The lineup for the South By Southwest showcase hosted by "America's favorite cook and indie music lover" Rachael Ray—yes, it's really happening!—has been finalized: "Join us at this merging of great food and even better music with performances by Autovaughn, The Ravonettes, The Cringe, Scissors For Lefty, The Stills, and Holy *&%$. DJ Efren 'Pedro' Ramirez from Napoleon Dynamite will be DJ-ing inside." Is Efren Ramirez's classification as a "celebrity DJ" the grandest sign yet that said trend has been left out way past its shelf date or what? [
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Attention readers attending the SXSW festival this year/fans of TV chefs with obnoxious accents and giant teeth: "We are also reaching out to offer Battles a slot as one of the five bands in the 'Feedback' showcase" supposedly hosted by the Food Network's own Rachael Ray. "Battles music has long been enjoyed by Rachael and is a staple of her iPod." Given the blog in question, I suspect Internet prankery at work with this "leaked memo," but would be happy to be proven wrong, especially given how weird the first 31 days of 2008 have been. [
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I've discovered I like (at least) two things about Rachael Ray. One: the knife set my mother-in-law purchased for me this Christmas (sharptastic!). Two: That she can drop the classic "I'm way too busy for this jibber-jabber" retort on the blogger types who aren't thrilled with her SXSW day party appearance on March 15. Hey, Brooklyn Vegan! Rachael Ray just gave you the gas face.
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