Do you enjoy rocking, whining, consuming and putting links all over the damn place? Well, why not write for us?
We’re looking for contributors. Let us know if you’re interested by e-mailing us at hwy61revised @ gmail dot com.
You won’t get any money, but you will receive a wonderful pastiche of smugness and pretension.
Just a friendly reminder to those who do RSS that we’ve switched our feed http://feeds.feedburner.com/Highway61 . We suggest you make the switch as well, since this feed is designed to fit your reader.
For those of you who don’t, RSS is a great way to keep up with Highway 61; it’s Saint Louis on your schedule. Just turn it on, and it’ll let you know when we update, whenver you want to know. Your needn’t even view this site anymore (or course we like it when you do). It’s just that simple, real sydication that is.
For those of you who do the RSS thing, might we suggest using our new, improved feed. Better yet, add Highway 61 to your RSS reader of choice with a single click. This new feed will look more like our site and will let you pass along good stories to your friends on Facebook, via e-mail, or with your social bookmarking tool of choice. Of course you’ll still be able to use your existing feed from the site, but this feed will work with more RSS readers. It’ll give you the update and we’ll keep you up to date.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/Highway61
If you don’t use RSS, or don’t know what it is, here are a few reasons why you might be interested. And what better way to start off then with this blog? It’s just real simple (syndication).
Hwy 61 revised at gmail dot com
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Save a tree - vote online for the Riverfront Times 30th (or XXX by their suggestion) annual Reader’s Poll. Because dead tree ballots tend to spoil, and because dead trees down power lines. Also, because we feel guilty picking up paper copies.
With the keen awareness that many of our regular readers write their own blog, we thought we might make a subtle suggestion since “Best Blog” is prominently featured as the first consideration in this year’s poll. Just remember who sent ya…
With a bulletin board that looks like this, no wonder this blog might fall behind in sharing the best shows, events, and nouns around town (see previous post for details). It’s hard enough to filter through the flyers to find something worthwhile, much less stumble across the right dead-tree media. It’s easy to understand why kids in the county don’t know what’s going on in the city, and vice versa. To say nothing about the uselessness that MySpace has become in spite of it’s ubiquity (browsing through the same profiles with the same regularity of routine around your neighborhood).
Fortunately this medium gives us the opportunity to do something about it ourselves. Thanks to technology we can cast the widest net, while delivering the specific content people are searching for. For instance, if I wanted to announce an event, let’s say a Blog Party, I could publish an article, list an event others can add to their calendar, and let people invite their friends within my control. In that same process, I have created driving directions, made a collective photo album, and helped set up the next activity. And we can’t say enough about The Circuit, which gives us the local community connection that other Social Networks have lost. Which helps make sure people don’t just hear about your event, but actually helping you make sure they show up for it. Oh, and then published pieces like this are made after we find out about your concert/show/venue/store/blog/etc…
Highway 61 (revised) is not just a blog, so much as it is a community that brings attention to worthwhile people and places. We use social bookmarks to share the news we find, pool photos that inspire us, tune each other in to good tunes, keep each other up to date on events, and put Saint Louis back on the map. Occasionally, we publicly post articles to make sure that word is spread, but with your help it could be much more…
If you are interested in becoming a contributor/author to Highway 61 (revised), we’re interested in helping your voice be heard. So far we’ve used our multiple contributor format share different perspectives and earn readers with regular updates. Since you’re appearantly among that audience, you probably have a good idea what we’re about. So if you’re still interested in becoming a contributor to our blog, please contact us either via The Circuit or myself directly @ skewgee at yahoo dot com. And check back here soon for an announcement you’d probably expect as the first thing we’d be working on…
Full disclosure: I used one of those kids mumbling that “there’s nothing to do in this town”. I am proud I can now be counted among the cheerleaders of this city and give dirty looks to its detractors. In the short span of time I’ve been writing this blog, I have collected a list of things to do long enough that I cannot attend so much as half of the events I recommend, much less write about them. As a result I have collected a backlog of Upcoming events in the calendar, which I am now compelled to list in a digest format to make sure you know about them too. Each of them still warrant a post of their own, but this will have to suffice. So if you find the time to make it out this weekend, here’s some cool shit to do:
And did we mention our party this Friday evening, August 24th? Oh yeah, we posted about that already. Well since “nothing is going on around here these days”, we’re sure you’ll drop by. Or at least for the after-party.
Hey there, kiddos! Back to school blues got you down? No worries. Come celebrate the end of summer at the Highway 61 Revised Season One Wrap Party.
It’s been a whole season of posts for us and we’re celebrating with pizza at the Imo’s on Spring and Delor. Here’s a map.
The celebration starts this Friday, August 24th at 7:30 and goes until question mark. There will be fiery discussion and possibly free pizza.
Matthew and I will be there, along with a few frequent comment posters.
All are welcome to come.
Although I wouldn’t want to detract from the groundbreaking work of Highway 61 contributor/resident frozen desert theoretician Gabe Bullard, I must ask: “Does anyone want coffee with their dessert?” While we have you over for Sunday dinner tonight, we thought we share some more appetizers and pass some links your way. In other words, here’s some more links with your coffee.
We’re throwing away our vote, and leaving it up to you to find the political commentary you need online. Consider this our friendly reminder that Highway 61 will remain (relatively) apolitical in our coverage in things that don’t suck. Sometimes things that are happening might have cultural impact, but we suspect that if you’re interested in these subjects you know where to read about them online and off. We already do, so this will remain our pledge not to throw away your vote of support by steering clear of politics in our blog.
