Asleep at the Wheel 40 Miles Left to Go
The more I listen to CBC Radio 3’s podcast, the more I like what I hear. This week introduced me to Vancouver’s The New Pornographers. They’re not anything close to new, but they’re new to me, and it’s another band you’ll never hear any place that plays a “Your station is a Standard Radio station” […]
Early this morning I completed the final component of a work assignment that has had me in New Jersey for more than a month. The number one priority has been addressed, and everything looks like it’s running smoothly. There were hiccups, but pre-planning and a couple dry-runs beforehand exposed the kinks and allowed us to […]
Last night, for the first time in the better part of a year, I managed to sleep the whole night through. I’m thinking things are starting to come together, and my body’s starting to like me again. Over the past few weeks I’ve: cut my alcohol consumption down to one or two drinks on Fri […]
Have a listen to Transientworld. They were featured on this week’s CBC Radio 3 podcast, and I’m kinda digging their shit. “Forever in the Sun” incorporates samples, a sitar, and percussion that makes me think of a lighter—but not low-cal—version of the Chemical Brothers. Good stuff, I like.
I went to see Skeleton Key last night and, Kate Hudson cute-ness aside, the best part of the movies was one of the previews. I was psyched, but a bunch of the audience was confused. Seems a LOT of people haven’t heard/paid much attention to Firefly here, including the person I was seeing the movie […]
So, here’s where I rot in hell. There’s this band, I think they’re great, but no one plays them here. Worse, no one sells their CD here. I want to convince people that they’re a great band to listen to, but I have no where to point to. What do I do? I put on […]
Jesus, Ev makes me laugh, and KJ makes me think (and the roles are toally interchangeable). I am very lucky in that I get to post my drivel alongside the stuff that comes out of Ev and Kjell’s brain (yes, this is an intentional grammatical error). Ev’s the tounge-and-cheek one, and Kjell’s the methodical, maniacal, […]
For a Christmas firmware update for the iPod, I would love to see the following: stand alone Party Shuffle on the iPod itself. All relevant info is stored on the iPod datastores, so it shouldn’t be that big a deal… right? fix the clicker settings so they’re saved on the 4th gen iPods. Resetting them […]
I was watching ESPN’s Sports Center (I’m in the US, so they spell it all funny), and one of the highlights was a girls little league team winning a 1-0 game to advance in their World Series. As the winning run was scored, the team understandably went a little nuts. There was much celebration, with […]
I have high arches. My dress shoes, which I’ve had to wear for the last two months, do not. I’ve also been running again, which puts more strain on the same area. As a result, my right foot hurts. Specifically, my right foot has a mild case of plantar fasciitis. I’ve been stretching it out […]