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<a href="http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/tag/tj-rocks-tulsa/">I had a lot of reasons for asking T.J. Clark to be the first and only music columnist here at TDT</a>, but first and foremost was his passion for and knowledge of Tulsa's kick-ass music scene.

And last night I got an e-mail that made me really extra super-proud to have T.J. on the TDT team.

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Here's what the e-mail said: <a href="http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/startup-weekend-tulsa-giveaway/">Last weekend at Startup Weekend Tulsa</a> T.J. went and founded a company called <a href="http://www.endcap.info/">endcap</a>, which he bills as an IMDB-style directory of local bands and venues. And what do you know, endcap beat several other teams and won the final competition at SW Tulsa.

I got so excited when I saw the previews of the endcap site. It's exactly what a market like Tulsa needs in its music scene - a clearinghouse of information that makes a scene that has somehow managed to stay mostly underground accessible to a broader, more general audience that'd love the information but just didn't know where to look.

Want to see endcap take off? And do you think it'd be cool to see Tulsa featured and celebrated in a global battle of startups? And would you like to show T.J. just how much you appreciate his passion and devotion to one of the most vibrant, diverse, exciting music scenes in the entire U.S.?

I know - me, too. So, here's what we gotta do. First, watch this video. It'll tell you even more about what endcap is all about.

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Then, head to <a href="http://globalstartupbattle.com/vote/">globalstartupbattle.com</a> and vote for endcap (scroll, baby, scroll - endcap is the last company on the list, and the vote button is right underneath).

If you want, check out T.J.'s 14 other competitors. It'll be worth knowing what they look like since, you know, they're going down. Down, down to China town. And memories of how the defeated look just before all is lost are always sweet.

When you go in to vote, a little thing called Twilio is gonna ask for your phone number. Then, a robot's gonna call you with a PIN. This is cool because you can add "talked to a robot" to the list of things you did today.

After you input the PIN from your robot friend, your vote is officially logged and endcap is on the way to superstardom.

We already know that endcap is the Sexiest New Start-Up in the World, but let's help T.J. win the official title.

Ready? Set? Go!