Archive for September, 2008
Monday, September 29th, 2008
happy mondays
I missed music friday, which especially bummed me out cuz Marty had a really rough week last week and couldn’t find the happiness. Anywhere. But the bright side is that now it’s been delayed, I can dedicate all the happiness in this happy mixtape to Marty (to cheer up!), Susan (cuz today is her birthday!) [...]
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Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
tell us how you really feel
My friend Jason Berlin has been writing some really great new taglines for the McCain campaign, but it’s his photo illustrations that rule the day.
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Friday, September 19th, 2008
Friday Clash
A recent post on Boing Boing linked me over to Cover Lay Down, a music blog that posts only covers. Interesting concept. The entry in question had a bunch of singer/songwriter/folky covers of The Clash’s “Straight to Hell,” a brilliant song off 1982’s Combat Rock. I’m not going to link to them here, cuz it’s [...]
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Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
burnt out
We didn’t make it to Burning Man this year, after all, and for the last several weeks I’ve been looking up at the early morning and late afternoon sun and thinking to myself, “I know this light. I know this angle. It all seems so familiar to me.”
Of course, I know where I know it [...]
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Monday, September 15th, 2008
more than luck
All the appreciations and memorials for David Foster Wallace have me feeling a little melancholic. I was never a big fan of his writing, although I always sort of knew I should be. (Or is that “should have been?” RIP.)
The New York Times article mentions horrible things like a 20-year battle and ECT. The Morning [...]
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Friday, September 12th, 2008
epic friday
It’s been a while since I blogged music on a friday, so here’s some to enjoy this weekend.
A friend recently gave me the latest Sigur Ros CD, called “med sud i eyrum vid spilum endalaust,” which has caused a bit of a Sigur Ros revival around these parts. The music is sweeping and beautiful and [...]
