Welcome to 'NITES
'NITES was an Austin-based blog that covered the local music scene in Central Texas. I started this blog because I love live music and I think Austin is the best city in the world to discover talented new bands. I ran this blog with passion and enthusiasm for a few years, before growing apart from the scene I'd once lived and breathed. This blog spent a year in limbo before I made the final decision to shutter it. The blog's previous posts will remain live, but there will be no future updates. Thanks for your years of readership and feedback. It was fun while it lasted, but times change. People change. Scenes change. Change isn't something to fear, but rather something to embrace. Peace, love and rock 'n' roll, y'all. Feel free to dig through the archives for photos, videos and writeups about Austin music from 2008 to 2010. If you use my work anywhere, please give me credit. Thanks!
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Youtube Videos
At youtube.com/nitesatx, you can watch nearly 300 live concert videos of Austin bands, shot from July 2008 to September 2010.
Friday, December 4, 2009
The new 'NITES
What's different? First, the design. I've gone from three columns to two. I've reduced the amount of widgets and gadgets, paring down to only the most essential features. Clutter = bad. Simple = good. Those are the rules of good blog design, if you ask me. I've designed a bunch of arty banners like the one above, which I'll be swapping out how ever often I feel like it.
I'm now using the "after the jump" break for longer posts, which means you'll only see an intro to a blog post on the home page. If you want to read the whole post, you have to click on the headline or on the text reading "after the jump". This was also done with clean, simple design in mind.
I might make a few more tweaks, but this is essentially the finished product. Let me know what you think.

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