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So Long Lives This: Pondering Kurt Cobain (A JIVE Re-Post)
Today. An anniversary deserving of recognition, even if you hold little admiration for the man. Conspiracies abound to the contrary, but seventeen years ago this week, Kurt Cobain died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Seattle. The death of Kurt Cobain affected the children of the late 70s / early 80s far more than it…
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DIY: The Tread-Desk
Nikki was reading up on standing desks. Then she saw where some folks had combined a standing desk with a treadmill, said she might like to have something like that. I said I’d build one for her. So that’s what I did this week. And if I do say so myself, it looks quite nice…
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Revisiting: Rush – Hold Your Fire
The album I associate most with my first car, with my initial forays into driving on my own, going on those timid initial dates and experiencing for the first time the strangeness of a night drive home alone … is Hold Your Fire, the 1987 release by Rush. I don’t even recall why I bought…
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Tea With The Dream King: a Neil Gaiman Interview (A JIVE Re-Post)
3:00pm. That’s when I was scheduled to meet Neil Gaiman in the restaurant at the Park Hotel in Charlotte, North Carolina. So there IÂ was. Right on time. And waiting with a smile was the hostess. “Hello,” I said with the awkward presentation of someone walking into a restaurant with no intention of actually eating. “I’m…
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A Different Kind of Game: The Phenomena of Milliways Bar (A JIVE Re-Post)
This article was posted originally on 03/22/2005 at JIVE Magazine, an Atlanta-based print/web magazine. Sadly, the website is no longer active. But seeing as I’m still proud of the work, I’ll be re-posting articles here as I see fit. Today’s re-post is inspired by an article in the Atlantic about joining a Social Media network…
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2010 Sounded Like This (Alot)
2010 was a strange and busy year, but the music was quite good. 15. Sensual Harrassment – Alpha Draconis. This is such a glorious throwback of an EP. Do you like Joy Division? Miss The Smiths? Well, then half of this release is for you. The other half is kind of dance-y, sort of Radiohead-y.…
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Talking to Myself, 22 Years Ago
The other week, the Twitter hashtag #tweetyour16yearoldself started making the rounds. At last check, it was still rolling. This was my contribution: After a bit of thought, I’d like to expand on that. So 16-year old Me, pay attention: Here’s the deal. I didn’t give you enough credit. I was convinced that if only I…
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Where I’ve Been
Toma, originally uploaded by Scrivenings. Here. Directing Two Gentlemen of Verona and being shot (photographically) by rather talented children.