A year or so ago, we gave Comcast Broadband a trial run. We switched over our Internet access and even let them handle our phone calls via VOIP. And for the next five or six weeks, we had some of the worst connectivity I’ve ever experienced. The broadband modem was flakey, not the least bit …
On New Year’s Day, Nikki and I watched a movie called Idiocracy. If you’ve seen it, bear with me. If you’ve not, let me explain. Idiocracy is a Mike Judge (Office Space, “King of the Hill”) film about an average guy who wakes up 500 years into America’s future. This future he finds, isn’t so …
Perhaps someone should let Facebook know that dear Porter is unlikely to perform tomorrow night. iLike | Porter Wagoner | Facebook via kwout The fault, I suppose, lies with Ticketmaster. Given their monopolistic power, who knows? Maybe they’ve still got Mr Wagoner under contract to perform. Surely wouldn’t make his classic murder ballad “The Cold …
There was a time when I would’ve been all about 3DRadio, a new product unveiled today in Las Vegas at CES. It’s described as “TIVO for Radio.” I know I’ve used that very same phrase, mainly because there would be times that I knew I’d be at work or at rehearsal, right when something cool …
Retro-pop illustrator Mitch O’Connell is offering a selection of his works in FaceSpace/MyBook-ready glitter-fabulous format. Why? Because … I’ve been a fan of every slightly kitsch, offbeat and lowbrow mass produced expression of artistic coolness, think velvet paintings, string art, spin art, black light posters, scenic moving pictures (where it looks like the waterfall is …
Person 1: Hey. Person 2: Hey, how’ve you been? Person 1: I’m great. Just finished reading a great book on my Kindle. You ought to read it sometime. Person 2: Oh? Cool. Can I borrow it? Person 1: Yeah. About that … I can’t. Person 2: Can’t what? Can’t let me borrow the awesome book? …
It’s Guy Fawkes Night in the UK, though it would appear that health and safety divisions are keeping a watery eye on most festivities. As I observed too briefly four years ago, Bonfire Night is becoming obsolete. Even the city of York, birthplace of the wanna-be revolutionary/terrorist, is forgoing the festivities entirely. It’s too expensive, …
But I do, Radiohead. I really do. Don’t I? Everyone and their brother’s sister is talking about how awesome it is that fans can digitally purchase the new Radiohead album, In Rainbows, for whatever price strikes their fancy. This isn’t new, necessarily. Jane Siberry has been doing this for years. But Jane Siberry doesn’t have …
An artist needs a niche. You can’t get much more niche than illustrations of 19th century monks getting drunk. And so, let us celebrate today the singular art of Eduard von Grutzner (1846-1925). His art is featured this week at the Hollywood Animation Archive blog. His work reminds me of Hogarth, only a century later …
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