Never In Pencil
Posted on March 31, 2005 - Filed Under
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WikipediaThough I’ve come close, I’ve yet to finish a Sunday crossword. Perhaps this is what I need:
Heli-cross
It’s a ten-letter word for extreme fun! Ellipses Guiding Services
now provides helicopter service to remote living rooms in the mountains
of Alaska, where you can solve the Sunday crossword puzzle in peace and
frigid tranquility. Our guides have scoured the north [...]
TMBG SF Show
Posted on March 29, 2005 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentI had the pleasure of seeing They Might Be Giants’ free in-store performance at the Union Square Borders last Sunday. As always, the Johns were affable and engaging. Of course, they were there to promote their latest DVD Here Come the ABCs, but announced they were amenable to signing whatever books the Borders shoppers may [...]
Read More..>>Pull Quote Of The Day
Posted on March 29, 2005 - Filed Under
| Leave a Comment"Placing a Cult song too close to a Bauhaus song could ruin the mood."
Read More..>>How About Licorice Limericks?
Posted on March 29, 2005 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentA fund raiser for one of my favorite stops on a Valencia stroll:
A Musical Benefit for Modern Times Bookstorewith Jeweled Cats, Ebb & Flow and The Holy KissSaturday, April 2 7:30 PM
On a Saturday night unlike any other in the history of Modern Times, three local bands will transform this bookstore into a musical oasis. [...]
David Byrne Radio
Posted on March 29, 2005 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentDavid Byrne has an internet radio stream. Stop the presses, he likes The Arcade Fire.
Read More..>>Let Them Eat Nexium
Posted on March 29, 2005 - Filed Under
| Comments OffIndia’s in the basement, mixin’ up the medicine…
Médecins Sans Frontiéres (MSF) says half of the 700,000 HIV-positive
people who currently receive anti-retroviral drugs in the developing
world depend on Indian generics. It cautions the new bill may
"drastically restrict, perhaps even prevent" the supply to developing
countries.
Indian
public health experts fear the changes will worsen access to medicines
in India itself. [...]
I’ll Link To Yours If You Link To Mine
Posted on March 29, 2005 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentThe NY Times, in a blatant attempt to draw blogger links, has cited a number of fine blogs regarding the latest trend of review-reviews that is sweeping the internet. Sadly, still no coverage for my thumbnails. The Brownie Watch Watch is on. Sincerely.
Read More..>>M. Ward Concert Photos
Posted on March 26, 2005 - Filed Under
| 1 CommentI have a few photos from the M. Ward show Thursday at the Great American Music Hall. This was the first time I’d seen him with a full backing band (openers Norfolk & Western doing double duty), which gave him a more rambunctious sound. He still did a few solo numbers, opening the concert with [...]
Read More..>>More on the “Madness” theme
Posted on March 25, 2005 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentTom Waits describes his twenty favorite albums of all time, wish I had a few more than two.
Read More..>>March Madness
Posted on March 25, 2005 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentIn case you’re interested, here’s the real scoop on the origins of the term "March Madness" — I still loathe Brent Musberger.
The article also drew to my attention an HBO documentary about what was probably my first tangible March Madness memory, 1985’s Nova upset of Pat Ewing’s Hoyas. Thus closes the article:
The producers Jordan Kranis [...]
e-Bonics Worked 4 M3
Posted on March 24, 2005 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentApparently there are things called "Blogs" often with their own language, "Netspeak". 1337 linguists say fear not.
Read More..>>If I Had A Nickel Everytime I Heard This, I’d Be A Nickelaire
Posted on March 24, 2005 - Filed Under
| Leave a Comment"There was a massive range of music that people chose to listen to,
from Sri Lankan folk music to hardcore punk rock, but it seemed to have
the same effect in each of the participants."
Only Twelve Notes A Man Can Play
Posted on March 23, 2005 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentNate at The Cool Out will (supposedly) post all the samples that make up The Beastie Boys/Dust Borthers masterpiece, Paul’s Boutique. Let’s see how long before the Beatle’s copyright zealots put the kai-bosh on this one. And like the DJ in The Warriors, I’m pulling for ya! The first installment is Ballin’ Jack’s Never Let [...]
Read More..>>Here Comes PGMG
Posted on March 22, 2005 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentPretty Girls Make Graves have two nights coming up this weekend at the outstanding Cafe Du Nord. Last time I saw them, they were grrrrrreat, and according to The Toronto Star [bugmenot], their show remains electric:
Femme-fronted Seattle art-punk squad Pretty Girls Make Graves were back this year with another whipcrack-tight set at the Parish late [...]
Credit The Blogopolis With Another Book Sale
Posted on March 22, 2005 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentI’ll be getting this book when it comes out in the USA fer
sure. Also, Maud had me at "it’s a post 9/11 world". Those who know me
recognize the use of this phrase — along with "what about the children?" — as a sure fire way to get on my good side.
I took the book with [...]
Read More..>>New Meaning To Three On The Tree*
Posted on March 22, 2005 - Filed Under
| Leave a Comment"Drive By Porn" — still legal in California!
* It was either that or "Four On The Floor". And no, the brain damage caused by reading this is NOT reversible.
Omaha To San Francisco
Posted on March 22, 2005 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentIn what is likely to not become a regular feature, I quote people who have also made the move from Omaha to San Francisco. This week - Men of Porn’s Tim Moss:
"I have some good friends in Omaha, but I just needed a change," Moss said. "I come back at least twice a year. I [...]
Privatize Everything
Posted on March 21, 2005 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentBillionaires for Bush have a sale on ebay.
Read More..>>Morey Amsterdam could make a nice guy kill
Posted on March 21, 2005 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentSo I turned a friend in Amsterdam onto the Arcade Fire. He, in return, shows me how I could pretend I was in Amsterdam along with him, without the obligatory trouble that city tends to invite. So it looks like I’ll be streaming video today.
Read More..>>Tonight: Cognitive Linguistics and Politics
Posted on March 17, 2005 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentGeorge Lakoff
The Mind and Politics: What Cognitive Linguistics Contributes to an Understanding of PoliticsThursday, March 17 at 6:00 pmSibley Auditorium, Bechtel Center [UC Berkeley]
George Lakoff is a Professor of Cognitive Science and Linguistics at
the University of California, Berkeley, and is a founding senior fellow
at the Rockridge Institute. Since the mid-80s he has been applying
cognitive linguistics [...]
