read a book…or not?
Posted on August 30, 2007 - Filed Under Books, Music, Tempests In Teacups | Leave a Comment
The video:
the reaction.
Mark Twain may have said1 “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it rhymes”. The first2 thing this read-a-book non-issue made me think of was the two-song sequence on Fear of a Black Planet where Flavor Flav closes out Can’t Do Nuttin’ For Ya Man [MP3] with an exhortation to Wash Your Butt!, immediately followed [...]
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
Posted on August 30, 2007 - Filed Under Mark Your Calendars, Music | Leave a Comment
The list of performers for Hardly Strictly Bluegrass #7 has been announced. The free festival runs Oct 5-7 in Golden Gate Park. The artist list after the jump:
Read More..>>Film Streams: adaptations series (and donuts)
Posted on August 29, 2007 - Filed Under Books, Event Calendar, Film, Food | 1 Comment
Always looking to boosterize events back in the Big O (Omaha, that is), I’m happy to pass along word of an upcoming film series featuring movies adapted from novels. The series runs from August 31 though October 4, in conjunction with Omaha Public Library’s intriguingly themed Litfest: Depraved Women Writers (& Others)1 . Library [...]
Read More..>>Bumbershoot, ho!
Posted on August 29, 2007 - Filed Under Ask The Internet, Mark Your Calendars, Music, On The Road Again | 1 Comment
M and I will be making our semi-regular (irregular?) trek to Seattle this Labor Day weekend for Bumbershoot.
The Stranger has their guide.
Seattle Weekly has one, too.
I’ll go ahead and ask the internet for any suggestions on who to see/skip (gladly taken in the comments or email). Too bad Wu Tang and Ted Leo couldn’t take [...]
Judged by the company you keep
Posted on August 23, 2007 - Filed Under Turf Wars, Words (In Print) I Hate | 1 Comment
So if you wanted to sell yourself, I mean, really sell yourself, why not list that you know me?
Disclaimer: I, on the other hand, may not necessarily claim to remember you, though I’m sure it was real, Larry…
I never read that book before, but I still get the metaphor
Posted on August 23, 2007 - Filed Under Books, Liberal Media Conspiracies, Politics, The Man Stickin It To Us | Leave a Comment
To piggyback Dave, I point thee toward the sage Rake who posits: “perhaps the problem with Lennie Small is not that he failed in hugging Curley’s wife, but rather that he let go too soon.”
Read More..>>It’s in the BMK bylaws
Posted on August 23, 2007 - Filed Under Ass Cleavage, Scatology, Time Travel and The Intergalactic | Leave a Comment
Uranus news. Will Uranus always be a gas giant?
Read More..>>don’t b3lieve the hype; there is no spoon*; soylent green is people;
Posted on August 23, 2007 - Filed Under Music, Perception | Leave a Comment
Will Sheff gets sorta meta pomo at the AV Club:
AVC: The characters that populate The Stage Names use the vocabulary of pop songs and movies to talk about their lives. Is that something you do as well?
WS: Absolutely. It’s a really common trap to want your life to live up to some standard that you [...]
Sanity is not Statistical
Posted on August 23, 2007 - Filed Under Politics | 1 Comment
From the Houston Chronicle, August 2002:
Many months, or years, from now, we may be a nation divided over war in Iraq. Such national anguish is not inevitable, however. Another Gulf of Tonkin-type act, which seems likely today, can be avoided with a sober analysis of the peril of war and the pursuit of alternative strategies [...]
Quote of the day
Posted on August 22, 2007 - Filed Under Drinking, Vagaries of the Heart | Leave a Comment
File under: I love you, man: “I cried when Blaine gave his speech,†Ms. [Neko] Case admitted later at the bar, clutching a Jägermeister.”
Read More..>>Kiwi Mutha Uckas
Posted on August 17, 2007 - Filed Under Music | 1 Comment
If you’re like me, you’re so enchanted with the Flight of the Conchords that you’re forgiving them for an off week, and excited about the next one.
And speaking of New Zealand pop wunderkinds, my trusty lauchcast player recently rocked my world, saying, since you like The Moles [Aussies], you may just like The Clean. [...]
Top of the Rock
Posted on August 16, 2007 - Filed Under Music, Radio | 1 Comment
Some good news, for a change, in the Times:
WFUV says it has been awarded a $500,000 grant from the New York State Music Fund to support the development of a second full-time radio station for listeners in their 20s and 30s, which will emphasize independently and locally produced music. The fund, a grant program of [...]
Death Wishes
Posted on August 15, 2007 - Filed Under Contests, Death, Who's $.02? | Leave a Comment
[This is the inaugural edition of "Who's $.02" where you get to match the photo of the man on the street with the response to $.02. Kind of like liars club, dig? I'll even throw in one "fake" response. Bonuse points if you can separate it from the "real" ones. Be sure to send your [...]
Read More..>>Words to Live by, Canadian Edition
Posted on August 15, 2007 - Filed Under Sports | Leave a Comment
Erik Bedard for Cy Young!
“Whatever happens, happens,†Bédard said when asked about his career goals. “Sometimes when you put a goal, you try too hard for it. So goals are overrated for me.â€
Who, What, When, Where, and Why
Posted on August 14, 2007 - Filed Under Music | Leave a Comment
I wanted to hear a song, so I took it to the W’s and just let it play. And thus was born this little list of lists:
Slow news day
Who? — Brian Jonestown Massacre
What you want — My Bloody Valentine
When it started — The Strokes
Where I’m From — Digable Planets
Why you [...]
It’s kind of dangerous to be an M.C.
Posted on August 11, 2007 - Filed Under Death, Statistics, Writers | Leave a Comment
Indeed, because an earlier productive optimum means that a writer can die younger without loss to his or her ultimate reputation, poets exhibit a life expectancy, across the globe and through history, about a half dozen years less than prose writers do.
Read More..>>21 MC’s ate up at the same time
Posted on August 10, 2007 - Filed Under Language, Music, Power Rankings | Leave a Comment
At Lit Kicks, Levi has an interview with Brian Coleman, the author of Rakim Told Me and Check the Technique. The two titles ignited a suspicion that we would have similar tastes emcee-wise. This suspicion was soon confirmed as the Levi & Brian discussed MC’s from what I consider the golden-era of hip-hop — a [...]
Read More..>>Idolotry
Posted on August 10, 2007 - Filed Under Music | 1 Comment
American Idol brings its roadshow to Omaha this week.
The World-Herald hits us hard with:
Indie vs. Idol – complete with discussion of Conor Oberst’s hair, PBR and tight jeans. RIYL: The Picard vs. Kirk comparisons that pepper physics labs in universities throughout the land
Omaha’s theme, according to AI, is “Born In The USA”
Matt Sharp [...]
I’m Not There (yet)
Posted on August 10, 2007 - Filed Under Movies, Music | Leave a Comment
So here is the soundtrack to get it would seem….
All Along The Watchtower –Eddie Vedder & The Million Dollar Bashers
As I Went Out One Morning–Mira Billotte
Ballad Of A Thin Man–Stephen Malkmus & The Million Dollar Bashers
Billy–Los Lobos
Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window–The Hold Steady
Can’t Leave Her Behind–Stephen Malkmus & Lee Ranaldo
Cold Irons Bound–Tom Verlaine [...]
It’s funny because it’s true
Posted on August 9, 2007 - Filed Under Pain, Sports, Statistics | Leave a Comment
Joe Posnanski taking a breather from espousing the merits of Pedro Feliz (a position I heartily second) he pisses on the Jason LaRue parade — not that there is one, really.
Tangent: This year, in 127 at-bats, LaRue is hitting .157. That would be a 1 followed by a 5 followed by a 7. Now, many [...]
