The 2024-2025 Austin Music Awards
The 2024-2025 Austin Music Awards
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January 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Voting closes for the @austinchronicle.bsky.social's Austin Music Awards on Monday, so get your votes in for the best in local music over the past year! vote.austinchronicle.com
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We're excited to relaunch our Superposition newsletter, where we'll be digging into all angles and issues of science design and communications, and generally just exploring the weird and crazy and mind-blowing world around us. Sign up and follow along: superposition.beehiiv.com/p/superposit...
Superposition Vol. 1.1
Of Brain Rot and Enshittification
superposition.beehiiv.com
January 15, 2025 at 10:20 PM
We're excited to relaunch our Superposition newsletter, where we'll be digging into all angles and issues of science design and communications, and generally just exploring the weird and crazy and mind-blowing world around us. Sign up and follow along: superposition.beehiiv.com/p/superposit...
Hayes Carll and Band of Heathens teamed up for an album together, and (unsurprisingly) it's pretty dang good. Our @austinchronicle.bsky.social review: www.austinchronicle.com/music/2025-0...
Album Review: Hayes & the Heathens
Hayes Carll and the Band of Heathens capture Southern-fried synergy
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January 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Hayes Carll and Band of Heathens teamed up for an album together, and (unsurprisingly) it's pretty dang good. Our @austinchronicle.bsky.social review: www.austinchronicle.com/music/2025-0...
“Chris Acker winds poetry from the most mundane moments, a tally of life’s small wins and losses accumulating into a credit of joy in the moment with the abundance of life around him” Tonight at the Hole in the Wall with Little Mazarn and Jon Dee Graham: www.austinchronicle.com/events/music...
Little Mazarn, Chris Acker, Sentimental Family Band
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January 4, 2025 at 7:30 PM
“Chris Acker winds poetry from the most mundane moments, a tally of life’s small wins and losses accumulating into a credit of joy in the moment with the abundance of life around him” Tonight at the Hole in the Wall with Little Mazarn and Jon Dee Graham: www.austinchronicle.com/events/music...
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Vote now for your favorite bands, albums, musicians, venues, and more. vote.austinchronicle.com
January 3, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Vote now for your favorite bands, albums, musicians, venues, and more. vote.austinchronicle.com
A look at the new team and location for @waterloorecords.bsky.social, moving up the street in time for SXSW in this week's @austinchronicle.bsky.social. Raoul digs in with the new ownership and vision for reigniting the iconic Austin record store: www.austinchronicle.com/music/2025-0...
Waterloo Records Founder John Kunz Saves His 42-Year-Old Baby – By Selling It
With new partners in tow, the pioneering record store moves up Lamar
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January 2, 2025 at 2:37 PM
A look at the new team and location for @waterloorecords.bsky.social, moving up the street in time for SXSW in this week's @austinchronicle.bsky.social. Raoul digs in with the new ownership and vision for reigniting the iconic Austin record store: www.austinchronicle.com/music/2025-0...
Thoughtful piece from @dansolomon.com on the state of country music today. I feel there is still a lot to be reckoned with in this moment for Country and especially Americana, but agree with the idea it’s not a binary “is it country” question anymore
December 28, 2024 at 3:01 AM
Thoughtful piece from @dansolomon.com on the state of country music today. I feel there is still a lot to be reckoned with in this moment for Country and especially Americana, but agree with the idea it’s not a binary “is it country” question anymore
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For years, the public has called them "fake artists." But internally at Spotify, the program has a name: Perfect Fit Content. My investigation, and the first look into my book Mood Machine, is the January cover at @harpers.bsky.social. Online now & on newsstands next week
harpers.org/archive/2025...
harpers.org/archive/2025...
December 18, 2024 at 7:58 PM
For years, the public has called them "fake artists." But internally at Spotify, the program has a name: Perfect Fit Content. My investigation, and the first look into my book Mood Machine, is the January cover at @harpers.bsky.social. Online now & on newsstands next week
harpers.org/archive/2025...
harpers.org/archive/2025...
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ALBUM REVIEW: Onetime Austinite conjures Seventies garage rock on dozenth LP.
Album Review: White Denim, 12
Onetime Austinite conjures Seventies garage rock on dozenth LP
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December 8, 2024 at 12:22 AM
ALBUM REVIEW: Onetime Austinite conjures Seventies garage rock on dozenth LP.
The magical Wizard Rodeo of psychedelic, roots, and outsider sounds is going down today - moved the Long Time to Sam’s Town Point due to weather: www.austinchronicle.com/events/music...
MOVED FROM THE LONG TIME:Wizard Rodeo 4 w/ Nina Nastasia, Will Johnson & Wire Mountain, Little Mazarn, Garrett T. Capps & NASA Country, more
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December 7, 2024 at 7:06 PM
The magical Wizard Rodeo of psychedelic, roots, and outsider sounds is going down today - moved the Long Time to Sam’s Town Point due to weather: www.austinchronicle.com/events/music...
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Today at 5:00!
I’m playing an in store at Waterloo Records Dec. 5 at 5:00! Come on down and do some Xmas shopping while I serenade you!
December 5, 2024 at 7:05 PM
Today at 5:00!
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My friend just retired as the literary curator of the Wittliff Collections at Texas State University in San Marcos, and they're looking for his replacement. This is a sweeeeet job. For one, you'd be in charge of Cormac McCarthy's papers. I told you it was sweet.
jobs.hr.txstate.edu/postings/50230
jobs.hr.txstate.edu/postings/50230
Literary Curator, Wittliff Collections
The Wittliff Collections at Texas State University is seeking a Literary Curator to collect, preserve, and present the literary heritage of Texas and the Southwest through its major writers. Reporting...
jobs.hr.txstate.edu
December 5, 2024 at 1:47 PM
My friend just retired as the literary curator of the Wittliff Collections at Texas State University in San Marcos, and they're looking for his replacement. This is a sweeeeet job. For one, you'd be in charge of Cormac McCarthy's papers. I told you it was sweet.
jobs.hr.txstate.edu/postings/50230
jobs.hr.txstate.edu/postings/50230
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Starter pack for Austin, Texas.
December 4, 2024 at 3:01 AM
Starter pack for Austin, Texas.
Absolute banger of a newsletter this month from @mastroianni.bsky.social. If you're not following his substack, you're really missing out: substack.com/home/post/p-...
The Anarchist and the Hockey Stick
OR: "The Inquisition was right"
substack.com
December 3, 2024 at 4:59 PM
Absolute banger of a newsletter this month from @mastroianni.bsky.social. If you're not following his substack, you're really missing out: substack.com/home/post/p-...
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IT'S BEST LIST SEASON B*&CHES! NPR Music's albums list has the best blurbs, the most variety, the most expansive energy. CHECK IT OUT www.npr.org/2024/12/02/g...
The 50 Best Albums Of 2024
You can't always know that it's a great year for new music while it's happening, but there was a sense from the very start of 2024 that we were in for a ride.
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December 2, 2024 at 6:27 PM
IT'S BEST LIST SEASON B*&CHES! NPR Music's albums list has the best blurbs, the most variety, the most expansive energy. CHECK IT OUT www.npr.org/2024/12/02/g...
David Ramirez returns with new music tonight at the Paramount: “David Ramirez writes from the muddled undercurrents of the soul. It’s a murky place, but in the churning confusion, a beauty mixes with the brutality.” www.austinchronicle.com/events/music...
David Ramirez, Jon Muq
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November 30, 2024 at 7:54 PM
David Ramirez returns with new music tonight at the Paramount: “David Ramirez writes from the muddled undercurrents of the soul. It’s a murky place, but in the churning confusion, a beauty mixes with the brutality.” www.austinchronicle.com/events/music...
Sad to hear that we lost Toni Price. She was always such a joy on Austin stages www.austinchronicle.com/daily/music/...
Singer Toni Price, a Mainstay on Austin Stages, Has Died
Austin Music Hall of Famer passes away following a brain aneurysm
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November 23, 2024 at 2:39 PM
Sad to hear that we lost Toni Price. She was always such a joy on Austin stages www.austinchronicle.com/daily/music/...
“Graham Weber writes songs that hinge on the subtlest of details, entire emotional novels packed into seemingly simple scenes.” Weber’s releasing his first solo LP in a decade tonight at the Continental Club Gallery: www.austinchronicle.com/events/music...
Graham Weber (album release)
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November 22, 2024 at 10:45 PM
“Graham Weber writes songs that hinge on the subtlest of details, entire emotional novels packed into seemingly simple scenes.” Weber’s releasing his first solo LP in a decade tonight at the Continental Club Gallery: www.austinchronicle.com/events/music...
Last night’s 50th anniversary celebration taping for Austin City Limits was as epic as it should have been. Also, this show poster is adorable
November 22, 2024 at 3:11 PM
Last night’s 50th anniversary celebration taping for Austin City Limits was as epic as it should have been. Also, this show poster is adorable
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Hayden Pedigo :: Live in Amarillo, Texas
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Hayden Pedigo is from Amarillo and he pledges his loyalty to the place at the top of his new live album, Live in Amarillo, TX. Recorded on-stage at The Amarillo Globe News Center just a few days shy of Christmas in 2023
Hayden Pedigo : Live in Amarillo, Texas : Aquarium Drunkard
Hayden Pedigo is from Amarillo and he pledges his loyalty to the place at the top of his new live album, Live in Amarillo, Texas. Recorded on-stage at The Amarillo Globe News Center just a few days sh...
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November 20, 2024 at 3:37 AM
Hayden Pedigo :: Live in Amarillo, Texas
aquariumdrunkard.com/2024/10/24/h...
Hayden Pedigo is from Amarillo and he pledges his loyalty to the place at the top of his new live album, Live in Amarillo, TX. Recorded on-stage at The Amarillo Globe News Center just a few days shy of Christmas in 2023