Yayyyy! Mraz is back! And he’s coming back in the perfect way. Starting off with a very beachy video shot in Hawaii. It’s so laid back cool, he doesn’t just stand there and sing into the camera. Toca even makes an appearance at the end!
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Here’s everything I didn’t get to cover on the ol’ Treo:
- I did get to see R.E.M. They played pretty much all new stuff. Wasn’t spectacular, but wasn’t terrible. Other shows I didn’t get to cover: The Stills (their new singer is terrible) and Chromeo (lots of fun)
- My photocopy passport did end up working [...]

12:10 am - Phantom Planet rules (seriously, don’t judge til you’ve seen them live) and Spinto Band drools.
10:25 pm - The sound guy at The Wave just majorly f’d up Low vs. Diamond’s set. Luckily they saved it. Nice job boys.
9:10 pm - Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong sound very british. That’s all [...]

6:25 pm - Yael Naim is so charming and has such a great voice. So great that you don’t care when she’s singing in another language.
6:10 pm - The line for Santogold was suuuuper long. So we left. Then we took a pedicab 1 block. We’ve reached a new low here at sxsw.
5:35 pm - [...]

1:40 am - N.E.R.D. has a lot of people on stage. And I just got my second wind. Maybe I need to go back and find that party train
10:50 pm - There’s a party train on 6th street complete with laptop beats. Woooo!
10:30 pm - “Electric Feel” is the shit and will be [...]

6:25 pm - Bad idea to leave Fader earlier. There’s a huge line since Duffy’s on at 7 and I’m listening to the Stills from outside
6:00 pm - Darn… she went on early and I missed her I will see her before the week is done. Mark my words. Back to Fader…
5:45 [...]

4:30 pm - Sitting in on the panel about music as a subscription and just heard this stat. 48.5% of the music sold at stores like walmart comes from the top 100 artists. 33% of the music sold at itunes comes from the top 100 artists. And that number for peer to peer is 28%. [...]

10:45 pm - Dead Confederate. Fuck. Yeah. … Realizing my ID is missing and my phone’s about to die? Not so cool…
9:15 pm - Jonathan Rice sounds so sweet And I’m loving Stubb’s. Thinking I might just stay all night. Eat some dinner. See Dead Confederate (yay!) and then possibly stay for REM…
8:35 pm [...]

This video kind of creeps me out, but I like the song.
I’m in Austin for SXSW. This is the most you’re gonna get until the shows start tomorrow
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Honestly, I’m shocking myself right now by posting this. Ashanti? Really? Well, she’s made a killer video (no pun intended… eeks) to go along with a hot track that doesn’t make me want to poke my eyeballs out. She is mounting a comeback in all the right ways. I’ve heard this video is banned from [...]