01/15/2008
Borowitz on Bloomberg, Monica on Oprah (in politics)
Andy Borowitz reviews the balance sheet on Michael Bloomberg's upcoming investments . WFMU's DJ Monica gazes into the heavens and discovers Oprah's latest latest branding effort. Thanks to Jon R. for the heads up on Borowitz. Read More
01/14/2008
Hot library smut (in thoughts on life)
This won't appeal to everyone, but if you're the sort of person who salivates in used bookstores (and I'm that person) you may be quite interested in this incredible volume of gorgeous photographs by Candida Hofer. This comes our way courtesy ... Read More
01/10/2008
Let's laugh while we still can (in politics)
Thanks to Drummersome for the tip. Read More
01/09/2008
This won't last. (in music & sound)
Props to Mr. Miser. Read More
01/06/2008
Chadsey Collins runs it down re: DC go-go (in music & sound)
I met Chadsey in a musical context with many LP's present, and the talk turned to DC go-go (think Trouble Funk, Chuck Brown, Kurtis Blow's "Party Time", The Junkyard Band's "Sardines", and EU's "Doin' Da Butt", as well as more modern Rare Essen ... Read More
01/03/2008
Double Dee & Steinski live in NYC (in music & sound)
Douglas and I will be opening for the DJ Shadow/Cut Chemist Hard Sell tour in NYC Jan. 26 & 27, at Irving Plaza. They're all vinyl, we're no vinyl. It should be interesting. Read More
12/18/2007
Just two guys workin' out... (in music & sound)
...with two turntables and a violin. Not to take anything away from Miri Ben-Ari; just admiring the easy vibe of this session. Read More
Accumulation Creep, Pt. 4 (in politics)
I'm trying to keep most of the negative, cynical stuff from overwhelming the normally sunny character of my posts (cough), so I'm continuing with the lumping of this material in a single post unless it's something huge or important. With that ... Read More
12/17/2007
FCC turning up the pressure to enlarge corporate media by Xmas (UPDATE) (and yet a further UPDATE) (in politics)
This time I'll put the update first: the Republicans are moving on this TODAY (Tues., Dec. 18th); please take action if you can. Thanks. Stop Big Media is one of the organizations attempting to stop FCC chairman Kevin Martin's rush top give ... Read More
My reluctant advocacy of a corporate hustle (in music & sound)
As uncomfortable as it makes me to sing the praises of a huge corporate marketing move, I must make an exception for this. I don't know how long this will last, but Apple is offering a lot of free downloads of college lectures on iTunes. They ... Read More