Send the kids to Texas

There’s a lot of people trying to make it as musicians and I support all of them. But actually I don’t. I mean, you can’t buy everything.

But in this one case, I am putting my money where my mouth is. The Snaz is Brattleboro’s hottest teen indie rock band. Actually I think they’re a lot better than that, and they have this crazy chance to take their act on the road to the SXSW festival in Austin, after winning a New England-wide competition. And one of their moms works for my wife….

They have a focus I wish I’d had at that age: maybe they’ll make it. Even if they don’t stay together, since bands don’t stay together, they’re still really good really talented kids, and they should get to have this trip.

They’ve got a Kickstarter campaign underway and I just backed them and I hope you will too…

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/554150628/the-snaz-to-sxsw

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This is a wonderful story, and neat that it has been picked up nationally. It’s also one that makes me say “hmmm” … maybe I’m investing wrong. Dummerston is the next town over, and the hospital and library are both in Brattleboro. It’s the biggest gift either institution has ever received.

update 2/25/15: And I’m so sorry I missed “word-burning stove” and promise to do better in future. Just goes to show that big money can blind you to what’s important.

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The estimates are in: half a million plus or minus to deal with this collapsing retaining wall. Ugh.

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Snow in the parking lot at Vermont Circuits, which closed late last year. One of Brattleboro’s only high-tech employers, with as many as 50 employees at times, their presence will be missed.

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Bikes in front of the Co-op usually represent an unknowable blend of poverty, eco-consciousness and suspended driving privileges. This week, though, it just means you ain’t going nowhere.

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We have seen the future and it was a lot like the present only faster

An ungodly hegemony of Starbucks, USA today, and Amazon has been created to deliver us the news five hours before it actually happens. I suspect they are doing this with stealth drones, but of course I can’t prove it…

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In Vermont, it’s OK to use duct tape to keep the snow out of your favorite shoes that you won’t throw away.

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