are there any cds that any of you have been wanting to hear that you think I might have? i.e. a certain way out-of-pring Golden Apples of the Sun compilation put together by Devendra Banhart? (it's on the link i promise, just scroll on down a bit, wouldja?) I'm looking at you, Punky and Miss Carousel.... Anyone else have any requests? Fleur de ( Read more... )

Well, two main questions, with subquestions.

1 - Do any of you use Library Thing? If so, how do you like it? Is it worth paying for in order to have more than 200 books? I'm looking to get some sort of computer library system going, and this is cheaper than Delicious Library, even if Delicious Library is far more in keeping with The Pinball ( Read more... )

funny, I liked this song while I was living in CA, but now that I'm out here, I can't get it out of my head. some of the guitar really sounds like it could have inspired the sprout soundtrack stuff. (and while we're talking "california sound", much like tom petty, this year for christmas i'd like a new rickenbacher 12-string guitar, a couple ( Read more... )

I just got back from listening to this organ, not this oneIf any of you come visit me in this cold, rainy/snowy, not-skateboard-friendly town, I'm going to insist on taking you to a concert there. Provided you come on the appropriate Sunday, of course. The organ's crazy! It's tuned in mean tone and you can really hear the difference between how ( Read more... )

Someone else shares my love for music and wood panelling:

Behold the Wooden iPod!

so i just realized that i have to have a couple paper proposals, with sources, done in just a couple of weeks. meanwhile, across town, the UC system is basically just starting up. anyone want to play "pin the thesis on the donkey" with me in a few days?

oh, and pitchfork agrees with me that silversun pickups sound an awful lot like smashing ( Read more... )

( no real insight to post here, just wanted to muse in public about how strange it was to go to a show at back to the grind's basement tonight. )

today i got to wake up early, fill out a medical form, and eventually micturate into a little tupperware triangle. hurray for tinkle tests! otherwise i'd probably get in trouble for whizzing into tupperware with someone else in the room listening. it was a rapid test, so i found out that there wasn't any glucose in there, and therefore my ( Read more... )