OK, so I'm working on this idea for a radio show. The premise is that we listen to some music and then talk about the songs and the artists. I have lots of songs, but I need interesting things to say. Anecdotes and trivia would work great. These could be stories about your experience with songs or artists or else just information you've picked ( Read more... )

So Catie posted her five current favorite songs, and then she demanded that I do the same. I draw the line at the second "survey," but here's what I've been listening to ( Read more... )

So as a follow-up to the much-loved previous post ( Read more... )

Ian sent me this story, which is both fascinating and horrifying. So if we set aside the actual murder, which I won't condone, it provides an interesting introduction to the topic of digital property and property in general. What can we be said to own? Should the same rules that protect digital music be used to protect other seemingly ( Read more... )

When I look in the mirror / I can't believe what I see / Tell me who's that funky dude / staring back at me / Broken, beaten down / Can't even get around / Without an old man cane / I fall and hit the ground
-Weezer, "The Good Life"

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Two movies I've rented lately:

Stepford Wives (1975)This is one creepy movie. Screenplay by William Goldman (of Princess Bride fame) based on Ira Levin's novel. I'm not sure exactly how knowing the movie's secret affected my viewing. It still managed to be a disturbing film. The acting is fairly good. It's essentially a horror movie with no ( Read more... )

So for those of you who are starved for entertainment, here are a few movies I've seen recently:( Read more... )

Once again, I'm stealing Nate's subject for my own. His last post concerned cover songs (and a rant about stupid mp3 software). Liz can list a lot of cover songs, and I used to be a generally big fan of covers, but I have become either more discerning or more cynical in my tastes. Anyway, it seems like the true test of a cover is whether or not ( Read more... )

Some movies I've seen recently:( Read more... )

So here is mine for favorite movies. To be clear, this list was requested, so don't take this as any particular message on my part. There are not necessarily the best movies ever, or even what I would consider the best movies I've seen. They're my "trapped on a desert island" movies. In no particular order:( Read more... )