In the spirit of taking months off at a time for other endeavors, I present something that cracks me up from the funny guys at homestarrunner.com: It’s from this Wii game, oh hell, there’s no point in explaining. I just think it’s funny. Enjoy it at 480p.
Can’t wait to boot into OS9 on the rebuit iMac and install this baby…
I’m a man on a mission. Or I guess multiple missions. One is my very gently ramping up mission to save the world. But I have another mission with a slightly tighter focus. In 1995, The Residents and Voyager release a CD-ROM interactive “game” of sorts called Freak Show. My friend Joe (who worked for [...]
There are few more enthusiastic supporters of Christmas than I (at least among atheists), and I particularly enjoy Christmas songs and carols. From a lyrical standpoint, my favorite is Good King Wenceslas, although until about an hour ago, I hadn’t thought to identify the reason why. I knew it certainly wasn’t because of the ultimate [...]
Many interesting things happened in 1969, but here’s one that didn’t make the charts. I am sitting in a room, by Alvin Lucier (1969) (26 MB, 45 minutes) The piece describes itself. And while the urge to skip ahead might be irresistible, allow yourself the chance to listen to it in full at least once, [...]
J.D. posted a clip of a live performance of “Elephant Talk” by King Crimson recently, and I just stumbled upon it this evening. Coincidentally, I just received The Columbus Book of Euchre (in reality, a ninety page stapled pamphlet, but with dead-on euchre info) from Amazon earlier this afternoon. I know, I know, these two [...]
A quick musing: Rebecca and I went to see our alma mater’s orchestra perform (among other works) Bartok’s Concerto for Orchestra at Carnegie Hall last Friday night, and on the drive home, I spent some time thinking about hard drug use. I have little personal experience in this area. I’ve been a teetotaller my entire [...]
“Chicago” by Sufjan Stevens: This track is from his masterpiece, Illinois (2005). Listen, and if you like, listen to some samples on iTunes, make a decision, then spend your cash.
So the other day I went out grocery shopping alone, and as I pulled into the Shop Rite parking lot I realized that I’d driven the entire way happily singing along to my children’s CD, which automatically started up when I started the car. They Might Be Giants’ Here Come The ABCs rocks! And the [...]