October 2008
28 posts
Department of Eagles new song, "1997" →
Fred and Dan make a new song for their third album. Can’t wait for “In Ear Park,” their second album, to come out in a couple of weeks.
September 2008
24 posts
I love The Blow. Listening to this a while ago...
From Mat "Obama is Your New Bicycle" Honan and...
emptyage:
Unlike John McCain, http://barackobamawilllookyouintheeye.com/
“The process of avoiding direct eye contact, known as averting gaze, will show...”
– This was a big thing for me, watching the debates last night. I mean Obama would look directly at him, using his first name, to call him out on lies or to point out similarities in their positions, and McCain would just look at Jim Lehrer with a smile on his face that seemed to say, “Can you...
Oy →
Sarah Silverman’s contribution to the Obama campaign.
Dodd Proposes Giving U.S. Equity Stake for Bad... →
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd offered an alternative today to the Bush administration’s financial rescue plan aimed at giving the U.S. Treasury an equity stake when it helps companies burdened by debt.
“They should just change all the acting categories in the Emmys to...”
– Jesse Thorn
“The […] meaning of the word [amateur] identifies one who plays at his...”
– John Szarkowski in “Looking at Photographs.” Thanks to Matt for lending me the book.
“He was an actual genius, which is as rare in literature as being kind—and he was...”
– Zadie Smith remembers David Foster Wallace.
“Hurricane Ike [will] give the skyscrapers, refineries and docks of the...”
– the AP.
Who took the dance floor away from us/It must have... →
Written and performed by Dakota Smith.
“I don’t know much about politics, but I know what I hate.”
– - Adam “Lonelysandwich” Lisigor.
Well put, sir. A lot of my like-minded friends have, in the last 24 hours, expressed a great deal of negativity about the outcome of the election. I say they’re paying too much attention to the daily news cycle. If McCain wins in November I will...
Magnetosphere now available on iTunes
Congratulations to Robert and The Barbarian Group! Apple bought Magnetosphere and it is now featured on iTunes 8 as a the prettiest music visualizer.
Now what will I do on Monday nights?
I’ve been downloading individual episodes of Mad Men, season 2 on iTunes for the past month or so. I’ve seen a couple of the episodes on TV and so I did not purchase those or feel the need to get a season pass.
But today! I went to download last night’s episode and all of the sudden they aren’t offering single episode downloads. They’re only offering a...
“The difference between a community organizer and a politician is that community...”
– Jay Smooth
“The President and I agree on most issues. There was a recent study that showed I...”
– I was wondering where the 90% figure kept coming from. Turns out it’s straight from the horse’s mouth!
