Love and Blunder » akron http://loveandblunder.com "To become aware of the possibility of the search is to be onto something. Not to be onto something is to be in despair." - Walker Percy, The Moviegoer Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:04:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en Five weeks left. http://loveandblunder.com/2008/08/25/five-weeks-left/ http://loveandblunder.com/2008/08/25/five-weeks-left/#comments Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:11:26 +0000 Devona http://loveandblunder.com/?p=566 I’ve been quietly training all summer because I didn’t want to let myself down. But things have gone well, and there are only five weeks left until I run my first Marathon!

Akron Marathon Course Video

I am SO excited. I’ll be running with Rob’s sister Molly, and my neighbor who trained with me last summer is going to be running the Half Marathon. We’ve overcome injuries, lack of sleep, Molly’s gone off to college, and we’re so ready to finally beat the 26.2 miles that have spent the year haunting us.

Wish us luck!

]]> http://loveandblunder.com/2008/08/25/five-weeks-left/feed/ Akron’s finest http://loveandblunder.com/2008/04/07/akrons-finest/ http://loveandblunder.com/2008/04/07/akrons-finest/#comments Tue, 08 Apr 2008 03:27:32 +0000 Rob http://loveandblunder.com/?p=523 The Black Keys have just put together their best record yet: Attack & Release. I’m proud to say that these guys are from Akron, our hometown. Even with their huge success (supermegastar producer Danger Mouse worked on this album), they’ve stayed here, and have no plans to move–which is pretty cool, considering the mass exodus of young people to places that occasionally enjoy sunshine. They developed their sound to match the abandoned rubber factories and gray skies of our dear old city, and it’s great stuff (trust me, I know that music birthed from a blue collar rustbelt town doesn’t exactly entice, but it’s good. Really.)

Here’s a little video tour the duo gave to a Wall Street Journal reporter. I was happy to see shots of our neighborhood (Square Records and Highland Square is right around the corner).

Update: The related article in the Wall Street Journal is decent, too.

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