Stuck in the Middle With You
Once again, I just don’t know who to blame. Yes, we’re a very fat country, so yes, perhaps airlines should begin accommodating our girth. Then again…aw fuck it…decide for yourselves: Man Sues Airline For Being Seated Next To Obese Man.
We’re eating better, exercising more, and yet, the pounds aren’t coming off. You?
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//RECENT
Vincent Moon and Arcade Fire Walk Into An Elevator….“[T]he crowd seemed really emotionally engaged with the music.”
Water Water Everywhere…. “Water, water, everywhere,
And all the boards did shrink;
Water, water, everywhere,
Nor any drop to drink.”
- The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
An extended version of Bon Iver’s La Blogotheque Take Away Show of “For Emma, Forever Ago” with three versions of the song and some very startled tourists. I think this is one of my favorite things in the whole world. Not just that the song is so beautiful, and is so beautifully sung, but that [...]
So, This Stephen Malkmus-looking Guy Who Went to High School with My Boss Wrote a Children’s BookA man once said, “Childrens do learn.” and I believe childrens should learn to dream big dreams. Even better is to dream arty dreams like a hipster might draw. This hipster author’s name is Dallas Clayton. Although I do not know for sure that Dallas Clayton is a hipster, he looks like this: And, I [...]
Matilde UrrutiaIt isn’t simply that you are loved gloriously, or loved beautifully. But rather that a pitch perfect expression of love for you sounds and sounds, Rises into the very air. Though the love itself may fade, I do not know, The poetry you inspire ascends, ascending Becomes stars and you, who are so loved, Look [...]
//FROM THE ARCHIVES
What to do with $456 BillionAfter seven years of suffering with George W., and almost six years since the tragedy of 9/11, we finally have the gift of retrospect. Despite all promises regarding our invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq, it’s clear we are mired in an un-winnable war which poses no benefit to the United States, nor, it seems, [...]
Oops, I Think You’ve Got a Little Libertarian on Your ShirtTime Magazine has an article about New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and California’s own Arnold Schwarzenegger which is certainly worth a read. What’s particularly interesting to us is the unmistakable appearance that these two guys (along with Ron Paul in the current Republican Presidential Primary field) sound much less like Republicans, and much more like [...]
Aesop RockThis is a great album overall, but I cannot get enough of this song! [Though "Catacomb Kids" is pretty awesome, too.] I just found the “None Shall Pass” video today and it makes a good thing even better. Please, please listen to the uncensored version because the censoring in this video really interrupts his amazing [...]
Surprise! This Line Goes Somewhere“When the total is given, please do not have the audacity to look surprised that you must pay now.”
Of Puritans and Labor RelationsWith Thanksgiving just a couple days away, it’s a tough business to realize that here in Southern California we’re gonna have a hard time finding a decent turkey with all the grocery peeps out on strike. So if you didn’t need a reminder, the days of “unions = bad” have very much come to an [...]
