So, both cable AND internet decided to cut out about 6 hours into the blizzard on Friday night. Thankfully, I had hit Borders and bought a ton of Neal Stephenson novels. Snow Crash is really, really good (and surprisingly funny). Now I'm starting on his Baroque Trilogy (all set during the late 1600-early 1700s, Age of Reason, we've already met a ( Read more... )

The "R.I.P." meme is fucking stupid. It has always been stupid. It has never, despite claims to the contrary, been clever. FFS stop.

Watch a documentary that was on IFC about No Wave called Kill Your Idols, which is one of those punk mini-genres I've tried (and failed) to get into. This doc reminded me why: it is utterly pretentious bullshit, like somebody said "the Romones are sellouts for using chords. We just hit the guitar and scream into the mic." Plus, I like to think ( Read more... )

This video is awesome. Song is very Joy Division-ish. I'd embed, but the Youtube channel is run by morons, so here is a link ( Read more... )

Metric - Fantasies: Really great upbeat indie pop, very shimmery new-wave. And I absolutely adore Emily Haines' "little girl" voice, it really reminds me of Cerys Matthews from Catatonia.
Songs to check out: Gold Guns Girls, Sick Muse, Gimme Sympathy

Kasabian - West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum: There is a reason these guys have become Oasis' ( Read more... )

Just got back from District 9. Very, very, very good, but I wasn't quite as blown away as, say, Children of Men. For some reason that I can't quite put my finger on, it reminds me of Blade Runner, not so much in visual style, but in storytelling tone ( Read more... )

Please fix Games For Windows Live. I'd reaaaaaaly like to play the Fallout DLCs I just paid for.
P.S: Steam is blowing you away, you know that, right?

I knew I should have submitted this (though it is pretty damn obvious, if you think about it ( Read more... )

God damn you FOX. GOD DAMN YOU.

So, we finally get FOX to bring Futurama back. And now they are being assholes and recasting 9/10's of the voices. Seriously, what the fuck?! It is like they are going out of the way to be evil fucking bastards.

So, just watched a grackle trying to convince his two half-grown chicks (who were waddling after here in the back yard) to try to fly. At first I thought the grackle was pestering two birds who were building a ground nest, but later confirmed via GIS that they were babies. I assume that was dad too, since according to Wikipedia the males are ( Read more... )