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Tuesday, January 28, 2003
A Craigslist post: "Hello. I`m moving in from Missouri, to look for the time of my life in the Big Apples! I need a place to stay while I look for a job. I`ve heard that the Upper Western Side is a great neighborhood, so if anyone out there knows of a 1 or two bedroom that would be great! I can afford about $650/month, and I don`t like roommates. Also, if anyone can tell me how parking is for the area, that would be great. Laters!" Hee hee [via Heiferman] | Friday, January 24, 2003
You've probably already seen this, but if not -- you'll assuredly enjoy spending a few minutes of your life witnessing a dog performing John Travolta's moves from Grease's "You're The One That I Want". | Thursday, January 16, 2003
So my darling wife got me Nick Hornby's collection of mini-essays about his favorite songs, published through McSweeney's. It's very good. In a brain-boggling display of synergy, McS are also posting essays about favorite songs by *other* writers to their site each day. Here's a nice one about Ron Sexsmith's lovely song "Lebanon, Tennessee". | "I am concerned about the size of the president's package at a time when we have pressing needs and are possibly on the verge of a second war with Iraq," one participant, Senator Susan Collins, Republican of Maine, said." [snicker, snicker] | Friday, January 10, 2003
Well, I've gone and buggered my page design somehow, and I couldn't figure out how to fix it in the five minutes I had allotted to find a solution. I might take the opportunity to switch to a new template. Stay tuned.... | Wednesday, January 08, 2003
A Kabbalarian analysis of my name. Well, they certainly got the "strong desire for sweets" bit right. And look! They even have one for Sonnet. Well, they certainly got the "loves children" bit right, although the "pliable, forgiving and tactful" bit looks wrong on all counts. | 1. Wilco -- Yankee Hotel Foxtrot 2. Spoon -- Kill The Moonlight 3. The Flaming Lips -- Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots (see Heiferman's site for samples) These three defined the year for me, and are on a different plane, as it were. 4. Elvis Costello -- When I Was Cruel 5. Roddy Frame -- Surf 6. Cotton Mather -- The Big Picture 7. The Soft Boys -- Nextdoorland 8. Nina Nastasia -- The Blackened Air 9. John Wesley Harding -- Swings And Roundabouts 10. Ash -- Free All Angels On the whole, a really boring, predictable, same as everyone else's list of records. Too white, too pop/singer-songwritery. Oh well. I spent much of the year catching up on older stuff, be it Goldfrapp (what a lovely record) or Trojan Records box sets, or Glenn Gould. Honorable mentions: Oasis -- Heathen Chemistry (at least, the first half of it) The Streets -- Original Pirate Material Solomon Burke -- Don't Give Up On Me Departure Lounge -- Too Late To Die Young Beck -- Sea Change Badly Drawn Boy -- About A Boy Stdrk Blackalicious -- Blazing Arrow Tom Waits -- Alice Brendan Benson -- Lapalco Bill Ricchini -- Ordinary Time George Harrison -- Brainwashed Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man -- Out Of Season Chitlin Fooks -- Did It Again Disappointments: Aimee Mann -- Lost In Space Supergrass -- Life On Other Planets Rhett Miller -- The Instigator Kid Loco -- Kill Your Darlings The Vines -- Highly Evolved Arnold -- Bahama Looking forward to hearing new records from: Talib Kweli, The Coral, Rilo Kiley, The Model Rockets, The Libertines, The Delgados, Lemon Jelly, Royksopp, St. Etienne, McAlmont & Butler Some MP3s to listen to: The Clash: The Magnificent Seven (listen for "fuckin' long, innit?". Goodbye, Joe). Hall And Oates: Sara Smile (proper white soul). | Thursday, January 02, 2003
You know what? I *don't* agree that "what Austin really needs is a serious Druid subculture." In fact, I think Austin needs a serious Druid subculture like a f*#@*& hole-in-the-head. The things you hear at parties. | |