Not sure how we pulled it off, given that we hit a real doldrum the third week of the month (Did you all go on vacation at once?), but it was another record month for visits to this site. You can see the impact though -- areas where we're down from June, thery're still substantially more than May.

• 247,663 visits (+6%)
• 1,275,610 user pageviews (+0%)
• 5.3 pageviews/visit (-5%)
• 5.8 minutes/visit (+5%)
• 9,784 downloads (-24% -- I guess everyone finally has the full library of Mavs tunes)
• 72,619 referrals (+11%)
• 1,383 voluntarily registered users (+15%)
• 538 new comments (-21%)
• 1,325 alert subscriptions (+20%)
• 4,520 mobile visits (-8%)

Fun stuff:

Top bands:

618 bands with more than 77 visits. Average is 132. Top is 624. 

1. Big Tuck
2. The Horrifics
3. Cheyenne Kimball
4. Zayra Alvarez
5. Lazer
6. Freddie Jones
7. Greatness In Tragedy
8. Dallas Symphony Orchestra
9. Poison Cherry
10. Blue October
11. Midlake

Top Blog Posts

1. Alan's June post of the Kurt Cobain ass-whuppin (got picked up by Fark for 4,852 pageviews)
2. My post of Rock Star: Supernova video
3. Blair on BBQ
4. Alan on Tim Moffett
5. Michael tips us off to a possible Steely Dan band appearance with Naked Lunch. (Did that happen, by the way?)

Top events:

1. Taste of Dallas
2. Addison Kaboom Town
3. Cleveland Steamer (featuring Ricki Derek) / Shibboleth / Nate Fowlwe's Elixir @ DoubleWide (Must be a highly-anticipated show- not 'til mid-August!)
4. Willie's Picnic
5. North Texas Rock Rally
6. Willie's Picnic Pre-Party @ White Elephant Saloon
7. Monday Night Fights
8. Warped Tour @ Smirnoff
9. 93.3 Bone Benefit (Still! Why!?)
10. Freddie Jones @ Esplanade Park
11. Hank Hankshaw @ Wreck Room
    

 Top movies:

1. Pirates of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2. Rape of the Sword (Dao jian) ???
3. You Me and Dupree
4. Devil Wears Prada

Top genres:

1. Country
2. Cover/tribute
3. Blues
4. Alt-country
5. Experimental
6. Jazz
7. Alt/Indie
8. A Capella
9. Classical
10. Christian
    
11. Jam

Top stories:

1. Conspiracy Music Radio Awards Voting
2. July 4 event roundup
3. Zayra review #1
4. Pirates of the Carribean review, part deux
5. Pirates of the Carribean review, part one
6. Devil Wears Prada Review
7. Superman review
8. Zayra review #2
9. Septien songwriting seminar
10. New CDs 7/11
11. New CDs 7/26

Top venues:

1. Winstar Casino
2. AMC Northpark 15
3. Gypsy Tea Room
4. Jack's Off The Wall
5. Ridglea Theater
6. Oak Park Ampitheater
7. Rock Steady
8. Hot Rods & Hoggs
9. Club Dada
10. Dick's Last Resort
11. Smirnoff

Top podcasts:

1. Timothy Moffett Interview
2. Becky Middleton sings
3. Becky Middleton interview

Most viewed users (non-staff):

1. DaleL
2. deepellumdrudge
3. john
4. bpfdrummer
5. katherine_boyer
6. blackpicketfence
7. krys
8. indiekitten
9. rrice
10. chatty_mcnasty
11. steveo

Top referrers:

1. Google
2. Yahoo
3. Fark
4. MSN
5. MySpace
6. DFWHipHop
7. Ozone Magazine
8. Comcast
9. Pegasus News
10. Urban Events Network
11. Zipped.org

Top search terms:

1. Zayra Alvarez (2,295 visits, sigh)
2. Winstar Casino
3. AMC Northpark
4. Bruce Kidder
5. Ridglea
6. Big Tuck
7. Samantha Tannehill
8. Taste of Dallas
9. Oak Point Ampitheater
10. Freddie Jones Band
11. House of Blues Dallas