George Bush Song
Posted on March 31, 2006 - Filed Under Music, Politics | Leave a Comment
Here’s a clever rap worth a listen. The dude’s song is listed as George W. Bush.
Read More..>>Noisepop Videos on YouTube.com
Posted on March 29, 2006 - Filed Under Movies | Leave a Comment
For those who weren’t there, or those would like to go there again…people are loading videos from Noisepop on youtube.com. {via foghorn}
Read More..>>Flaming Lips @ Noisepop [pics]
Posted on March 28, 2006 - Filed Under Music | 1 Comment
This was my first Flaming Lips show, and needless to write, it was an outstanding show. Within the cozy confines of Bimbo’s (~600 people) the sell out was a blast. Oh yeah, lots of confetti and big balls (AC/DC homage?) Possible “guerilla” video forthcoming (by request). For now a picture or two or three. [...]
Read More..>>Oy, Soy
Posted on March 27, 2006 - Filed Under Food, Sports | 3 Comments
Ladies and Gentlemen, your 2006 Kansas City Royals:
Outfielder Shane Costa was scratched before the game when he experienced an allergic reaction after eating two doughnuts that apparently contained soy.
“My whole body turned red,†he said, “and my face was swollen. Then I took some Benadryl and spent the game sleeping (in the clubhouse).â€
Soy in a [...]
pop pop pop
Posted on March 26, 2006 - Filed Under Music | 1 Comment
Greetings earthilings. I just got back from a whilrwind trip through Michigan, and see that Noisepop is this week. Let’s see if I can’t catch some z’s between my tentative show schedule this week:
Monday – Flaming Lips; Tuesday – Feist; Wednesday – Britt Daniel; Thursday – The National; Friday – Two Gallants; Saturday – Dave [...]
Becky Thyre
Posted on March 23, 2006 - Filed Under Television | Leave a Comment
Doing some important research concerning underrated Will Ferrell vehicle, The Oblongs, I stumbled upon the bio of a woman who has performed in virtually every one of my favorite TV shows over the past decade. In fact, she may have the perfect resume. But aside from a hazy recollection of Moonbeam in PCU, I can’t, for [...]
Read More..>>I’m Gonna Touch Her All Over Her Body
Posted on March 22, 2006 - Filed Under Food, Money | Leave a Comment
Business lunch, date rape … or both?
As awkward as it can be to be in the car with a stranger, it’s an intimate setting, and [he or she] will share with you.
That’s, like, your opinion man
Posted on March 22, 2006 - Filed Under Music | Leave a Comment
Thus quoth Steely Dan:
We’re actually accused of starting smooth jazz. Which I don’t think is exactly true. A lot of the effects we got were intended to be comic, like “Hey Nineteen.†We were in our thirties and still saddled with these enormous sex drives and faced with the problem that you can no longer talk [...]
Rescuing Princess Lettuce
Posted on March 22, 2006 - Filed Under Food, Time Travel and The Intergalactic | Leave a Comment
Here is a little soapboxing for the benefit of a hippie friend.
Read More..>>In Other News
Posted on March 15, 2006 - Filed Under Music, Turf Wars | Leave a Comment
Pitchfork’s headline: “Exclusive: The Hold Steady Sign to Vagrant”
From the article [empahsis mine]:
In a press release, Hold Steady singer/songwriter Craig Finn said the following: “The Hold Steady is thrilled to be working with the talented people at Vagrant Records. We feel that Vagrant will allow us to bring our music to even more people, while [...]
Spell with Flickr
Posted on March 14, 2006 - Filed Under Art | Leave a Comment
So this is interesting for a few seconds…
Read More..>>Sociological banalities
Posted on March 13, 2006 - Filed Under Turf Wars | Leave a Comment
Read this little nugget in the Times over the weekend and it brought me back to the good old days when Dworkin tried to teach me a thing or two. Thought I’d dust off his prior reproach to me and share his sage critique with the world at large:
I claim that that is a moral fact, [...]
Next: Roto Prouster, Down the Drain?
Posted on March 9, 2006 - Filed Under Books, Money | Leave a Comment
And who says Americans aren’t edumacated? Where else can you kick off a conference presentation on how to target the marketing of air conditioning and related products/services towards women with a little Proust?
As my Texas grandmother used to say: “Now, don’t y’all throw out that baby with the bath water.” And, as Marcel Proust said [...]
Scout Niblett Tonight
Posted on March 9, 2006 - Filed Under Music | 1 Comment
Dont’ know yet if I’ll be making it, but I see Scout Niblett is at Cafe du Nord tonight. She has a myspace page, too. I saw her open a show a few years ago and was LITERALLY blown away.
Read More..>>The Chronic – Committed To Crappy Photos
Posted on March 9, 2006 - Filed Under Books, Liberal Media Conspiracies | Leave a Comment
At the end of an article about a fire in a MUNI stop (on my commute route, thank you very much), The Chronicle commands, “If you have cell phone photos, send them to pixdesk@sfchronicle.com.” They don’t really mention if the photos should be relevant to the article, though I am guessing they aren’t looking for [...]
Read More..>>Gay music coming to SF?
Posted on March 8, 2006 - Filed Under Money, Music, Vagaries of the Heart | Leave a Comment
I am on a market research mailing list, so occasionally I get an email asking for some demographic info. If it’s what the ad wizards want, they’ll invite me in for a paid Q&A on a topic that I have some interest in. The latest was for “Music”. The info they want is:
1) Your Name [...]
Indie Bookstores v. Omaha Public Library
Posted on March 8, 2006 - Filed Under Books, Money, Turf Wars | Leave a Comment
Omaha’s Public Library director Rivkah Sass is considering a proposal to partner with online booksellers (I’m guessing Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble). The library would refer visitors to the merchants when a book is not stocked. OPL would get a commission on the sale. Local booksellers are not happy about the deal, and are trying [...]
Read More..>>Oh, and Condoms
Posted on March 7, 2006 - Filed Under Movies, Religion, Sex, Turf Wars | Leave a Comment
Nirmala George of the AP reports that the Catholic church has produced a Bollywood-style movie for an HIV-prevention campaign in India.
Increasingly concerned about changing values in Indian society, especially among young people, the Catholic Church is hoping to reinforce the message that long-term relationships and commitment can curb the spread of HIV.
Thrown in for good [...]
Gladwell and Sports
Posted on March 6, 2006 - Filed Under Books, Sports | Leave a Comment
From his email exchange with Bill Simmons, I get the impression that Malcolm Gladwell grew up where they filmed the Rocky IV training sequence…
Why am I a sports fan? I’m not sure. I grew up in small-town rural southern Ontario. Neither of my parents or my brothers are sports fans, and we never had a [...]
Narrowly Beat Out “Place Caption Here”
Posted on March 5, 2006 - Filed Under Books, Music, Words (In Print) I Hate | 2 Comments
Worst caption ever?
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