A Manly Guide to this Year’s Austin City Limits Festival

We don’t like to write much about the “other” festivals in Texas, seeing as they are rendered insignificant in the shadow of the great Texas Testosterone Festival, but we’re excited for this year’s Austin City Limits Festival despite ourselves. Seeing as The Texas Testosterone Festival had no live music, and ACL is barely manly, we figure it’s safe to make some recommendations for those looking for a weekend of great music that won’t wuss them out.

Friday, October 2

We’ll be arriving late, picking up the kid from school, so we’ll miss Asleep at the Wheel but hope to luck out enough to make it to see

3:30-4:30 The Walkmen at Xbox 360 Stage “The Rat”

4:30-5:30 Coheed and Cambria at Livestrong Stage “The Suffering”

6:30-7:30 Thievery Corporation at Livestrong Stage “The Richest Man in Babylon”

By then, the kid will certainly be ready to go home. But if not, Andrew Bird and Kings of Leon might wussify the day too much but will beat out the other options. Note: our friends over at Rushmonkeys.com also recommend Dr. Dog and Milkshake.

Saturday, October 3

We’re going to spend the early afternoon in the Austin Kiddie Limits area watching Quinn Sullivan and Secret Agent 23 Skidoo while dreaming of how great Coheed and Cambria were the day before and then will venture into the masses to check out

3:00-4:00 Grizzly Bear at Dell Stage “While You Wait For the Others” (slightly wussy)

4:00-5:00 Flogging Molly at AMD Stage “Drunken Lullabies” (not wussy at all)

5:00-6:00 …And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead at Xbox 360 Stage “Relative Ways”

5:30-6:30 Eek-A-Mouse at WFC Stage “Black Cowboy”

By then, the kid will be ready to go home and we’ll find it easy to resist the temptation to check out The Decemberists because, although great, they are wussies and Ghostland Observatory is absolutely atrocious.

Sunday, October 4

Austin City Limits will be Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears’ coming out party. Gentlemen, they’re gritty, raucous soul with a horn section Tom Jones should be jealous of. The manly breakout of 2009 will be the first set you check out on Sunday.

12:30-1:15 Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears at AMD Stage “Sugarfoot”

1:20-2:00 David Garza at Austin Ventures Stage “D’yer Mak’er”

2:00-3:00 Clutch at Livestrong Stage “Escape From the Prison Planet” (further evidence Sunday is the best of the three days of the ACL Festival, they may be more deserving of an ACL stage than anyone short of Coheed and Cambria.)

3:30-4:00 Paul Green School of Rock at Austin Kiddie Limits “Black Dog”

4:45-5:30 Brett Dennen at Austin Ventures Stage “Make You Crazy”

6:00-7:00 Ben Harper and Relentless 7 at AMD Stage “Under Pressure”

And keep in mind, for those bands that are wusses, at least the chicks in the crowd will be hot. So… there’s that.

Sporting News Radio Launches Next Gen Fantasy Football Content

Ladd Biro will once again be bringing his expert take on the Fantasy Football world when he launches his new Sporting News Radio show August 28th. We were honored to have Ladd Biro, the preeminent voice in Fantasy Football today, lend his expertise to our Mock Fantasy Football draft here at the 2009 Texas Testosterone Festival last weekend.

From the press release: ““Sporting News Radio Fantasy Source” launches August 28 and will be cleared on Sporting News Radio’s network of terrestrial affiliates.  Content will also be streamed, podcast, and distributed on the network’s digital partners, UpSnap and GoTo.”

Mark your calendars. Every Friday 7P/8P starting August 28th.

Fantasy Football - Worth the Risk? 4for4.com Guest Blog

Fantasy Football - Worth The Risk?

The Hot Stove Blog at 4for4.com

August 2, 2009

For those of you new to the Hot Stove world, we look at fantasy differently here. As has been our mantra, we encourage interaction and it is your responses that keep us stoked. Think of us as your neighborhood tavern, and as the media tells us that we are not getting out as much these days, we’ll do our part to keep you engaged.

RYAN GRANT – POSTER BOY FOR 80%?

NFL news trickling out now has the requisite stuff that clubs wish for us to accept, and we feel particularly annoyed that the Packers now tell us that front liner RB Ryan Grant, was, in fact, limited through out the ’08 campaign with a hamstring injury, sustained shortly after returning from a pre-season hold out. The severity was news to us; it took a few weeks to realize that what we drafted as a sleeper #1 turned out to be a weak #3, with a pathetic TWO plays over 20 yards all season. Probably took one week for club DCs to notice; why do you think QB Rodgers “struggled” somewhat last season? We now are expected to accept that Grant will be fine –don’t think about what we didn’t say last year, OK?—and the next time I read that an attack player is “80%” healthy, I want to throw up.

INJURIES YOU NEED TO WATCH

2009 Players on our injury BS watch list include:

QB: Brady (NE),
Palmer (CIN),
Hasselbeck (SEA),
Anderson (CLE)

RB: Addai (IND),
Barber (DAL),
Forte (CHI),
Westbrook (dang it!) (PHI),
LT (SD)

WR: Colston (double dang!) (NO),
Branch (SEA),
Marshall (DEN),
Avery (STL)

Speaking of Brandon Marshall, we see that the WR divas are in full stride, so to speak, with nearly half of the 2009 Pro Bowler WRs in some kind of angst, usually involving money or attention. Boldin (ARI), a Stove-admired warrior but a diva by definition here, and White (ATL), join Marshall in the annual WR-thinking-they-are-the-show-and-want-to-get-paid-for-it parade. Making the Pro Bowl apparently does this to you. But divas beware; former recent ‘Bowler WRs will be jettisoned without remorse. Just look at Owens(BUF), Holt (JAC) and Harrison (F/A), banished to foreign or obscure outposts. Once the NFL exports to Canada, Germany, Mexico, Argentina, or worse (San Antonio? only joking) – with BUF and JAC first in line to move, they’ll really have their Siberia firmly in place for these guys.

The Stove Cool Link Feature:

http://www.lariotsquad.org/

Also speaking of injuries, divas, and annoying hypocrisy, we have the embodiment of all in one package, namely, futbol’s David Beckham, reacting petulantly to the LA Riot Squad’s really mean words last week. Those Yanks just don’t get the sports celebrity thing, do
they?

Stove Kudos to….

Kick ass competitor Michael Phelps, who dissed diva Milorad “I’m an Animal of Emotion” Cavic in the World’s 100-fly this weekend. Cavic offered to buy Phelps one of his really cool looking X-Glides to level the field days before the race. Phelps didn’t need it. Stud.

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For more from Joe and for some of the best Fantasy Football Information and Analysis you’ll find on the planet, visit http://www.4for4.com

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Representing 4for4.com during the Expert Fantasy Football Mock Draft at The Texas Testosterone Festival on Saturday, August 15 will be Jeff Owens. For more information on the amazing panel line-up please visit this link and then go get your credit card so you can buy a few tickets for Saturday in advance (that is, unless all your friends are in your Fantasy Football league, in which case you should tell them the Mock Draft is on SUNDAY).

Expert Fantasy Football Mock Draft Panel Announced - By Robot

We’re too busy to make the announcement ourselves, so we got a robot to do it.

Put a Testosterone Festival Banner On Your Blog…

(Or Myspace, or Facebook, or webpage, or whatever.) Four banners to choose from. Copy and paste the html code to where you copy and paste that sort of thing. Any problems? Call your favorite nerd.

120×240	Include the following text: <a href=”http://www.TexasTestosteroneFestival.com”><img src=”http://www.texastestosteronefestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/ttf_120×240_vertical-banner.jpg”></img></a>
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468×60	Include the following text: <a href=”http://www.TexasTestosteroneFestival.com”><img src-”http://www.texastestosteronefestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/ttf_468×60_full-banner.jpg”></img></a>

iPhone apps for men

Our friends over at AT&T just put together this great list of iPhone apps perfect for men (and/or aspiring men):

Football scores up to the minute

http://www.apple.com/webapps/sports/livescore.html

mCaddie Golf ScoreCard

http://www.apple.com/webapps/sports/mcaddiegolfscorecard.html

March Madness bracket-maker

http://www.apple.com/webapps/sports/madnesspicks.html

Daily Sports Calendar

http://www.apple.com/webapps/sports/thedailysportscalendar.html

Bad Pick Up Line Generator

http://www.apple.com/webapps/entertainment/badpickuplinesgenerator.html

iCrash- Mobile stream of police scene accident photos

http://www.apple.com/webapps/entertainment/icrash.html

PocketBar – Mobile Cocktail Recipes

http://www.apple.com/webapps/entertainment/pocketbarmobilecocktailrecipesfortheiphone.html

Our favorites, of course are the Bad Pick Up Line Generator (brilliant) and the iCrash. Honorable mention goes to the mCaddie which is the most useful one of the bunch except that I’m not sure who’s golfing for pleasure in Texas in temperatures hot enough to light their cigar.

Tickets to The Testosterone Festival are on sale now

The wait is nearly over. Stepping on the moon was one small step for MAN but The Texas Testosterone Festival is one giant leap for MANKIND. Buy your advance tickets right now and buy a bunch. They’re only $6 (plus $1.14 service charge) - CHEAP! Click here to buy with your credit card.

Day-of tickets will be $9. Compare that to the $6 advance price and it’s… something like 50% more expensive or something.

Besides, we won’t have enough singles to give you change during The Festival so it’s better you buy them in advance.

Forward this URL to more than 50 people and a picture of a naked woman will appear on your screen. (We won’t send it . We just know you’re probably surfing the same websites we are.)

And tickets for the INBF / WNBF Texas Fit Model Search are on sale as well. Click here to purchase them online. The Fit Model Search happens on the Testosterone Festival Featured Event Stage Saturday, August 15 at 7:00 PM and are $20 plus a $0.99 service charge. There is limited seating for this event so get your tickets now!

Tickets to The Festival make the Best Father’s Day Present

We’ve done the research and the evidence is overwhelming… the best Father’s Day present possible is tickets to The Texas Testosterone Festival. Tickets go on sale Father’s Day - this Sunday, June 21.

Buy tickets online by clicking here and show the printed receipt to Dad - if he doesn’t begin weeping with joy we’ll be shocked. If he does, pull out the camera and record it. We’ll put it on the website. We have the technology, and we have the popcorn.

Pack of Wolves and Lair of the Minotaur at Red 7

OK, so the greatest death metal band in Austin has to be Pack of Wolves. Their live shows give the “chills up the spine” that goes with great live music. On Friday, June 19 at Red 7 (that’s Red River and 7th St., if you didn’t get that) Pack of Wolves will share the stage with Chicago’s Lair of the Minotaur, recently on the rise as one of the most vital bands on the world-wide metal scene today. Because ‘The Wolf’ rocks and they have cannibal chicks AND spartans in their music video.

You’ll have to miss No Control Radio on 101.5 FM that night to catch the show but we think even Chuck would forgive you for the miss. Just tune in every other Friday night, wuss.

The Texas Testosterone proudly endorses Pack of Wolves and grants Lair of the Minotaur honorary Texan status. At least until they get the hell out of the state again.

Pack of Wolves

Lair of the Minotaur

Madden 10 Co-op Play Preview

How exciting is the next release of the Madden football franchise? EA Sports is adding a co-op play feature for multiple players to play on the same team (a QB and a receiver, for example) from different locations through the internet. The video below gets into the details.

The game is released August 14 but make a plan to NOT sit in your house the entire following weekend. Play in a Madden tournament August 16 at The Texas Testosterone Festival and make some money crushing the competition. Losers stay at home.

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