Archive for February, 2007
Roses and Roses and Roses
February 7th, 2007Time for another goofball meme, the kind where you put your iTunes playlist on “shuffle” and list whatever song corresponds with each item. This one I found at Quiddity.
What does next year have in store for me? Somehow I Feel I Must Be Dreaming — Jumping Jacques
What does my love life look like? My Town, […]
Caught on Tape
February 7th, 2007The weekly cassette mp3s shared at Tape Findings reminds me of the hours of silly tape recordings I made as a child (via WFMU Beware of the Blog). I talked, sang, did skits and even made a fake “Weekend Update”-style news program. I also found that, if you depressed the Pause button slightly while recording, […]
The Secret World of Guys
February 5th, 2007The New York Times on the best and worst Super Bowl ads. We recorded the telecast last night, especially for the ads. With the very first ad break I whined to C., “these commercials are soooo Straight White Male.” I felt like I needed to watch a few touchy-feely Lifetime TV movies to cleanse myself […]
Babbling About The Shins
February 4th, 2007Score one for the nerds. The Shins’ latest, Wincing The Night Away, has debuted on the Billboard album charts at #2, becoming by far the highest charting album in Sub Pop Records‘ history. Pitchfork elaborates: “Only pretty-boy rap&b foursome Pretty Ricky bested the Shins last week, selling 132,000 copies of their new album Late Night […]
I Sing the Body Electric
February 3rd, 2007Last night Christopher and myself journeyed over to the Arizona Science Center to view an exhibit called Body Worlds 3. It was wild and interesting. The “Body Worlds” concept was introduced by German scientist Gunther Von Hagens, who developed a method of preserving dead tissue in a process which replaces human body fluids with liquified […]
The Disney Version
February 1st, 2007Jerry Beck of Cartoon Brew shared a prime piece of vintage ephemera with the Disney Studio’s 1943 employee handbook. I enjoyed the perky illustrations, but beyond that is the fascinating text dealing with wartime working conditions. Dem employees were kept on a tight leash (unlike today).
