I am sad that I can’t make it to the Moonlight Ride this year. We’re going on vacation later than normal and I’m going to be out of town. Emma and I had a terrific time last year and if you’re in Richmond and have a kid to make the ride with I can’t recommend [...]
Mountain Man is a group of 3 women who sing a capella (or minimally accompanied) American-style folk songs. Think, “Down to the River to Pray” by Alison Krauss from O, Brother Where Art Thou. I have an unabashed love for this kind of music when it’s done right, and I think this is done very, [...]
This makes me happy because it looks like they really went for it.
Here is the ridiculously awesome-looking, Ashley Wood-designed, World War Robot MK2 Bertie that I ordered back in December from 3A. I mention it today because I just got notice of a delivery date. In June. While I don’t doubt these are the greatest vinyl toys in the history of vinyl toys, a 6 month wait [...]
I’m a basketball fan so I appreciate what LeBron James can do. I’m also a Knicks fan, so to see the Cavaliers get wiped so badly in the playoffs over the last week has been the first glimmer of hope I’ve seen in years. ESPN has this tight little recap of LeBron’s career from when [...]
As you know, I have gotten pretty into cycling over the last year and a half. I have done long training rides on weekends, weekend tours out of state, shorter charity rides here in Richmond with my daughter Emma, and of course 2009’s MS150 Ride. The personal improvement I have felt from cycling is far [...]
Here is an interesting promotional video. [
GoW2 didn’t really catch on with our group like the first one, but I am a sucker for a well-done trailer.
Record Club is a thing where Beck gets some people together and then re-records a whole album. Record Club: INXS “Guns In The Sky” from Beck Hansen on Vimeo. Kick was one of the very first tapes I got from BMG and I wore it out. I love those songs. I’m going to follow this [...]
It’s already all over everywhere, but I’m such a Scott Pilgrim fan that I want to be sure you guys see it.