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Monday, February 01, 2010Where All The Money GoesIn visual form. 10:20 PM + 0 comments + link Thursday, January 21, 2010Scott Brown Drives a Truck and Enjoys Pandering"The British historian Arnold Toynbee argued that civilizations thrive when the lower classes aspire to be like the upper classes, and they decay when the upper classes try to be like the lower classes. Looked at through this prism, it's hard not to see America in a prolonged period of decay."The above is from a Jonah Goldberg op-ed (that's not really worth reading and doesn't delve into Scott Brown's choice of vehicle he uses to pander to voters), but that quote still amounts to an interesting theory. 8:37 PM + 0 comments + link Tuesday, December 22, 2009A DecadeSo I entered this decade in the lowly town of Newark, Delaware which is 48.1 miles to the south of my current home base. I spent those first few minutes of 2000 at a college party in a house I rented with 3/4s of my roommates at the University of Delaware. Those were the waning days of an undergraduate education and I think we were all ready to move on. Bigger and better things weren't necessarily on our minds at that second, we just wanted to move. On. By that point, I had decided that the state of Delaware had to be one of the worst in the union and was open to packing up my gear that evening and shoving off. Maybe hop a steamship or flag down the next dirigible flying by. As Dick Clark welcomed us all to a new age and 57.2% of the people at the party probably hoped for a y2k-based apocalypse on national television, I heard some unknown asshole yell a phrase that was immediately burned into all of our minds. This certain drunken gentleman exclaimed "2000 more years of fun! 2000 more years of fun! Maybe." It was the pause right before the "Maybe" part that was at first hilarious then ominously frightening. I think I saw a fleeting image of Dubya eating the Constitution as those words exited that guy's Lehigh-educated voice box. Anyway...That was then. Let's push things forward. 10:25 PM + 2 comments + link Friday, October 02, 2009Go Kurt. Go.8:31 PM + 0 comments + link Friday, September 11, 2009File Under: Shit. I've Wasted My LifeWhen the Beatles ended, George was 26 years old, Paul was 27, John was 28, and Ringo was 29. Crap. 7:25 PM + 1 comments + link Tuesday, September 01, 2009I'm Searching For My Mainline During a group conversation a few days before I turned a shocking 31 years old, the greatest song of all-time was briefly debated outside on my small patio. The usual suspects quickly made an appearance: "Satisfaction", "Like a Rolling Stone", "Under Pressure", etc. Now had that conversation taken place in the past week, I could quite possibly opt for the Velvet Underground's "Sister Ray". A song I had never actually heard before until August 22nd, 2009 when it was played over the stereo in a record store in Doylestown, PA. How I had managed to listen to thousands upon thousands of songs in my 31 years and not hear "Sister Ray" is pretty surprising. I enjoy VU's "White Light/White Heat" (quite possibly the only song I would ever sing background vocals on) from the album of the same name, once watched an entire documentary on Lou Reed on PBS, and I enjoy other long songs of his (that middle section of "Street Hassle" keeps getting better the more times I hear it) but still the track "Sister Ray" escaped my grasp. Since first hearing it those few days ago, I've probably listened to that song at least ten times in its 17 minutes+ glory. I even searched out the fascinating "Legendary Guitar Amp Tapes" version that someone recorded live in 1969 directly through Lou Reed's guitar amp. Every aspect of the song is muffled in that recording, except for the screaming lead guitar. (Listen to portions of it here.) I guess it's encouraging that additional great things exist that I've never heard of, seen, or experienced. So here's to finding more holy grails such as "Sister Ray". It may take 31 years to discover them, but they're out there and they're waiting. 10:59 PM + 0 comments + link Monday, August 24, 2009He'll Always Be Puff Daddy To MeAfter several weeks of trying to figure it out, I'm still completely unsure why I find this short video of Sean Combs dancing to Q-Tip so great. What an exit. 5:36 PM + 0 comments + link Wednesday, August 19, 2009This Ain't an MP3, PaaaleSo I need to pose a small question to the music listening members of society, does anyone have albums they enjoy too much to convert to mp3s? As in, if they're transformed into digital versions of themselves, they'll somehow be compromised in some way. I've found that's the case with a good amount of my favorite albums. I'm no Luddite (or a Heenan), but for some reason, I don't always enjoy the ability to listen to the greatest of the great songs at any time of day. Like a fine wine(?), I take a small degree of comfort that they're sitting on my shelf waiting for me at home and not hiding in a strange corner of my ipod. I remember reading an interview with Michael Ian Black a few years ago in which he mentioned that he didn't want to listen to the song "Buckets of Rain" from "Blood on the Tracks" too many times because he might get tired of it. That's the exact same way I feel about dj Shadow's "Endtroducing" among many others. They'll always be mp3-free for me, pal. 5:46 PM + 3 comments + link Monday, July 27, 2009It's 71 Up in Ponca CityMonday, June 01, 2009Anyone Can Fall DownFrom a quite excellent profile of Zach Galifianakis in the NY Times: "Zach has a darkness," Silverman agrees. "But at the same time he's mostly silly. We were standing backstage at a club in L.A., U.C.B., that shares a hallway with a restaurant called Birds. On the door that goes into the restaurant, it says 'Birds employees only,' and Zach just took his pen and put a comma after 'Birds,' so it said, 'Birds, employees only,' as if they were telling birds that they are not allowed through this door. He sees every situation as an opportunity."Also. What happened to May around here? I guess it's lost to the ages. 5:40 PM + 0 comments + link Tuesday, April 14, 2009Boats of OatesFact #92 is the only reason to attend Temple University. Actually, if the entire universe was aware of that small bit of historical knowledge, every child in the country would enroll there and all other institutions of higher learning would cease to exist. And although not Hall or Oates related, this absolutely rules. Download it all then shut upa you face. 5:51 PM + 0 comments + link Thursday, April 02, 2009Farm ItAfter deliberating for several minutes, I still can't fathom why I enjoy the cover art so much for the new Dinosaur Jr. album. Giant, green monster guys who carry people around are the only cure to all of the ills of society. 6:08 PM + 0 comments + link Saturday, March 28, 2009Art OnNote to self: When it comes to collecting art, be more like Herb and Dorothy. And just wow. 8:40 PM + 0 comments + link Monday, March 16, 2009Worst Channel Ever & Greatest Song Ever #19Since it's broken and Jon Stewart has already torn it apart, let's fix CNBC. Either way, I get stuck watching 8 painful hours of it each weekday. However, if this actually happens then we'll all get a reprieve from working because the apocalypse will be upon us. That's about the only way the state of Connecticut could possibly get any worse, if they actually elected Larry Kudlow as their senator. I'll be maxing out my campaign finance donation limit to beat that bastard. Even Connecticut resident, Olaf D., can't overcome the sheer awfulness that Kudlow shoots from his eyes every Monday through Friday starting at 11am. And the # of times I heard "Rez" (aka Greatest Song Ever #17) by Underworld today: 2 9:26 PM + 0 comments + link Wednesday, March 04, 2009Three Great Things That Only I Probably Care About1.) Andy Richter to be Conan's announcer on the Tonight Show. 2.) Parker Lewis Can't Lose to be released on dvd in June. 3.) J. Robbins recording Thorns of Life album. 5:47 PM + 1 comments + link |
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