January 2009
My Belated Favorite Records of 2008: Part 2
I can’t stop I won’t stop!
Alright, here are the rest of my favorites. Again, looking back, I can’t believe how many records I fell for this year. I had to go all the way up to 40 before I felt like I got to a cut I was happy with.
At times I’ve felt like 2008 wasn’t that great a year for music, but looking back it’s hard to understand where that was coming...
“Highly aggressive supersquirrels were menacing gray squirrels in England,...”
– Theodore Ross: I love love love Harper’s “Weekly Review” feature
Nobunny - Motorhead with Me
This fantastic chunk...
Free Yr Radio Benefit Compilation →
For 99 cents (plus a recommended “tip” donation), you get a bunch of live, b-side, and demo tracks from the likes of No Age, Dan Deacon, !!!, King Khan, The Walkmen, Tokyo Police Club, Yeasayer and more.
Sold exclusively through Insound, the comp benefits the following stations: “Ohio.FM in Columbus, KVRX in Austin, KRCL in Salt Lake City, WPRB in Philadelphia, KIWR in...
The Day The Saucers Came →
A Neil Gaiman short short story illustrated by Jouni Koponen
My Belated Favorite Records of 2008
I know, I know, it’s late January. Why on earth post this now? Well, I guess I just want to get it out of my drafts folder, where it’s been sitting for weeks waiting for me to finish it, rather than simply delete it. December was a maelstrom of holidays, travel, baby showers, and work, and it took a while to go through the stacks again.
What’s taken me by surprise over the last...
WatchStephen Colbert’s new segment: Better Know A Beatle
AMAZING!
NYT Headline: "Take Bacon. Add Sausage. Blog." →
I’m kind of over this whole bacon thing (it’s SOOOO 2008), yet I can’t seem to stop f*cking mentionig it. Nonetheless, this is one of the best headlines I’ve seen in a long time.
Australian family caged, detained, starved and... →
“Over the next 24 hours, officers questioned the Thornleigh taxi driver and his aged-care worker wife, patted them down and searched their luggage before sending them to a detention centre in a caged van. They were then taken to a hotel with other detainees at 2.30am to sleep with armed guards by their bedside before being woken at 4.30am and put on a flight back to Sydney.”
What the...
AP: Man smears feces on his lawyer, flings it at... →
Monkey see, monkey doo doo.
NYT: Alternative Super Bowl Logos →
Some cheeky, some elegant, some funny. Read the associated article here.
Mary and Max →
Add this to 9 and Coraline as must-see animated films of 2009 (though, as yet, it still without a distributor).
FUCK YEAH NEIL PATRICK HARRIS →
mad-thoughts:
It’s about time he got his proper meme-blog.
Lesson 1: Stop Using All Caps, Lesson 2: Replace...
From my work email inbox:
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From SSG Dewayne Pittman
I am SSG Dewayne Pittman, an active American soldier serving in Iraq, I am serving in the military of the 1st Armored Division in Iraq, as our mission here is highly exclusive due to insurgents everyday and car...
WatchManifest Hope in DC » Geek Entertainment TV
FDA Warns Consumers Against Taking "Venom... →
Um, if you are taking a supplement with a name that is itself a synonym for deadly poison and which also uses capslock, tech terminology and software versioning, you deserve what you fucking get.
Q: Muxtape Is Back? →
A: If by back, you mean that it has morphed into yet another flash-based means for bands to pimp their songs, then yeah, sure, I guess it’s back.
“I like Will Smith, only because I don’t dislike him. I also don’t...”
– Max Powers, on the horrible news that Steven Spielberg And Will Smith are “in talks” to remake the Korean vengeance horror thriller Oldboy
The world's best passenger complaint letter? →
“I know it looks like a baaji but it’s in custard Richard, custard. It must be the pudding. Well you’ll be fascinated to hear that it wasn’t custard. It was a sour gel with a clear oil on top. It’s only redeeming feature was that it managed to be so alien to my palette that it took away the taste of the curry emanating from our miscellaneous central cuboid of beige matter. ...
“Let’s just say that, that, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind of 9/11, is...”
– Congressman Steve King (R-Iowa), GOP Marketing Makeover Hits Snag: How do you rebrand stupid? (Harper’s)
Fullscreen 1,474 Megapixel Photo of Obama's... →
This is a massive and amazing zoomable photo from January 20. Read David Bergman’s blog to learn how he made it by stitching together 220 Canon G10 photos, using a Gigapan Imager clamped to a railing and their proprietary software.
WatchSNL: Gitmo Ad
“Why torture yourself with high prices?”
Fast Company: The Real Story on BPA →
Shorter: Money talks, science walks.
I’m always suspicious of anything that’s tell me it’s the “real” story. Though I think it views the debate through a particular lens that sees conspiracy everywhere, this is actually a pretty good read and a decent overview. I am sure that the flow of money, the conflicts of interest, the revolving door, the (possibly) dodgy...
What Obama Should Read →
Ground Zero →
What happens when you combine Google maps with information about nuclear bomb blast radii?
[ VSL ]
WatchDuel in the Desert: 135 lbs class: Julian Batz (Sierra Vista, NV) vs. Sean Cantor (Chaparral, NV)
My nephew wins the finals with a sweet canopener move!
Elvis Perkins in Dearland - Shampoo
This great...
