6. Candy ( Read more... )

3. Something you wish had never happened/or had happened

I don't want to discuss really serious stuff here, and I suspect no one wants to read it. Therefore, I'm going to note that I wish Terry Gilliam had gotten the financing to do the Good Omens movie. He's literally the only director in the world that could do it right, and for a measly $50 ( Read more... )

"Every artist is a cannibal, every poet is a thief;
All kill their inspiration and sing about the grief."

Not sure what Bono's on about, but I like it

So I've blown off the quotes because I've either fried, out, or both all week. Thinking about the Super Bowl halftime show. I thought it was awesome that the Who got their turn to do the show a couple of years ago, and it was... less than impressive. So they went with a younger artist (but not that much younger; the Black Eyed Peas have been around ( Read more... )

So today I'm bothered by the words of a couple of sixty-something rocks stars. I suppose if I can spare the brain cells to be bothered by Elton John and Eric Clapton, I must be doing all right, but that's beside the point. Sir Elton raised a few eyebrows a couple months back when he chose to play Rush Limbaugh's fourth wedding for a cool million ( Read more... )

Listening to Pandora radio at work. (I may start bringing in CDs to rip soon; I'm not sure.) I'm enjoying it, but I have to say that the idea of Pandora is a lot better than the execution. Yes, they can analyze what goes into a song that I like, and that'll put them in the ballpark of my taste, but those elements in another song won't necessarily ( Read more... )

And, as an offset to the bad news, this makes me smile and smile. It's Daniel Radcliffe singing "The Elements Song" after describing Tom Lehrer as the funniest man of the 20th century.

Daniel Radcliffe just may be my new favorite celebrity.

I think this is awesome. Apparently, some folks are angry that Justin Bieber spoke out in Tiger Beat magazine in favor of the Sufi community center that's supposed to be built down near Ground Zero in lower Manhattan. There's a serious question about the degree to which artists should be held responsible for their opinions-for example, the ( Read more... )

So I invented a word yesterday:

pirg (v.), to solicit passing pedestrians for worthy causes.

I had lunch with gee_tar and hca yesterday in Davis Square, and all three of us were separately asked "for a moment of our time" by fellow with a cause, a clipboard, and an earnest expression. Folks like this are pretty common in urban areas, running voter drives ( Read more... )

Shared this on Facebook, but I'm sharing it here too, because well, it's awesome in a bombastic and ridiculous way. It's funny. On the one hand, it's a song called "Rock into Mordor" inspired by an internet meme. On the other hand, isn't not really any goofier than, say, "Holy Diver" by Dio and that's actually pretty awesome. Anyway, share and ( Read more... )