August 2011
54 posts
3 tags
WatchHere’s a super-crappy iPhone video of what’s happening right now—6:45 pm—at Indian Beach, NC.
UPDATE: That is the least-flattering video still in the history of moving pictures. I look like Martin Short in Pure Luck.
2 tags
4 tags
Tom Waits: “Bad As Me”
You’re...
5 tags
That's Great, It Starts With an Earthquake
Well hi there, earthquake. I was in the middle of a phone call and thought the neighbors were just doing some serious lawn maintenance.
I’ll spend the rest of the afternoon bracing myself for the birds, snakes and aeroplane.
Wilco: “I Might”
Today’s ZOMG...
“I was I was a horse. Strong. Free. My chestnut haunches glistening in the sun.”
– Jack Donaghy
Genesis: “Throwing It All Away”
...
Fact: If "Waiting For Herb" is your favorite...
“First off let me tell you how pathetic you’re write up was. Your are poor...”
– — Nancy, who wins the award for screechiest, [sic]-est email of the day.
The best part was that her entire subject line was a winky face emoticon.
So congratulations, Nancy of Walpole. You’re the big winner. Or “your are” the big winner, if we’re going with your...
Kings Go Forth: “High On Your Love”
...
4 tags
Feist: “How Come You Never Go There”
...
R.E.M. Producer Mitch Easter's Guitars Stolen
From the Winston-Salem Journal:
Eight mostly vintage guitars — including one used for the first albums by the now world-famous rock band R.E.M. — were stolen from musician Mitch Easter’s recording studio in Kernersville, North Carolina last week, leaving Easter heartbroken over his missing heartstrings.
The only other thing taken in the theft was some beer from a refrigerator, Easter...
Kanye West (with Bon Iver): “Lost in the...
6 tags
Season 2, Episode 2
Cheryl: Trust me, you can't control a person's heart.
Krieger: You can with a little thing I call a deep cycle marine battery. Or LSD.