Power Rankings: Still More Geography, This Time Through the Lens of Music [sic]
Posted on July 31, 2007 - Filed Under Music, Power Rankings | 1 Comment
This list started as my best live music shows ever list, which got too long too fast. So I decided to limit it to one show per venue, but even that was hard to manage. Throwing my hands in the air, I limited the criteria to one per State. Highlighted are the ones that definitely [...]
Read More..>>Built To Spill @ The Slowdown
Posted on July 30, 2007 - Filed Under Music | Leave a Comment
BTS will be coming my way in a bit, but via lazy-i, you can get a bootleg of their recent Omaha show.
Read More..>>Power Rankings: More Geography
Posted on July 27, 2007 - Filed Under Power Rankings | Leave a Comment
Top 25 cities, criteria: I tied one on there. 1. NYC–not just because of Interpol and notwithstanding Interpol, I shall forever sing the praises of my wife’s hometown. The bars are open till 4, the dealers come to your home, and you can find indonesian food and banjo-infused klezmer jazz on a random Tuesday night. [...]
Read More..>>my favorite jam back in the day was…
Posted on July 25, 2007 - Filed Under Books, Politics | Leave a Comment
Ignatius P. for president?
Read More..>>the real heroes…
Posted on July 25, 2007 - Filed Under Ass Cleavage | Leave a Comment
…underwear actors: “Naturally, when you hear an explosion, you think the worst,” Von Jones said. Nevertheless, he hurried back to work. “We’re Fruit of the Loom — we’ve got to make this commercial.”
Read More..>>Power Ranking, this time geography
Posted on July 24, 2007 - Filed Under Diversions, On The Road Again, Statistics | Leave a Comment
With my best man now in Portland and a friend now in Alaska, there is an even-money chance of my having visited all 50 states by the end of W’s reign of terror. Being in a list-making mood of late [foreshadowing], I thought it’d be a good opportunity to compile a list of my favorite [...]
Read More..>>Non Sequitur of the Day
Posted on July 24, 2007 - Filed Under Sports | Leave a Comment
So that Barry Bonds, eh? cough–balco-cough… Hope he hits one soon. Get this all over with. And Selig, boy he’s sure a jerk. Won’t even flyout to SFO this week. (speaking of flying “is there a rule that Americans have to wear shorts and clogs on airplanes? Are we really barbarians?“) Anyhoo, Selig hopes it’s [...]
Read More..>>chicken|egg – Power Rankings Edition
Posted on July 19, 2007 - Filed Under Food, Music, Power Rankings | Leave a Comment
Do I like Britt Daniel because he sounds like Billy Joel? Do I like Billy Joel because he sounds like Britt Daniel? while I ponder that, On to the Power Rankings! 5 favorite records from high school (as of today): 1. ATCQ – The Low End Theory 2. Ice Cube – Amerikkka’s Most Wanted 3. [...]
Read More..>>where was i again?
Posted on July 19, 2007 - Filed Under Books, Language, Music, Now Reading, Personal Victories, Religion | Leave a Comment
In the last couple of years, I’ve started a few books that I was thoroughly enjoying but for various reasons1 I did not finish. Of these, there are 3 that I am going to try and finish. In sequence of the amount I was enjoying them when last put down: The Recognitions Underworld Infinite Jest [...]
Read More..>>OTT…NOT / Power Rankings: Hated Cross Words
Posted on July 9, 2007 - Filed Under Language, Power Rankings, Statistics | Leave a Comment
“OTT”, “ALAI” not NY Times top 300 crossword answers. So while we’re at it, I’ll throw in my top 5 most hated crosswords (as of right now): ETE ERNE OLLA ERLE 1 ERAT Though to be honest, I can’t get terribly worked up over 4-letter crosswords … I guess familiarity breeds contempt after all. 1Not [...]
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