it has begun. dragoncon. i’m back again. the first day has come and gone, leaving my feet hurting and my eyes blurring. i am sitting here and i have every intention to write about the furious comic book legends, the disgruntled stars of television-gone-by, the strange popularity of an australian show about survivalist teenagers, the …
specifically, warren ellis — author of mind-expanding comics like transmetropolitan, the authority, hellblazer — wants to see your part of the world via your digitalcam or phonecam. why? It’s Wednesday. I want to see the world, please. fair enough. and people have been more than happy to oblige. and me? eh, the batteries are dead …
allow us to introduce the latest members of our household. this is daeva. a girl. this is daksha. a boy. daeva and daksha came to us from cats in the cradle, a no-kill shelter in roswell. we found them about a month and a half ago during the shelter’s weekend visit to the roswell petsmart. …
“There are hard cases and there are easy cases. This is an easy case,” said U.S. District Judge Denny Chin. “This case is wholly without merit both factually and legally…. Parody is a form of artistic expression protected by the First Amendment. The keystone to parody is imitation. Mr. Franken is clearly mocking Fox.” isn’t …
holy cow. just when you think you’ve seen or heard every possible comeback from the 80s, along comes something to kick you square in the memories. that’s right, folks. they’re older, they’ve got less hair, they’ve all got families and children now, but that’s not going to stop the… 2003 Stryper Reunion Tour!
what? you have to be kidding me. really? oh, come on. you just need to take a good look at that 2nd place “cola wars” trophy and get used to it. you’re attempts to be something outrageous and radical, they fail. one of the primary rules of life is that one should not consume blue …
“I’m not sure what happened, but while we were recording OHIO, we made peace finally with the idea that this music has a lot to do with why we’re here. Writing and recording songs is just what we do, and I think we’re letting go of the suspicion that maybe there is something more important …
isn’t it strange? the simple diplomacy of candlelight seems to draw the eye’s attention away from our differences while showing us just how alike we all really are. basra. gaza city. new york city.
i would just have to say that my site is pretty darn fair & balanced, bill. and so are these. (happy fair & balanced day!)
apart from the debut album itself, one of the finest recordings of jeff buckley has to be the 1993 EP called live at sin-e’ — it is also teasingly brief, weighing in at only four tracks. but those tracks are simply amazing. the opening guitar riff to “eternal life” is so spare, so matter-of-fact, it …
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