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		<title>Writing From The Lip: Politics</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 11:04:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Dearmore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Comedian Dave Little is the newest edition to the team here at Best of Texas. As one of the funniest guys around, he&#8217;ll pop on a couple of times a month to let us know what&#8217;s going through that brain of his. Here&#8217;s Dave&#8217;s first post for us. Enjoy&#8230; I am not interested in politics. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Any Driven Sunday &#8211; The Chameleon Nature of The Xterra.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jul 2011 17:41:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Muise</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the longest time I&#8217;ve been a little confused about how I feel about the Nissan Xterra. Perhaps that&#8217;s because it seems to be a little confused on its own. The first generation of Nissan’s small truck based SUV was introduced in 2000 in the midst of Nissan’s darkest period. Suffering through a full on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Going Vegan in Texas&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 10:28:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Dearmore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tired of the red meat are you? What&#8217;s that, you say? You&#8217;ve never tried meat? Interesting. Perhaps you, like English crooner Morrissey believe that Meat is Murder (Aside from naming one of his albums from his days with the Smiths Meat is Murder, he has famously stormed off of stages mid-set upon simply smelling some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Centro-matic&#8217;s Candidate for Record of the Year!</title>
		<link>http://blog.bestoftexas.com/austin/centro-matics-candidate-for-record-of-the-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 22:10:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Dearmore</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Paste]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For years now, Centro-matic, a band that began in Denton well over a decade ago, has been known as a prolific group that has risen to a rather lofty status in the world of American Indie-rock. Led by Will Johnson, now an Austinite, the band hasn&#8217;t yet put out a record that one would consider anything [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Lights at Night, Are Big &amp; Bright&#8230;In Marfa!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:37:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Dearmore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of weeks ago I mentioned how I really want to hit the Disc Golf course soon. It&#8217;s something I haven&#8217;t done before and Texas provides many an opportunity to do so. Well, here&#8217;s something else I want to do, but haven&#8217;t yet. Hit Marfa! The dry, West Texas town not too far from Big [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Texas Concert Preview: Dead Rider Arrives!</title>
		<link>http://blog.bestoftexas.com/austin/texas-concert-preview-dead-rider-arrives/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.bestoftexas.com/austin/texas-concert-preview-dead-rider-arrives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 23:51:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Dearmore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Look: I know that we can get very wordy here and get all kinds of crazy with trying to label artists and detail exactly what nice, neat little corner of the musical universe a song or album might fit into. No biggie, really. We all just want to understand music and know what something sounds [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Any Driven Sunday: GM Applies Itself&#8230;Finally</title>
		<link>http://blog.bestoftexas.com/best/any-driven-sunday-gm-applies-itself-finally/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.bestoftexas.com/best/any-driven-sunday-gm-applies-itself-finally/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:17:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Muise</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  For most of my life I&#8217;ve been familiar with the phrase “His potential is unlimited, if he would only apply himself.” Such was said about me while I was napping in Geography class, staring out the window in Math class and daydreaming in Biology lab. I heard it so much that it became like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Week&#8217;s Video Gold: Elbow&#8217;s ACL Intro</title>
		<link>http://blog.bestoftexas.com/austin/this-weeks-video-gold-elbows-acl-intro/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.bestoftexas.com/austin/this-weeks-video-gold-elbows-acl-intro/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 23:50:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Dearmore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Ok, I told you that in order to introduce you to all of the bands on this year&#8217;s ACL Fest bill, I would have to cheat a bit here and there. So, here&#8217;s a bit of a cheat as I use this week&#8217;s video post to slip in an extra (and non-Texan) preview/intro&#8230; Elbow, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We&#8217;re the Best of Texas Under 40!</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.bestoftexas.com/best/were-the-best-of-texas-under-40/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 11:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Dearmore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Look, we basically tell you what we think of ourselves with our URL. Yet again, we&#8217;ve got others that have no problem backing that lofty claim of ours up. Our founder and CEO, the lovely and not-yet 40 year-old Carrie Layne was honored and recognized this past week in a ceremony at the House of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GET BUZZED WITH MISS TEXAS!</title>
		<link>http://blog.bestoftexas.com/best/get-buzzed-with-miss-texas/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.bestoftexas.com/best/get-buzzed-with-miss-texas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2011 20:45:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Dearmore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the risk of sounding like a bit of a pig, it&#8217;s hardly a secret that our fine state is especially fine when it comes to the quality of our Lone Star ladies. By quality, I mean, looks. Really good looks, you know? Yes, the Miss Texas pagaent has a long, storied history of producing well-rounded queens [...]]]></description>
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