This is just so wrong on so many levels. (A Rick Astley/Nirvana mashup. I'm not kidding. I must share the pain.)

As is this, in a much more serious way. Money quote "Christina Turner feared that she might have been sexually assaulted after two men slipped her a knockout drug. She thought she was taking proper precautions when her doctor ( Read more... )

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Go.

Watch.

Cry.

ETA: Video's down at YouTube, however, you can still stream the inaugural concert at hbo.com. (Skip forward to 1:44 if you only want to see this song.)

(Sorry for the embedded video. I made an exception to my usual hatred of the embedded video in LJ posts, because I want to watch this over and over and over again.)

There was music Friday night, for the first time in a long time.

Our favorite neighborhood Irish pub in D.C. was bought out last year, and they changed the music programming, so hearing good local Irish music in D.C. has been hit-or-miss for a while now. They also got rid of our favorite Friday night bartender, which made it a much less fun place ( Read more... )

... be at work right now.

I've finished the most important tasks for today, and the things I could actually finish or make progress on in the next 75 minutes before it's time for me to go home are things I don't want to do. So I'm avoiding them for a few minutes and posting.The only problem with listening to music on the iPod while at work is ( Read more... )

So... facing an 8 hour train trip at the end of the month, and feeling a yen to listen to music and audiobooks while on the train, I broke down and bought an iPod last week. I've been resisting getting one for years, because I don't normally like to be disconnected from my surroundings. I spent Sunday last weekend transferring all of the CDs I ( Read more... )

The last few days have been an absolutely glorious precursor to spring. Sunny skies, temperatures in the 70's and lovely breezes. Even at night, it's been warm enough to go without a coat.

Thursday night was the first show of The Pogues current U.S. tour in D.C. at the 9:30 club. I never saw the original band together. By the time I was of an ( Read more... )

Brrr... I just got back from picking up groceries, and I thought the wind was going to knock me over before I got everything inside. I'm very glad that the rest of the day is given over to puttering around inside the house, because this is not a day to be outdoors.

And now, for a bit of updating:

Friday night was a blast. Patsy Whelan was ( Read more... )

Where are you going?
Can you take me with you?
For my hand is cold
And needs warmth
Where are you going?**

I don't typically do New Years' Resolutions, and I'm not feeling much like reviewing 2005 at the moment. This year I'm finding myself looking forward rather than back at the turning of the calendar.

Far beyond where the horizon lies ( Read more... )

I'm not getting much work done today, why do you ask ( Read more... )

Okay, I just got back from spending the evening with L & E and Co., listening to our favorite bar band, The Clare Voyants. This makes the third time I've heard this group, and was by far their best performance yet that I've seen. Partly the acoustics... partly the energy of the crowd... partly the chemistry of the band (they're trying out new ( Read more... )