The Alternative to Love came out back in the Spring but I only just got it a couple of weeks ago. His name has been in a lot of blogs I read but I didn’t hear anything that made me want to run out and see what the big deal was. Thanks to Subterranean I [...]
I’ve been a long-standing proponent (pimponent?) for the fine folks at Tiny Showcase since they started back in February. 2 weeks ago I caught an email from them about a 12 Days of Tiny Showcase box of prints they were putting out for the holidays. “The Twelve Days of Tiny Showcase is our Winter 2005 [...]
Security consultant Howard Stapleton (of Wales) installs security measures for tores frequented by crime. Remembering an childhood episode of discomfort, he discovered a frequency audible to teenagers, but not oldsters like your Safe as Milk crew. He used that frequency to create an annoying chirp to drive away youthful loiterers and shoplifters, and dubbed it [...]
Here’s his Wikipedia entry. “Pat” Morita, often billed as “the Hip Nip” in his standup act, became a member of the Los Angeles improvisational comedy troupe The Groundlings.” I had no idea he was a standup comedian. Cool. Here is the CNN article on his death.
The best part of playing along at the Whiskerino is my awesome beard: Another cool thing is getting to see what the cool kids are looking at on the internet. Yacht Rock #2 is awesome awesome awesome. Thanks Herr Neas for sharing the love.
It apparently started at Dartmouth in the 50′s. I’ve played much more than my fair share of beer pong (and I like to think I’m pretty good at it) but it’s hard for me to imagine it as more of a ‘pong’ game than a ‘beer’ game. Paddles? Weird.
I need to get one of these. “If you already have an expensive navigation system in your car, youre already familiar with the generic womans voice telling you to turn left at the next light. The idea behind Wanderlusts new offering is to give drivers something a little different, explains CEO Will Andre.” This is [...]
And he should be. Arrested Development is a great show that was, unbelievably, never able to find or hold a large audience. Weird. Here is David Cross swearing about it. It’s not like AD is any weirder than Seinfeld was. Oh well, enjoy it while you can.
Do you know about the 33 1/3 series of books? The idea is to have a critic or musician write a short book about an album that means something to them. Here’s a bunch of them at Amazon. I’ve been meaning to start working through the series but you know how the reading queue can [...]