Group Writing
Posted on January 24, 2005 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Comments Off
There was anticipation in the air the day Ms. Perkins returned the assignments. Her face was enigmatic, and nobody could be sure whether she was happy or not. After taking a deep breath, she pronounced, "Some of your collaborative writing was inspired, but I’m afraid to say, a lot of it was original work. I [...]
Read More..>>Proust & Pole Position II
Posted on January 24, 2005 - Filed Under Books, Robot Brains | Comments Off
Not sure, but I’m pretty sure this is the first time Proust & Pole Position II* shared space in a single sentence. This and more are part of a good read at Waggish regarding literary tranlsation in the context of porti ng & emulation.* As I dip this Oreo into my glass of Tab, the [...]
Read More..>>French Kicks / Dios Malos
Posted on January 24, 2005 - Filed Under Music | 1 Comment
Photos from Dios Malos & French Kicks show in SF on Saturday, Jan 22.
Read More..>>Look No Further…
Posted on January 24, 2005 - Filed Under Look Away! It's My Brain, Politics | Comments Off
I have found the No Shit Headline Of The Day© UPDATED: It looks like this headline has changed. May have to rescind this award.
Read More..>>Bright Eyes Is Elsewhere
Posted on January 21, 2005 - Filed Under Music | Comments Off
Links to Saddle Creek’s media downloads for Bright Eyes (along with downloads for complete Tilly and the Wall & Willy Mason albums from Team Love).
Read More..>>Because Hipster Bars Are What Make A City Great
Posted on January 21, 2005 - Filed Under Turf Wars | Comments Off
Tim McMahan at Lazy-i points us to this super-awesome rant against my hometown-cum-Bright Eyes review. Apparently Camille Dodero poo poos the Big O. Because of my apparently inherent disposition to be "conservatively provincial"*, I thought I’d step into character for a moment and question some of her "points". "They wouldn’t know a double entendre if [...]
Read More..>>I’ll Defer To Janis On This One
Posted on January 21, 2005 - Filed Under Politics | 2 Comments
William Safire may be right that this was The Freedom Speech. To borrow a trick from President Clinton, I submit that we don’t share a definition of ‘freedom’. In this case I’m going to go with "nothing left to lose". And just to bug Senor Syntax, "If you’re still free, then start running away, because [...]
Read More..>>Not Feeling Disgusted Enough For A Friday?
Posted on January 21, 2005 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Comments Off
Not to be outdone by Star & Buc Wild, Hot 97 brings us the "Tsunami Song": ..All at once you could hear the screaming ch*nks and no one was safe from the wave there were africans drowning, little chinamen swept away you could hear god laughing, "swim you b*tches swim" So now you’re screwed, it’s [...]
Read More..>>Noisepop Schedule
Posted on January 21, 2005 - Filed Under Music | Comments Off
The complete, impressive noisepop (SF Music Festival) schedule.
Read More..>>Ear Bug
Posted on January 21, 2005 - Filed Under Music | Comments Off
The (part of a) song stuck in my head the last few days? Now I know it is "Can’t Stop" by Red Hot Chilli Peppers. They play this on Air America‘s Morning Sedition radio show (specifically the guitar part at about 20 seconds in). I loved it. Now that I’ve tracked down the entire song, [...]
Read More..>>One More Thing To Keep In Mind While Considering A Prostitute
Posted on January 21, 2005 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Comments Off
From an article about jury selection in Tennessee: …was arrested for soliciting sex from an undercover officer. "I should have known something was up," he said. "She had all her teeth."
Read More..>>Is that a moustache you’re growing?
Posted on January 20, 2005 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Comments Off
The religious right, apparently disappointed with Sunday morning turnout among the three-to-six year-old demographic, continues to ride its presumed relevance into obscurity Could it really be Patrick?
Read More..>>Now I’m Not Sure If Maud Newton Isn’t Actually Super Happy Fun Ball
Posted on January 20, 2005 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Comments Off
But I still encourage you to read TMFTML’s endorsement for my favorite Newton. Maud Newton once shot a man in Reno just to watch him die, then shot another one because she didn’t think the first one "gave a compelling performance."
Read More..>>Jazz Memorabilia Auction
Posted on January 20, 2005 - Filed Under Music | Comments Off
The NY Times reports of an upcoming auction of jazz memorabilia, including saxophones from Charlie Parker and John Coltrane, along with much more. One auction piece from Ms. Coltrane’s house in California – the original sheet-music sketches for Coltrane’s 1964 suite "A Love Supreme," among the most important works in jazz – bears explicit notes [...]
Read More..>>M. Ward
Posted on January 20, 2005 - Filed Under Music | Comments Off
In the hope that knowing the names of the songs from M Ward’s Transistor Radio will actually cause the album to come out sooner… Also, SF tour date on sale this Sunday
Read More..>>David Dondero Article
Posted on January 20, 2005 - Filed Under Music | 1 Comment
Justin Berton at he East Bay Express has a thorough write up of David Dondero.
Read More..>>Not just for hippies anymore
Posted on January 19, 2005 - Filed Under Music | Comments Off
With Modest Mouse, Secret Machines, M. Ward, and Iron & Wine on the bill, let’s head back to Tennessee Jed!
Read More..>>Right of the Dial
Posted on January 19, 2005 - Filed Under Music | Comments Off
Nothing like college kids whining that college radio isn’t mainstream enough, because ya know, Clear Channel really does need the help. Longing for the "good old days of Incubus, Sublime, O.A.R. and Linkin Park" makes as much sense to me as longing for the good old days of crapping your pants.
Read More..>>Ahoy! Meloy For the Hoi Polloi
Posted on January 19, 2005 - Filed Under Music | Comments Off
Colin Meloy’s recent Cafe Du Nord show is available for download via brooklynvegan.
Read More..>>Jack Johnson / Jazz / Ken Burns
Posted on January 19, 2005 - Filed Under Music, Race, Sports | Comments Off
From a reaction to Ken Burns’ documentary of Jack Johnson, Unforgiveable Blackness: it was those very same musicians who ken burn’s was criticized for leaving out of his last big documentary, jazz. those who agreed with burns’ history of jazz–his largely white, middle class pbs audience; wynton marsalis and the jazz lincoln center folks, aka [...]
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