April 2008
37 posts
ListenThe Veils - Nux Vomica (from Nux Vomica, 2007) I...
Apr 29th
Apr 29th
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Apr 29th
“There was the most amazing sunset over Lowell last night. I like this town more...”
– Ricky Gervais. I just found out that I’m going to be an extra this week…in a Ricky Gervais movie. In my hometown. Life is perversely strange and wonderful sometimes.
Apr 29th
ListenStereolab - Spark Plug (from Emperor Tomato...
Apr 28th
“I also think that my party can be smug, detached, and dogmatic at times. I...”
– Barack Obama (via azspot)
Apr 25th
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ListenTom Waits - Bad Liver & a Broken Heart (in...
Apr 25th
Apr 25th
“Disgraceful cowards, all of them, myself included. For there is only one great...”
– Henry Miller - Tropic of Capricorn I’ve been saving the second Tropic book for when my focus needs resharpening. Nothing to get you turning the pages like some Henry Miller. 
Apr 25th
Apr 25th
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Apr 25th
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Two great moments in this one…camera switching back to amir with no shirt,  and the roll of tp followed by the slide. jakeandamir: Bathroom
Apr 25th
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ListenThe Misfits - Where Eagles Dare
Apr 24th
Apr 24th
ListenPavement - Trigger Cut/Wounded Kite at...
Apr 24th
“In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning...”
– Dwight D. Eisenhower, who has some truly insightful quotes attributed to him. This one recalls the axiom that there is no such thing as luck, only being prepared to take advantage of chance. I don’t remember where that one came from, though, and a very brief search has been fruitless. Time for...
Apr 23rd
Apr 23rd
ListenRadiohead - 2+2=5 (Live at Earl’s Court...
Apr 22nd
“I am a reader. My life is reading. In fact, I was about forty years old when I...”
– Robert Gottlieb, publisher and editor at Simon & Schuster, Knopf, and the New Yorker.
Apr 22nd
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The McLovin Fund
Apr 17th
Listen Bob Dylan - Masters of War (from 1963’s The...
Apr 17th
Apr 17th
Apr 15th
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ListenMos Def - Mathematics (from Black on Both Sides)
Apr 15th
Apr 15th
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Wildly Popular ‘Iron Man’ Trailer To Be Adapted Into Full-Length Film | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source
Apr 15th
Apr 14th
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Apr 14th
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This is great caseypugh: soxiam: Best Game Ever on Vimeo (via Vimeo) why can’t something like this happen to everyone, everywhere, everyday?
Apr 10th
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Apr 4th
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ListenFunkadelic - Maggot Brain George Clinton to Eddie...
Apr 4th
Disturbing Literary Deaths →
Some highlights: Tennessee Williams [1911-1983] American Playwright - Choked on a bottle cap while trying to get hands on some barbiturates. Sylvia Plath [1932-1963] American Poet - Stuck head in a kitchen oven. Leo Tolstoy [1828-1910] Russian Author - Gave away entire fortune, froze to death in a railroad station on a cold winter night. Honore De Balzac [1799-1850] French Author...
Apr 3rd
Apr 3rd
Lion Tackles Woman During Photoshoot →
Wow, this lady gets absolutely smoked by a playful lion while doing a photoshoot for the Toronto Star. I would guess a surprise takedown by a 400 lb lion causing four broken ribs wasn’t part of the plan. Ouch. (via John Harrington’s Photo Business News & Forum)
Apr 3rd
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livejamie: Hillary has an announcement to make..
Apr 3rd
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Apr 2nd
“We are the offspring of history, and must establish our own paths in this most...”
– Stephen Jay Gould
Apr 2nd