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Tito — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:10:14 +0000

random links, etc….

Roger Ebert remembers Gene Siskel, who died February 20, 1999:“We almost always thought the same things were funny. That may be the best sign of intellectual communion.”
Facebook 25 things note win
Lucero concert MP3s (Feb. 6, 2009) at nyctaper.
Jonathan Baumbach at The New You Project: “It’s always hard to like books that you’re compelled to read. The worst thing for the soul is to pretend to like something because older and wiser heads tell you you should.”
“Techcrunch are full of shit”
A new poem in the New Yorker by Leonard Cohen: A Street

My Inner Joan Crawford Vehicle

Tito — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:24:42 +0000

As I count down the days to John Darnielle with Tobias Wolff, there is this video taken from a nice trove of recordings form some sort of singer/songwriter cruise?

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lyric of the now

Tito — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:13:49 +0000

Gillian Welch – Look At Miss Ohio
I want to do right
but not right now

great questions

Tito — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:39:32 +0000

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 arguing about because, despite what might be perceived as overall lameness, there are some good moments in there.

Of course…. this extends musically…. give me some time as think of some crappy bands that managed to have a good musical moment.

in the meantime….

Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)

we’re gonna ride

Tito — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:10:34 +0000

Cat Power – Silver Stallion

Sketches in the Rain

Tito — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:24:11 +0000

Last night, walking through the fog of my neighborhood from the ATM to my apartment, this song on my iPod made me feel as if this mundane errand was somehow cinematic/grandiose.

Your mileage may vary.

Miles Davis – Solea

what’s funnier than doggie date rape?

Tito — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 22:25:49 +0000

From today’s “Flying McCoys” (found while waiting for lunch)

Answer: Most everything.

Quote of the day

Tito — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 19:57:05 +0000

File under: I love you, man: â€œI cried when Blaine gave his speech,â€ Ms. [Neko] Case admitted later at the bar, clutching a JÃ¤germeister.”

Gay Bomb – $7,500,000

Tito — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 18:17:52 +0000

The US Gov’t reportedly spent 7.5 million dollars trying to develop a gay bomb, proposed by the US Air Force in 1994, that would include a two pronged attack on enemy soldiers:

Include a chemical to make them gay.
Include an aphrodisiac so they would drop their arms & pants.

On the one hand, I have to give them credit for thinking along the lines of Homer Simpson. But on the other hand, Homer Simpson is a cartoon. So there’s that.

One must also wonder if a confused Pat Benatar-loving senator green lit (green lighted?) Operation: Love On The Battlefield.

Thanks to G-Spot (coming correct lately with the linkages) for the tip.

I heard they were naked when they got busted

Tito — Wed, 16 May 2007 21:48:13 +0000

Bob Holmes at New Scientist reports:

Fruit flies have free will. Even when deprived of any sensory input to react to, the zigs and zags of their flight reveal an intrinsic, non-random – yet still unpredictable – decision-making capacity.

If evolution has furnished humans with a similar capacity, this could help resolve one of the long-standing puzzles of philosophy.

The rest of the story here.

And something to listen to, too: The Hold Steady – Cattle & The Creeping Things.mp3