Monthly Archives: November 2006

Haiku From The News

a man smoking crack. an alligator’s delight, preferrably nude.

Young Master Waits

Los Angeles. August 12, 1973. A 23-year old veteran of the US Coast Guard chats in studio with the husband-and-wife hosts of KPFK‘s FolkScene radio show. He’s been playing out every Monday night at the Troubadour since 1971. His debut album sits fresh on record store shelves, but few will find it. Most folks outside

Clones!

11-28-06_1636.jpg Originally uploaded by grabbingsand. Clones! Spotted at Fresh Market. (Not purchased.)

My Amnesiacal Remembrance

After Alyssa‘s polite insisting, I’ve been listening to the latest musical offering from former DC Comics intern, Gerard Way. His band is, of course, My Chemical Romance. They’ve been accused time and time again of being emo-this and emo-that. Frankly, I don’t know what emo is supposed to really be, particularly since emo used to

Video Card Hell And Super Mario Heaven

Spent most of yesterday in Mario Heaven. Why? Well, I’ve been experiencing some flakiness with my video card, particularly whilest playing City Of Heroes, so my PC gaming activities have shifted in focus. Oddly enough, the video card — a two-year old Nvidia GeForce FX5900 XT — performs just fine not only during normal day-to-day

Riding On The Metro

Amber borrowed this meme from Joe, so I’m borrowing it from her. These are logos, each representing a metropolitan rail system that has had the singular pleasure of transporting me from one place to another. Shame it doesn’t include a few more in the state or country category. Go here to build your own “Metros

Idioteque, Indeed

Ideotique Originally uploaded by grabbingsand. I wish my iPod were just a little smarter. I know that it was already home to Radiohead’s Kid A album, but when I re-rip the album at a higher bit rate and copy over the new mp3s, why would it ever think that I wanted to keep both versions?

This Monday’s Twenty

“Through The Wire” – Kanye West “Moaner” – Underworld “Jesus Walks” – Kanye West “Greenday Massacre” – Dean Gray “Not Ready To Make Nice” – Dixie Chicks “Sometimes” – Jennifer Nettles “What Goes On” – The Beatles “Masters Of War” – Bob Dylan “Leaving Home Ain’t Easy” – Queen “I Thought About You (Live)” –

Keillor And Kryptonite

Lois liked to see the bullets bounce off Superman’s chest, and of course she was proud when he leaned into a locomotive and saved the crippled orphan who had fallen on the tracks. From Monday’s Writer’s Almanac with Garrison Keillor, an excerpt from Ron Koertge‘s poem titled in honor of The Man Of Steel’s mineral

Time And Time Again For Heroes

(If you’re watching Heroes, this post will make more sense. If you’re caught up to this week’s episode, read on. If not, you might wish to take anti-spoilery precautions, though I’ve not revealed too much. Most of this is speculation.) The trouble with time travel is causality. Causality has little mercy, so the life you