September 2009
40 posts
“A thousand rock ‘n’ roll clichés have been built around the idea...”
– Pearl Jam’s ‘Backspacer’: Four stars | Los Angeles Times
I’m eagerly waiting for this (I know Guille is too). Some may say their time has passed, but their last album (2006’s “Pearl Jam”) breathed new life into the band by bringing back the urgency, and...
CREEPY BEATLES OK
fireland:
Like many white people, I’ve been listening to a lot of Beatles this week. And then reading a lot of opinions about the Beatles. It reminds me of when I first started drinking and it suddenly became extremely important that I communicate to everyone in the room how great this band is. And then I totally got laidn’t!
Anyway I agree with the people who say Abbey Road is the best one...
“I don’t brag about what I write. I brag about what I read.”
– Jorge Luis Borges
"Rico"
Writers of all kinds, please, stop using the name “Rico” for Puerto Rican male characters. Seriously. I am aware this may or may not be a common name for Italians (short for Enrico), and I know a few people with Rico as their last name, but I have never ever met a fellow Puerto Rican with first name “Rico” in my entire life.¹
I blame Gerardo for this. You may remember him...
Reptilectric, by Zoé
I’m going to see these...
“The first message ever to be sent over the ARPANET occurred at 10:30 PM on...”
– ARPANET, Wikipedia
We will soon be celebrating the 40-year anniversary of this historic event, the birth of the Internet. And to think that at the time the system wasn’t stable enough to even transmit a simple “LOL.”
“After hearing the president my son said he was going to work harder in school....”
– @matthewbaldwin
The Beatles: Rock Band song list includes "I Want... →
Crap, I’ll have to get this now.
I Miss María →
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“We found that nearly half of all study participants were interested in locating...”
– The Internet is Everywhere in General, and a Few Places in Particular, life-connected.com
Nice article about geography in the age of the Internet from my friend kimproper, and look! my photo is in there.
Tasty Wine, Smelly Cheese, Bloody Meat and Dirty...
Best Thursday night with the wife ever.
Ow, my head.
“Mike Judge’s feature film “Extract,” a companion piece to his...”
– Mike Judge says hello to Extract and so long to King of the Hill, The Miami Herald
How did I not know about this movie???? Check out the trailer.
