This Small Town Life

• Story of the Week – Stories from The Strater Hotel
  

• Beer Break
  • Durango Brewing Co.’s 20th Anniversary Ale at Lady Falc’s, Belgian Wit, 8.5%
    

• This Week on the Internet
  • Palm Not Doing so Well, bad earnings and stock forcast, shares fell 29%
  • Google partners with Intel and Sony to develop GoogleTV, bring the web into the living room
  • Google/YouTube-Viacom Lawsuit Details Emerge
  • New Phones Sold With Old Version of Android
    
  • SXSWi Last Weekend
    • Location Wars, Foursquare and Gowalla nearly even. Lots of other services (Loopt, Whrrl, Brightkite, MyTown, Causeworld, Hot Potato, Plancast, Foodspotting). Twitter turns on Geolocation on their website. Facebook said to be getting into the location game soon.
    • Twitter announces @anywhere

• On the Small Town Media
  • The Telegraph has a story about possible changes to “boating” on the Animas River this summer.
  • Sixth Medicinal Marijuana Dispencary opens in Durango.
  • Mud Flow closes CR250. Video on the Herald’s Website and Youtube.
  • US Highway 160 West name change dropped amid confusion, expense
  • Wheatpastin’ The Rez

• Cool Stuff Going on This Week in Durango
  • Banff Mountain Film Festival Tonight, 7pm at Smiley Building
    

• Music: SXSW

1. Ezra Furman and the Harpoons – Take Off Your Sunglasses
2. The Bewitched Hands on the Top of our Heads – Work
3. Maren Parusel – Dear Love
4. Transfer – My Suspicions
5. The Lovely Eggs – Have You Ever Heard a Digital Accordian
6. Drive By Truckers – Santa Fe
7. Correatown – Play
8. Amplive – Gary is a Robot
9. Joey Ryan – Broken Headlights
10. Gringo Star – All Y’all
11. Lady Dottie and the Diamonds – I Ain’t Mad at Ya
12. Leslie and the Badgers – Old Timers
13. Tom Brosseau – Been True
14. Vadoinmessico – In Spain
15. The Happy Hollows – High Wire
16. Aerodrone – Ready to Love
17. Peter Wolf Crier – Untitles 101
    
18. Rafter – Fruit
19. Amber Rubarth – Edge of My Seat
20. Anamanaguchi – Blackout City

3/14/10

• Story of the Week – Women Artists for Women’s History Month
  

• Beer Moment
  
  • Dolores River Brewery
    
  • Main Street Brewery (Cortez)
  • According to the Brewers Association, in 2009 small and independent craft brewers saw sales dollars increase 10.3% and volume increase 7.2% over 2008, a growth of 613,992 barrels. Ska Brewing Co. did better than the average craft brewer last year, 2009 saw a 54% increase in dollar sales over 2008 and a 46% increase in volume.
    

• This Week on the Internet
  • Google Reader Play
    
  • Judge rules record label can’t sell Pink Floyd tracks individually without band permission.
    
  • Google Maps adds Bike Directions
  • Logorama – This year’s Academy Award Winner for Animated Shorts on iTunes
    

• On the Small Town Media
  • Amazon.com fires CO affiliates (good overview in the Herald today)
  • DOW Shoots Dog for Harrassing Elk
  • FBI arrests suspected bank robbers – allegedly robbed Band of the San Juans in Durango (March 26, 2008) and First National Bank in Bayfield (September 22, 2009). In Bayfield they escaped on ATV’s.
    

• Music: One Hit Wonders
  1. Crash Test Dummies – Mmm Mmm Mmm
  2. Better than Ezra – Good
  3. Liz Phair – Polyester Bride
  4. Nada Surf – Popular
  5. Veruca Salt – Volcano Girls
     
  6. Verve Pipe – The Freshman
  7. New Radicals – You Get What You Give
  8. Clap Your Hands and Say Yeah – The Skin of Your Yellow Country Teeth
     
  9. Lisa Loeb – Stay
  10. Harvey Danger – Flagpole Sitta
  11. Verve – Bittersweet Symphony
  12. Jill Sobule – I Kissed a Girl
  13. The Dandy Warhols – Bohemian Like You
  14. Marcy Playground – Sex and Candy
  15. Fiona Apple – Criminal
  16. Nappy Roots – Po’ Folks
  17. Phantom Planet – California
  18. Ben Kweller – Wasted and Ready