straight talk from tito*
Posted on July 31, 2008 - Filed Under Food, For The Record | 1 Comment
For some reason, I feel the need to set the “record straight”. So for the record: Cadbury Creme Eggs My all-time favorite candy. I long for the days following Easter when they can be had for pennies on the dollar. Getting harder to find the “real” ones because of all the caramel/snickers versions. Speaking of [...]
Read More..>>get your “man sized wad”
Posted on July 31, 2008 - Filed Under Food, Kids These Days | Leave a Comment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GyEkvqtHPs brought up in the ever amusing JoPo comments
Read More..>>Excess ain’t rebellion
Posted on July 31, 2008 - Filed Under Drinking, The Man Stickin It To Us | 1 Comment
In case you missed this you’re-drinking-what-they’re-selling essay, oh, about five years ago, just like I did, it’s been re-worked into Rob Walker’s latest book, Murketing: Under these circumstances, the thinking goes, P.B.R. needs to stay neutral, ”always look and act the underdog” and not worry about those who look down on the beer, presumably because [...]
Read More..>>World Premiere
Posted on July 30, 2008 - Filed Under Diversions, Music | 2 Comments
With Scrabulous down, I’ve sought other copyright-ambivalent outlets to fill the emptiness. So enjoy my muxtape. Sigh, what to do now….
Read More..>>lyric of the now
Posted on July 24, 2008 - Filed Under Music, Vagaries of the Heart | Leave a Comment
Gillian Welch – Look At Miss Ohio I want to do right but not right now
Read More..>>bullshit detection
Posted on July 20, 2008 - Filed Under Ivory Towers | Leave a Comment
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Read More..>>5 Day Forecast
Posted on July 18, 2008 - Filed Under Mark Your Calendars, Music, Sports, Uncategorized | 1 Comment
Edit Friday brain attacks strike back. Royals & Hold Steady aren’t until the week after next. thxkbai – the managment Friday Possibly head over to my old hood’s Bookshop West Portal to see Ethan Canin (who’s latest earned a “fucking brilliant” at Jodi’s) Saturday I had been thinking of going the see Feist at the [...]
Read More..>>Let’s All go to the Movies
Posted on July 11, 2008 - Filed Under Film, Mark Your Calendars, Movies | Leave a Comment
The San Francisco Silent Film Festival kicks off tonight. The full schedule: FRIDAY, JULY 11 The Kid Brother 7:00PM Opening Night Party 9:15PM SATURDAY, JULY 12 Amazing Tales from the Archives 10:00AM The Soul of Youth 11:40AM Les Deux Timides (Two Timid Souls) 2:15PM Mikaël (Michael) 4:15PM The Man Who Laughs 7:45PM The Unknown 10:45PM [...]
Read More..>>great questions
Posted on July 11, 2008 - Filed Under Movies, Music, Vagaries of the Heart | Leave a Comment
JoPo getting me ready to ponder this weekend: Best Springsteen love song? Who is worse: Costner or Cruise? And that’s what makes them intriguing … if you have someone you have never liked in anything, say someone like Pauly Shore, then there’s really nothing to argue about. But Costner and Cruise are interesting and worth [...]
Read More..>>hail hail
Posted on July 10, 2008 - Filed Under Music, Religion | Leave a Comment
If I end up as a blogger who does nothing more than post “fail” photos & mountain goats songs… worse things could happen. The Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton
Read More..>>half-assed
Posted on July 8, 2008 - Filed Under Ass Cleavage, Crime, Diversions, fireworks, Music, Scatology | Leave a Comment
what i do when busy not blogging 1 – tinkering with my muxtape 2 – butt rocket 3 – Fail Dogs
Read More..>>Yes, so I’m reading Zinn now
Posted on July 3, 2008 - Filed Under Now Reading, Politics | Leave a Comment
So said a lanky junior Illinois congressman about the war not started on his watch: The declaration that we have always opposed the war, is true or false accordingly as one may understand the term ” opposing the war.” If to say ” the war was unnecessarily and unconstitutionally commenced by the President,” be opposing [...]
Read More..>>Caravan (without the drum solo)
Posted on July 2, 2008 - Filed Under Music | Leave a Comment
Here is a wonderful new blog recently spawned by an accomplice of mine, the idea of which is to post mp3s of out-of-print vinyl from his obscenely large collection. This morning is Harold Dumont singing Duke Ellington.
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