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They say that I am an unlucky man. In fact, some say that I resemble Charlie Brown ( Read more... )

I am sitting in the PDX airport about to take my flight back to the nether regions of Iowa, when they offered anyone with flexiable travel plans to give up their seats for a free round trip ticket anywhere in the lower 48. My choices where, to arrive in iowa tonight at 11:30, sleep till 1 and come into the lab, or arrive in iowa tomorrow afternoon ( Read more... )

I leave portland and fly back to iowa tomorrow, but i wrote another show review for localcut.com, and it might just be the finest thing i have ever written. I'll give you a hint, in involves me spending a tender moment with the lead singer of 31Knots and then being blown away by Viva Voce. It is quite rad.

Enjoy, i know i did

Another Local cut post up that i wrote. Check it out, it's pretty good. I went to various all ages shows in Portland (where i have been for the last 2 weeks or so), and writing about it.

Let me know what you think.

I finally understand arguments for intelligent design and, funny enough, the definitive proof does not come from the bible, but rather from my youth ( Read more... )

Mcsweeneys is now the only thing i look forward to.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR OF BABYBUG, A MAGAZINE FOR READERS AGE 6 MONTHS TO 2 YEARS. BY MICHAEL DEPP

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Conversations Between Famous People as Imagined by Someone With an American Public-School Education Who Didn't Pay Too Much Attention in School but Who Did Just Enough to Pass the ( Read more... )

I wrote another live review for localcut, you can find it here . This time i drove 2 hours to see the Shaky Hands perform a 20 minute set ( Read more... )

Dreams are strange. I know what you're thinking "oh Ian, thanks for that little nugget of wisdom, what platitudes do you have in store for us today", but I'm serious. The strangest thing about dreams are the specific conditions that need to be fulfilled in order for you not to question it. If a dream is outlandish and over the top, for example, ( Read more... )