Parking will be easier than ever now that all the free parking spots are very well marked. I suggest parking in the ramp behind Shrivers square between 10th and 11th streets. Or park in the city ramp to the east of the Washington Pavilion and West of Sushi Masa.

One hot spot will be Chef Amy’s Cafe 334. Every Wednesday she has her “Dog Days Afternoon” event. Chef Amy is such a dog lover she features a special menu for your four legged friends. They will be serving beer and food on the patio all day today. Make sure to check out Lori’s sidewalk chalk art also.

There will be several bands playing in the afternoon in 3 different areas. One of the bands is an Elvis cover band, another is a Neil Diamond cover band. .

Here are the stage areas for Automania:

• 13th and Main
• 11th and Main
• 10th St between Phillips and 1st Ave

CLICK HERE FOR A FULL MAP OF THE EVENT

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The Plain White T’s are the Grammy Award winning band who sing the ever popular song, Hey There Delilah. 

You can buy tickets through Ticket Master, Ernie November, or the Fairgrounds Box Office.

Here is the video of Hey There Delilah

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The reason Sioux Falls gets a bad rep for recycling is because it is just so dam hard to do it.  Even the large waste management companies that service Sioux Falls often times fail to provide the appropriate receptacles for recyclables.

Most restaurants just throw all their glass bottles into the trash because that is the only place they have to put them.  Restaurants only have 2 bins, one for trash and the other for cardboard.  Just imagine how much glass a busy restaurant or bar throws away in 1 day of service, it’s crazy. 

The City of Sioux Falls has really bad information about how you can recycle more, only information about what the City wants you to recycle.  The commercial waste management companies probably prefer not to deal with multiple containers for recycling because it would increase their costs, and ours. 

In some parts of the country people even have to recycle their food scraps.

The City of Sioux Falls has realized its shortcomings in the area of recycling.  The City has recently sponsored a new initiative called The Sioux Falls Green Project. They have a very helpful web site for anyone wanting to learn more about how to recycle in Sioux Falls. 

Here are the residential recycling requirements for Sioux Falls

These are general guidelines. Please contact your garbage/recycling hauler for additional requirements they may have.

These materials must be left out of your regular garbage and placed into separate recycling containers (your garbage hauler will pick up these items at least once a month):

• Newspapers (including inserts) and magazines 
• Office paper, computer paper, and bulk mail 
• Plastics (#1 & #2), tin cans, steel cans, and aluminum cans (together in one container)
• Corrugated cardboard (look for wavy corrugations between layers)

Preparing Recyclables

• Recyclables must be clean (rinsed out).
• Remove lids from bottles (labels are okay).
• Newspapers must be kept dry.
• Pinch the tops of food cans or flatten so other cans or items can’t get inside.
• Items that may be recycled (but are not included on this list) may be taken to a recycling facility.
• When recycling corrugated cardboard boxes, remove packing material. Flatten cardboard boxes. Cardboard must be clean. Throw away paper board boxes such as juice boxes, milk cartons, egg cartons, cereal, cake mix, tissue, and shoe boxes. Throw away wax-coated boxes, soda and beer cartons, and pizza boxes.

Yard Waste

• You must use paper yard waste bags or weather-proof containers.

• Yard waste bags need a sticker (call your hauler).

• Grass and leaves cannot be mixed with other waste (keep apart from sticks and branches).

• Yard waste bags and containers should remain house-side, clearly visible to the hauler from the street.

• Tree branches will be picked up on your garbage day and should be in four-foot bundles or shorter. For larger branches, consult your hauler.

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The album will be released on Thursday, November 13 during a CD release party at Nutty’s North.

Truth and Adapt - "I Got 5 On It" - Part One

Truth and Adapt - "I Got 5 On It" - Part Two

Truth and Adapt - "I Got 5 On It" - Part Three

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Soulcrate Music will be going on a Nationwide Tour this year along with Mac Lethal and Grieves.  The tour starts off in Sioux Falls and makes 29 stops before finishing in Sioux Falls. 

The tour is called The Happy Holidays Tour

Here are the Dates:

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Even though Sioux Falls has below average salaries the reduced expense to live here makes up for it.

I did some research on the cost of living index and compared Chicago to Sioux Falls:

Let us say that you live in Sioux Falls and make $35,000 a year.  Employers in Chicago typically pay 18.7% more than employers in Sioux Falls, so you would be making $41,545 a year in Chicago.  A $6,545 increase.

However, the cost of living in Chicago is 38.8% more than living in Sioux Falls. So to maintain your standard of living in Chicago you would have to make $48,583 a year.  This is $7,038 less than the average pay increase you would receive.

Here is a graph to visualize this:

This is something I think about when living in Sioux Falls sometimes seems a little boring.  I appreciate that my rent isn’t $2,000 a month and I’m not commuting an hour each way to work. 

What do you think Sioux Falls? Write a comment down below.

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ZZ Top was formed in 1969 with members, Billy Gibons, Dusty Hill, and Frank Beard.  After 40 years all three band members still play together.  The just released a new album on June 23, 2008 titled “Live from Texas”.  This albums is an official live album from a recording during a concert in Texas.

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The Revival Tour is a series of shows that will see three different musicians play solo sets and also performing along with each other.  Chuck Ragan explains how it started:

All the tours that I’ve done since I’ve been doing this solo stuff have in some way or the other ended up with a bunch of friends onstage by the end of the night, I’ve always loved seeing that and now I’m absolutely loving creating something like that with good friends who think and believe along the same lines.

Ben Nichols adds:

The three of us have been in bands that each have their own sound, but I think we’re all coming from the same place musically concerning this tour, When it comes down to it, we all appreciate good songs and good songwriters and that’s what this tour is all about,” he adds, “stripping everything down to its basic form and playing some good songs with some of your friends. The idea of Woody Guthrie, just a man and a guitar, is very appealing to all of us—and the chance to be a part of something like that with Chuck and Tim is something I couldn’t pass up. We all have our own types of songs, but I think it’ll be a blast basically sitting around a campfire every night playing music with some friends.

While the tour will feature individual sets from each artist, it will be more reminiscent of the folk tradition of involving multiple artist collaborations—and each performer will have guests coming on and off stage

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Wookie Foot - Falling Down Trying Video

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